Our Favourite Albums
Hi guys, Laura here! I guess we all have a favourite album so a few of us thought we'd share ours with you all...
Georgie - My favourite album is
definitely Primary Colours by The Horrors. I started listening to The
Horrors when I was in Year 7 of secondary school and I guess that was
the time my taste in music really began to develop and change. Of
course, I loved everything about Strange House- but there's just
something about Primary Colours that no other album will ever beat (for
me personally anyway). It's literally everything you could ever ask for
from music and everytime I listen to it it blows my mind how something
this beautiful was created by human hands. There's no end to the reasons
of why I'd recommend it to someone as it's incredibly difficult to put
into words just how great this album is. Like, seriously. It's amazing.
Listen to it.
Laura - My favourite album is probably Reality Killed The Video Star by Robbie Williams. It was the first album of his I heard and instantly fell in love with it, my 13 year old self was obviously very pleased with what she heard as the love has lasted. The album kicks off with Morning Sun, a slow ballad-like song hich was the official single for Sport Relief 2010. The album glides through a range of genres including the pop sounds of Do You Mind, then the more dark electro sound of Last Days Of Disco and a little dance-rock before ending with Morning Sun Reprise, slow and graceful. I recommend this album to anyone and everyone. It doesn't fit the classic Robbie Williams sound and is quite unique.
Molly -
I always say that choosing a
favourite album is tough, yet there's always one that comes into my
head straight away when asked: What Did You Expect From The Vaccines, by
The Vaccines (funnily enough). It was the first proper guitar album I
really got into, and I have spent many a happy hour prancing about in my
bedroom, pretending I'm a part of the band (usually switching between
being the air-guitarist and the air-drummer; I've pretty much perfected
Norgaard). In summer I'd lay down in a field listening to Wetsuit or
stroll through a wood to my personal favourite track, All In White. Now
it's winter, I often bring out my What Did You Expect vinyl for a spin
and quietly appreciate the thrashing guitars (bit of an oxymoron there)
and often serene melodies that go with them. I honestly love this album
like a child loves their favourite cuddly toy, and I don't know what I'd
have ever done without it.
Amy - I don't think it is ever possible to have a specific
'favourite' something. You can have favourites, but not a favourite, as
people's minds change all the time. One of my favourite records I own is
'Precious'. It's a compilation album of various britpop/90's song of
the 'indie rock' genre. As most people know, I am a huge fan of this era
so 'Precious' is a perfect album for me. It includes many artists such
as Blur, Suede, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Lush and obviously, a
lot more. It being a double album is also great as there is always a
slight satisfaction about owning two vinyls in one hard sleeve. My mum
owned it before I borrowed/stole it. The great thing about having
similar music taste to your parents is that you get all of their old
CD's and vinyls. Something worth treasuring.
Paige - Although there are many
albums that have touched my heart over the years (NB: The Smiths Hatful
Of Hollow and David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album) and made me instant
fans of their music. However, there is one album that sticks out as
being one of those "favourite" albums. For me, this is (rather
unsurprisingly) MGMT's second album Congratulations. Released in 2010, I
didn't discover it until a year or so later, when I quite
whole-heartedly fell in love with the richness of the sound the general
all out weirdness and fuzz that made it so brilliant. It was also one of
the first albums I was very excited to buy because I had just got into
my soon-to-be-favourite-band-of-all-time and actually felt cool being a
girl who listened to MGMT. My favourite song has to be Brian Eno for the
last 2 minutes where it feels like your head is going to explode into a
fog of glitter and you are going to break into a dance wherever you
are. Other favourite tracks include Siberian Breaks (unadultereated
heartbreak) and Flash Delirium (silly money you're my honey) because
they are guaranteed to take you somewhere else.
Georgie - My favourite album is
definitely Primary Colours by The Horrors. I started listening to The
Horrors when I was in Year 7 of secondary school and I guess that was
the time my taste in music really began to develop and change. Of
course, I loved everything about Strange House- but there's just
something about Primary Colours that no other album will ever beat (for
me personally anyway). It's literally everything you could ever ask for
from music and everytime I listen to it it blows my mind how something
this beautiful was created by human hands. There's no end to the reasons
of why I'd recommend it to someone as it's incredibly difficult to put
into words just how great this album is. Like, seriously. It's amazing.
Listen to it.
Laura - My favourite album is probably Reality Killed The Video Star by Robbie Williams. It was the first album of his I heard and instantly fell in love with it, my 13 year old self was obviously very pleased with what she heard as the love has lasted. The album kicks off with Morning Sun, a slow ballad-like song hich was the official single for Sport Relief 2010. The album glides through a range of genres including the pop sounds of Do You Mind, then the more dark electro sound of Last Days Of Disco and a little dance-rock before ending with Morning Sun Reprise, slow and graceful. I recommend this album to anyone and everyone. It doesn't fit the classic Robbie Williams sound and is quite unique. 
Molly - I always say that choosing a
favourite album is tough, yet there's always one that comes into my
head straight away when asked: What Did You Expect From The Vaccines, by
The Vaccines (funnily enough). It was the first proper guitar album I
really got into, and I have spent many a happy hour prancing about in my
bedroom, pretending I'm a part of the band (usually switching between
being the air-guitarist and the air-drummer; I've pretty much perfected
Norgaard). In summer I'd lay down in a field listening to Wetsuit or
stroll through a wood to my personal favourite track, All In White. Now
it's winter, I often bring out my What Did You Expect vinyl for a spin
and quietly appreciate the thrashing guitars (bit of an oxymoron there)
and often serene melodies that go with them. I honestly love this album
like a child loves their favourite cuddly toy, and I don't know what I'd
have ever done without it.
Amy - I don't think it is ever possible to have a specific
'favourite' something. You can have favourites, but not a favourite, as
people's minds change all the time. One of my favourite records I own is
'Precious'. It's a compilation album of various britpop/90's song of
the 'indie rock' genre. As most people know, I am a huge fan of this era
so 'Precious' is a perfect album for me. It includes many artists such
as Blur, Suede, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Lush and obviously, a
lot more. It being a double album is also great as there is always a
slight satisfaction about owning two vinyls in one hard sleeve. My mum
owned it before I borrowed/stole it. The great thing about having
similar music taste to your parents is that you get all of their old
CD's and vinyls. Something worth treasuring.
Paige - Although there are many
albums that have touched my heart over the years (NB: The Smiths Hatful
Of Hollow and David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album) and made me instant
fans of their music. However, there is one album that sticks out as
being one of those "favourite" albums. For me, this is (rather
unsurprisingly) MGMT's second album Congratulations. Released in 2010, I
didn't discover it until a year or so later, when I quite
whole-heartedly fell in love with the richness of the sound the general
all out weirdness and fuzz that made it so brilliant. It was also one of
the first albums I was very excited to buy because I had just got into
my soon-to-be-favourite-band-of-all-time and actually felt cool being a
girl who listened to MGMT. My favourite song has to be Brian Eno for the
last 2 minutes where it feels like your head is going to explode into a
fog of glitter and you are going to break into a dance wherever you
are. Other favourite tracks include Siberian Breaks (unadultereated
heartbreak) and Flash Delirium (silly money you're my honey) because
they are guaranteed to take you somewhere else.
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