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.
A look back on the songs that defined my year featuring the likes of Beyoncé, OneRepublic, Miranda Lambert and Rihanna.
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 …
Unplugged – Eric Clapton – 1992 Claimed Sales: 20m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Unlike anything else I’ve covered as part of this series, Unplugged is the only live album that has sold anywhere close to as many copies as the rest of these records. Its success is not simply surprising given it was recorded as an … Continue reading
Dangerous – Michael Jackson – 1991 Claimed Sales: 31m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Dangerous is such a strange album to come from the biggest artist of all time. Unlike the albums that preceded it, the tightly packed hits of Thriller and Bad, Dangerous is full of overly long dance tracks and clocks in at well over … Continue reading
Nevermind – Nirvana – 1991 Claimed Sales: 30m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Nevermind set the tone for the 90s, am era where guitar bands ruled the airwaves once more. The influence of this album is impossible to deny, even when the band’s critics, and the band themselves, often cited it as ‘too commercial’ alternative … Continue reading
Metallica – Metallica – 1991 Claimed Sales: 30m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Metallica remains to this day the biggest selling album of the US SoundScan era standing at 16 million copies sold in that country alone. It’s hard to imagine an album like Metallica seeing this level of success outside of their home country, … Continue reading
Faith – George Michael – 1987 Claimed Sales: 20m First listen?: No Format Listened?: Apple Music The debut solo album from the lead star of a pop band is a funny thing to consider. Much like Off The Wall earlier in this series, Faith technically wasn’t George Michael’s true ‘debut’ into the public consciousness, his debut … Continue reading
Hysteria – Def Leppard – 1987 Claimed Sales: 20m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: CD Conceived as the ‘Metal version of Thriller’ by producer Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange, Hysteria at least has the same level of consistency across its tracks as the biggest album of all time. Whether you could possibly describe this 80s Pop Rock album as … Continue reading
Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses – 1987 Claimed Sales: 30m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Guns N’ Roses are what happens when yo combine just about everything in Rock music that was selling during the 70s and 80s. Aerosmith meets AC/DC with radio friendly hooks and a vocal performance from Axl Rose on the right … Continue reading
