Love vs Money – The-Dream – 2009 It’s very rare for an album that features so few potential singles to feel complete, but one listen to the frequent jaw dropping moments in Love vs Money and singles become irrelevant. With no silence between tracks, a moment such as the switch from the excitement in Take U … Continue reading
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Top 10 Albums – #7
The College Dropout – Kanye West – 2004 From the opening lines of We Don’t Care it seems that The College Dropout is set to be yet another ‘Gangsta Rap’ album. As soon as the song ends and melts into an interlude featuring some incredibly emotive chord changes the producer that Kanye West truly is … Continue reading
Top 10 Albums – #8
Tangled Up – Girls Aloud – 2007 The only album by a group to make it into my top 10, Tangled Up is the highlight of Girls Aloud‘s 8 year career. Though they will be remembered for their near perfect run of brilliant singles, every song here is single material. Producer’s Xenomania’s best work comes … Continue reading
Top 10 Albums – #9
Rated R – Rihanna – 2009The follow up to Good Girl Gone Bad was set to be yet another Club infused R ‘n’ B disc. Instead Rated R was born from the Chris Brown scandal, giving Rihanna a harder, edgier and more defined sound. The Pop hooks are still present and correct, none more evident than career highlight Rude … Continue reading
Top 10 Albums – #10
The Fame Monster – Lady GaGa – 2009 In just 8 tracks, Lady GaGa pushes the sound she created on The Fame forward, kicking the intensity and overall quality up a notch. A hat-trick of RedOne produced classics open the most addictive album to ever stay under the 10 track mark. The standout moments, including … Continue reading
Top 10 Albums List Intro
Making lists is a very bad habit of mine, one look at my iTunes will show evidence of an insane amount of playlists and Best Of lists. I’ve decided to try something here, outlining exactly why I love each of these ten albums so much in under 100 words. I’ll also be giving extra tidbits … Continue reading
Album Review – Body Talk Pt 1 (Robyn)
After 5 years of touring the same material, it’s no wonder that Swedish pop icon Robyn is looking to try something new this time round. Set to release no fewer than 3 records in the next year, has moving away from the standard length album and adopting an 8 track format paid off for the … Continue reading
Making it big Stateside
The hottest thing in music over in the US right now is the british. Starting a few years ago with acts like Coldplay and Amy Winehouse crossing the water, UK music has risen fever pitch. Recently Jay Sean made headlines for reaching number one on the Billboard 100 the first Uk artist to do that … Continue reading
Is play count watching a step too far?
Since owning an iPod, and using iTunes instead of Windows Media Player, one feature has become a guilty habit. Keeping an eye on the play counts of songs is a great way to see which albums you are getting your money’s worth from, but when you start to add to play count when you see … Continue reading
My Mum likes Jay-Z?
Back in 2008, if you asked a ‘regular’ person on the street who Jay-Z was, you’d get one of three reactions: 1) Hova, my inspiration and guide in life.2) He’s a rapper or something, uses too many swear words.3) Jay who? Now ask the same question in 2010 and the one reaction you will get: … Continue reading
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