Best of 2025: Top 40 Singles
My Top 40 singles of 2025 including Self Esteem, JADE, Lady Gaga, Bon Iver and Fred again..
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The World’s Greatest Hits: Tapestry – Carole King
Tapestry – Carole King – 1971 Claimed Sales: 25m First listen?: Yes, I think. Format Listened?: Apple Music I was so certain that I had listened to Tapestry before, but I have absolutely no memory of most of the tracks. Carole King’s effortless delivery is just so easy to enjoy. Opener I Feel The Earth Move … Continue reading
The World’s Greatest Hits: Abbey Road – The Beatles
Abbey Road – The Beatles – 1969 Claimed Sales: 30m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music It seems fitting to begin with only the second pre 70s album that has certifiable sales anywhere close to this list, once again being an album from the originators of pop as we know it. Abbey Road may not have … Continue reading
The World’s Greatest Hits: Intro
Nearly a year after I dived back into the biggest selling albums of all time in the UK I’ve decided to expand my horizons as far as they can go. The World’s Greatest Hits aims to be an ongoing yearly series, where I choose a specific selection of hugely popular albums and share my thoughts … Continue reading
The Definitive Ranking of Take That Singles
I’ve been itching to write another one of these ‘put a bunch of top 40 singles from an act in a list of favourites and call it definitive’ type articles for a while now. Since I’m heading off to Liverpool next week to see Take That perform for the 5th(!) time, the band that shaped my early childhood seems like the perfect artist to rank this time around. Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2018: Nomination Predictions – Halftime Report
It may not feel like it, but we are well over 7 months into the eligibility period for the 2018 Grammy Awards. I’ll take a look at the Songs, Albums and New Artists I think could have a chance this year. Continue reading
Best of 2016: Top 25 Albums
25) Big Day In A Small Town – Brandy Clark Country music had an excellent 2016 and with songwriters as easy to love as Brandy Clark. Songs like Three Kids, No Husband and Since You’ve Gone To Heaven tell honest heartfelt stories of the sort that Clark in renowned for, while Girl Next Door and Daughter … Continue reading
Best of 2016: Top 40 Singles
A look back on the songs that defined my year featuring the likes of Beyoncé, OneRepublic, Miranda Lambert and Rihanna. Continue reading
Pile of Shame: Search for the Codex (Dead Space 3)
Pile of Shame is a series where I attempt to wade through the endless amount of unfinished games in my library, as well as tackling classic games that I’ve never gotten around to. Each month I’ll be revising the 10 current titles I’ll be playing, with a post on each individual game sharing my thoughts and … Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2017: Nomination Predictions – Album of the Year
Album of the Year 25 – Adele Lemonade – Beyoncé Blackstar – David Bowie Views – Drake Stranger to Stranger – Paul Simon Alternatives: Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper, Purpose – Justin Bieber, A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead Here we are, the final nominations predictions for the Grammy Awards 2017 and we have … Continue reading
Grammy Awards 2017: Nomination Predictions – Rap
Usually by this time of my Grammy predictions I have a really good picture of the music that artists have submitted for each of the categories. 2017 has been very slow for any news of this, so other than some very recent leaks, the submissions list remains more elusive than usual. Continue reading
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