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Press: Best of 2015 || ALBUM OF THE YEAR REVEALED
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The graphics are beautiful .
I haven't listened to most of those albums yet but I probably should get around to doing it. "Honeymoon" is decent but I prefer "BTD/Paradise" Lana personally.
I'll be perched for more!
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Miley's album was actually cute, it wasn't nearly as bad as people made it seem
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Honeymoon has a few nice songs. I love Art Deco
The Blackest Day, Freak and HBTB
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I need to check out Coldplay's new album!
The graphics are incredible
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I love the graphics
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Before I post the second update, I want to just say thank you guys for your comments, I really appreciate them. I'll make sure to check out and comment on your countdowns ASAP. Here are the next 5 albums, hope you enjoy them.
STANDOUTS
Sleep Sound | Seesaw | Stranger In A Room | Loud Places | I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)
First up for this update is "In Colour" by Jamie xx. I've actually been listening to a lot of Electronic music this year and I continued to discover and re-discover different songs from the album throughout the whole year and I never really got tired of it. Listening to it now, it flows great together put the songs stand just as well on their own, which I think is a great thing to achieve. I just love the whole feel of the album, it's just a mixture of everything - bangers, slower & smoother songs, instrumentals, songs with vocals - while succeeding to remain cohesive from start to finish. I don't think I've ever said this for an album, but it doesn't just sound good, it FEELS good. So good.
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Take You High | Piece By Piece | Run Run Run | Nostalgic | Good Goes The Bye | Bad Reputation
Next up, it's one of my favourite singers - Kelly Clarkson and her Grammy-nominated ( ) "Piece By Piece". Definitely not one of her best efforts (rather than one of her most forgettable ones) but I just love Kelly too much not to include her on my list. 'Piece By Piece' is by no means a 'Breakaway' or a 'My December', but it still succeeds to showcase Kelly's vocals and shows her remaining honest and true to herself. Which is what counts in the end. The album has some great tracks, and other not so great ones, and it probably won't turn anybody into a fan, but is overall an enjoyable listen for her fans.
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Run Away With Me | EMOTION | Gimmie Love | Making The Most Of The Night | Let's Get Lost | Warm Blood | When I Needed You
Number 13 this year goes to Carly Rae Jepsen and her pop heaven "EMOTION". Not a big fan of her first album, but she managed to win me over with this one. Truly a great album for every pop music lover - it is fun, has great lyrics and catchy melodies all over. It has one of my absolute favourite songs of the year - "Run Away With Me" which I think is pure genius. It's such a fun, feel-good song, whenever I hear it I cannot help but dance around. I've definitely had my fair share of crazy dances when nobody is watching with this one.
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Hands To Myself | Good For You | Camouflage | Me & The Rhythm | Me & My Girls | Perfect | Outta My Head (Loco)
Another great pop records sits pretty and Number 12. It's Selena Gomez and her "Revival". This one was another surprise for me this year. I've always liked some of her songs, but I never felt like she has potential to deliver a solid album. "Revival" changed my mind. It is not just a collection of singles and fillers, but actually flows together pretty good. But most of all, "Revival" experiments with different sounds and styles and shows artistic growth, which is admirable taking in consideration her other fellow peers that are still stuck singing kids songs Definitely a step in the right direction for her, and I'm more than curios to see what's next for her.
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Together | If I Go | Always | Deeper | All About You | Even If | Home | Worry About Me
Last for this update comes Ella Eyre with her debut LP "Feline". It felt like ages waiting for this one to come out, I've been eagerly anticipating "Feline" since the summer of 2014. I've loved Ella ever since I first heard her voice. She's an incredible singer and person and I love her energy when she's performing live. As for "Feline", I feel like it could have been stronger had it not been altered and pushed back so many times and I feel that she lost a bit of what made her so special when she was just starting out trying desperately to get a hit. I hope she gets the chance to make another album where she'd remain truer to herself because I know she's capable of much more. Nevertheless, Feline is still a great listen.
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in colour, revival
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In Colour
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Kelly, Selena & Carly
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I need to check out EMOTION in full, the singles are nice! and I loved Revival! That's my favorite Selena album so far, she's getting better and better with every new album!
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These graphics.....
Miley
Lana
Carly being this low hopefully the other albums slay!
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In Colour, Piece By Piece and EMOTION
Don't really care for Selena but I'll add that Elle Eyre album on my "To Listen" list
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One more update that reminds me to listen to the whole Jamie xx album.
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Piece By Piece is nice, Emotion only has a few good songs.
Revival
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Emotion and Revival are masterpieces
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I love your banners so much
In Colour is a great album, and I love how he pulled it off so effortlessly. He is so talented.
Emotion is such a step up from Kiss, and it perfectly embodies pop music. Amazing album.
I like how Selena went into a more mature direction with Revival, and most of the songs work. But considering she experimented with so many different styles, there are several duds which take away from the overall quality of the album for me.
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In Color is ****ing flawless
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WILD | FOOLS | EASE | THE QUIET| DKLA | COOL | for him. | BLUE
Opening up the Top 10 this year is Troye Sivan with his amazing debut album "Blue Neighbourhood". I haven't heard about him before his EP which created quite a buzz when it was released so I decided to give it a listen and I loved all of the songs so I was ready to give his full album a listen, and boy, did he deliver. I love everything about this guy, he sounds so mature in his songs, both his voice and lyrics, and it's unbelievable that he's still so young. My favourite tracks are still the ones released on his EP and since I didn't overplay them when they came out I still enjoy listening to them. I love the whole feel of the album, I can't even explain what it is, but he's got me so hooked for more. I'll definitely be checking how his career evolves in the future.
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Legend | Energy | 10 Bands | Know Yourself | Star67 | Preach | Now & Forever | Jungle
Next up, it's Drake with "If You're Reading This It's Too Late". What a great year has this one been for Drake. He's been working hard and it seems to be paying off as he feels bigger than ever. I am a huge fan of his previous albums, and even though I'm usually more into his more pop-sounding songs, I really enjoyed this mixtape and it even made me check out his earlier ones. As far as "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" I didn't love it immediately cause it tends to lean more to his earlier days and lacks some memorable hooks, but after a couple of listens you really get to appreciate this as a project for all its flaws and rawness. However, one thing is for sure, I'm more than hyped for a new Drake album and I can't wait for next year.
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Gave Me Something | Hold My Hand | Real Love | Don't Be So Hard On Yourself | You Can Find Me | It Ain't Right | Right Here | My Love
Number 8 goes to Jess Glynne and her debut LP "I Cry When I Laugh". This right here has to be one of my most anticipated albums of the year. I've loved her voice and sound since I first heard Right Here and I've been waiting for this album to drop for so long and she didn't disappoint. While there aren't many songs that sound like Right Here on the record, it is still a great one from start to finish. I love the retro vibe that some of the songs have. I saw Jess perform most of the album live this year and it just showed how proud she is of these songs and how happy she is to be able to perform them. While she still has a lot to work on to improve her stage presence and star-appeal, I believe she has a great ear for hits and this will definitely not be the last time we hear of her.
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Aftertaste | Something In The Way You Move | On My Mind | Codes | Holding On For Life | Love Me Like You Do | Don't Need Nobody | We Can't Move To This | Two Years Ago
At number 7 this year we find Ellie Goulding and her third studio album "Delirium". I have to say I've loved Ellie since her early days and I couldn't help but be a little disappointed with this album. I feel like she tried to hard to be mainstream without needing it and maybe hanging out with the Taylor squad got to her head. However, the album is a great pop record that has a lot of great songs but for me it lacks that Ellie sound that I've grown to love so much. I feel that having so many songs was a disadvantage as well, as it is too much to swallow at one go, but with more listens "Delirium" really grows on you once you start seeing it as it's own body of work without comparing it to the masterpiece that "Halcyon" is. (SELF-PROMO TIME ) I'm still mad at her for not releasing "Something In The Way You Move", the lyric video for which I had the please to be part of and which gave me a taste of how pop stars feel on a daily basis. But there's always next year, I guess
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Mark My Word | I'll Show You | What Do You Mean? | Sorry | Love Yourself | No Pressure | That Feeling | Where Are U Now | Children | We Are
Last up for this update and just a place short from the Top 5, comes Justin Bieber with his "Purpose". This has to be one of the biggest surprises for me this year. I'm usually very prejudiced against Justin and I always pay his music dust, but after I fell in love with Where Are U Now and had it on repeat for days I decided to give this album a chance and it completely slayed me. What a big change and what a solid and completely different album! Absolutely a step in the right direction for him, I love this more personal, intimate and mature vibe that "Purpose" has. That fusion between mellow RnB and dance/electronic music is the only thing I want to hear from him from now on. Even though I still dislike him as a person, when I hear something great musically I cannot deny it.
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Jess, Ellie and Bieber
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Blue Neighbourhood Definitely one of my faves this year.
Purpose is surprisingly good.
Delirium and I Cry When I Laugh were okay.
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