Turn The Record Over...: albums

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Monday, 11 June 2012

Ten Albums everybody needs to own:

(Or at least listen to once, or twice, or thrice...)

The Clash - The Clash
This eponymous debut has rage and fury in abundance, and chucked everything (including the kitchen sink) in the name of punk at the world for a rock and roll revolution. With classics like London's Burning, White Riot, Police & Thieves, and I Fought The Law all on one album you can't really go wrong can you?
Favourite Track? Police & Thieves.

Nevermind - Nirvana
An album so raw, and relentless that it changed the world, and defined a generation. Not quite as bleak, and murky as Bleach but still rippled with beautiful distortion and that unrefined quality that made Nirvana, well, Nirvana. Nevermind showcases the tormented soul that was Kurt Cobain at his very best - his songwriting skills are as haunting as ever, and songs like Something in the Way, and Come As You Are, and Lithium proved what a poet he really was. (You can read HERE about what I think of each song in depth if ya want...)
Favourite Track? Come As You Are.

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
To put it simply this album has it all - thundering guitar riffs, infallible drumming, effortless vocals, and stellar songwriting. They broke the mould when they made this one!
Favourite Track? Black Dog.

Pinkerton - Weezer
The album that invented, eek, emo. So love it or hate it, you cannot deny it's creativity and genius. Each song is charged with high emotion (hence, you know, the 'emo' thing) and explores a variety of moods from aggresive, dark and cluttered to care free and bright.
Favourite Track? Tired Of Sex.

Enema Of The State - Blink 182
One thing's for sure, as they point out in single 'What's My Age Again?' Blink certainly don't ever wanna act their age - and this goes for their songwriting. It's as immature as it is genius. What they lack in emotional depth they more than make up for in punchy riffs, and catchy hooks. Boys we don't want you to grow up either. Ever.
Favourite Track? Dysentary Gary.

Oh, and guess what, you can just bloody well wait to hear the next five tomorrow... Gotta keep you on ya toes and all that! Party xo

Sunday, 8 January 2012

Albums to hear before you die.

Part 4.

It seems only appropriate to start off 2012 by talking about, perhaps, the most influential and groundbreaking album in music history.
Ladies and Gentleman, I give you the album that changed everything...

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols.
Released in 1977 to a barrage of controversy from the 'obscene' album name, to the opposition over the lyrics to songs 'Anarchy in the U.K' and 'God save the Queen', Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols was to be the only album the band ever recorded and released.
Rotten's assault of angry vocals with a bitter, spit-slurring, foaming delivery was the first of it's kind at the time of release, as was his use of profanity to convey the band's message in the most impolite, and controversial manner possible. Despite the alternating between screaming, whining and growling the Pistols' managed to do what so many bands have failed to do since them: clearly present the listeners with harsh social critiques and commentaries, as loud and clear as a smack in the face, under a wall of noise and rage brought to us by the bass guitar of Jones, Matlock & Vicious and the drums of Cook.
To merely write this album off as a bunch of ragged punk rockers recording an album of loud, grating noise, lacking in melody with a shredding vocalist would be a big mistake.
Sex Pistols opened the flood gates for a generation of bands to rebel against society, political hypocrisy and corporate control - however none came close to the punchy, overwhelming energy and take no prisoner's attitude of the Pistols'.
A twelve-track musical revolution with a force that shook the framework of music history forever, with an influence so profound it's unconfined to genres, or generations.