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Before I start with #10 on my albums list, I'm going to announce the albums which didn't quite make it into my top 10 - my honourable mentions section. These are great albums but unfortunately, they didn't quite make the cut.
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| I adore One Direction, I've actually done so for a while now. One day I was fairly bored browsing ATRL and stumbled into the base and started chatting and that's genuinely how it all started. I got into the boys and their music and honestly, it's pop perfection. As much as people don't like them, or their music, it's great and better than most of the pop material being released today.
One Direction released their third album in three years this November. And while it's not their worst, it's certainly their least gripping. The rock influences seem very contrived, like they are trying too hard to prove that they can do better than their typical pop rock and go all the way rock, but it simply doesn't work. I still love the boys though and I respect that they're trying to evolve and have a more mature sound.
Overall Rating: 71.7%
Highlights: Does He Know?, Alive & Through the Dark. |
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| I'm honestly not too sure if this came out in 2013 or not, I think it was January so I'm just going with that. This is a truly great EP, with some beautifully written and produced music. Wynter slayed me with her dance debut album, and she slayed me even more her experimental music over her Human Condition EP's. She's super talented and is genuinely brilliant at what she does.
With five songs, Sanguine is a short experience, but it's as sweet as sweet can get. Her voice simply runs through you and it's divine. The production on has some calm elements in like Tomorrow with chill synths, soft beats and smooth vocals helping to create a relaxing listening experience, compared to TKO with hard beats and raging synths and almost angry, powerful vocals. This EP is brilliant and I can't recommend it enough.
Overall Rating: 72%
Highlights: TKO, Lucky Ones, Tomorrow |
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| Bastille became pretty big this year in the UK after their breakthrough single Pompeii. I remember hearing it for the first time when someone posted it on Facebook. I thought it was nice but nothing special. The next day I was humming it's melody and I couldn't get it out of my head. I re-listened to it and honestly, Pompeii is one of the best songs this year. But you'll need to wait for my songs list to see where it lands. (#Promo)
Bad Blood is a cool collection of smooth electronic rock songs. It uses it's production to it's favour, because truthfully I could sit and listen to the instrumental of some songs over the vocal studio versions. The production on this album is brilliant. And for the most part the songs are well written and catchy. They did a good job. I haven't checked out the re-release to this yet, but if it's anything like the core album, it should be fan-dabby-dosey.
Overall Rating: 72.3%
Highlights: Pompeii, Weight of Living Pt.II, Icarus |
Please comment! The proper album countdown will start with #10 in about an hour!
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