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 UK’s Greatest Hits: 10. Greatest Hits II – Queen
Looking through the tracklist it’s mad to consider that this was just a decade of hits. Some of my all time favourite Queen songs appear here, The Show Must Go On, I Want To Break Free, One Vision and Radio Gaga at either end of the long running order. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 12. The Immaculate Collection – Madonna
8 years of dominance, a string of number 1’s across the world, there isn’t a single song on here that doesn’t deserve to be present. Picking a favourite from these songs is near impossible, Lucky Star is literally a perfect pop song, while Express Yourself is as relevant today as it was back then. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 11. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
It’s the context that makes these songs so memorable, it feels like you are looking in on real lives, playing out in this whirlwind of ‘Fleetwood Mac’. It allows all 5 members of the band to showcase their story, whether bathed in metaphor or taken at face value. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 13. Back To Black – Amy Winehouse
The union of Winehouse and Ronson is one of the best of the last decade, the production only ever adds to the rawness of the vocals, taking a song like Rehab from a great opener into a modern classic. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 14. Stars – Simply Red
Something Got Me Started does exactly that, a funky, catchy slice of pop that sets the tone for an upbeat and consistent album, one I had forgotten was this good. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 15. Come On Over – Shania Twain
For two years UK radio was full of the hits from Come On Over, Man! I Feel Like A Woman, That Don’t Impress Me Much, When and You’re Still The One had major crossover appeal and still see heavy rotation over 17 years on. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 17. Back To Bedlam – James Blunt
I probably complain a bit too much about ‘nice’ music, saying that it’s boring or tedious, but sometimes ‘nice’ just isn’t enough. There’s glimmers of some talent in here, the emotion heard in Goodbye My Lover for instance, but it never quite pans out how I wanted it to. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 18: Urban Hymns – The Verve
The most impressive thing for me is the layering of sound, especially on a song like Sonnet. Strings, guitars and Richard Ashcroft’s voice flit in and out effortlessly, it’s immersive throughout. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 16. Legend – Bob Marley & The Wailers
One look through the tracklist and it’s obvious, song after song is a classic. No Woman No Cry, I Shot The Sheriff and Is This Love are all great memorable songs,the first of which appearing in a striking live version. Continue reading
The UK’s Greatest Hits: 19. Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf
The title track opens the album as it means to go on, self indulgent and ridiculous as it nearly reaches the 10 minute mark. The main hook appears every now and again, but the rest of the song becomes lost in the madness. Continue reading
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