#04 |
All Time Low
Don't Panic |
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Best Song: Paint You Wings *
I've loved All Time Low for years and years now. And like pretty much every other member of their fanbase I was slightly disappointed by their last album (although it did give us Heroes and Under a Paper Moon, which are their two best songs ever). They seemed to take all the criticism on board because Don't Panic is a HUGE step up, it has clear influences from all their past albums so it pretty much has something for everybody on it. I love how Cassadee Pope makes an appearance on the album. It's a shame she's featured on the weakest (although not bad) song on the album however. Paint You Wings is one of the cutest songs I have heard in a while now. The infectious 'woahs' the song opens with mixed with the cute lyrics about Monsters and Princesses equals one pretty flawless song. |
#03 |
Sammy Adams
Ok Cool |
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Best Song: All Night Longer *
My greatest discovery this year by a long shot. Thank you 90210. This is how rap meets pop should sound. It's the second part of his 'Pre-Album' whatever that means. And his debut should be coming out sometime next year. All Night Longer and the single version of Only One are pop perfection and Hands on the Wheel and Fall Back are just complete utter bops. I genuinely can't fault this album. The way all the tracks fade into the next is orgasmic. Perfection |
#02 |
Conor Maynard
Contrast |
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Best Song: Can't Say No *
This was a surprise and a half. When I first heard Can't Say No at the start of the year, I was like WTF is this crap. But It grew on me. A lot. But oh my god the album is perfection. Every single song is a ten out of ten. It's so good his videos may be pretty ****, and the single version of Animal featuring Wiley may be below the standards I now expect from him, but everything else about the album and the era and him in general is flawless. I feel like such a proud Mayniac. |
#01 |
Ke$ha
Warrior |
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Best Song: Thinking of You *
I mean, I stan for Queen K$, so I suppose it was obvious Warrior would be #1. I very slightly prefer it over Contrast, but both are definitely the two best albums released this year by a long shot. It's definitely a progression from Animal and Cannibal, And once again the break up song because of a cheating boyfriend is the best song on the album. It's a pity about the sales because it deserves so much more than it's getting, but that doesn't put me off the album in the slightest
There's not much more I can say other than this is my favourite album of the year |