1964: The Year In Music

1964 – The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing in 73.7 million viewers. Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali. Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law. And, crucially for this post today, some cracking tunes were released. I’ll be looking at the popular andContinue reading “1964: The Year In Music”

1963: The Year In Music

1963 – MLK delivers his famous “I have a dream” speech. JFK is assassinated. The Beatles release their first album. The Rolling Stones sign for Decca Records. All in all, quite a tumultuous year in history! Same deal as always – I’ll be looking at the popular and highest-rated songs / albums for 1963, givingContinue reading “1963: The Year In Music”

1962: The Year In Music

1962 – the first Bond film, “Dr. No”, was released. The Cuban Missile Crisis shocked the world. Scientists announced the discovery of anti-matter. And the music scene kept chugging along. Same rules as always – I’ll be looking at the popular and highest-rated songs / albums from each year, before giving my final thoughts forContinue reading “1962: The Year In Music”

1961: The Year In Music

Let’s keep the music history train running! Once again I’ll be looking at the popular hits of 1961, as well as the highest-rated singles and albums in order to get a comprehensive look at the year’s overall musical quality. Before we begin, you can check out some of my related blog posts below: Billboard TopContinue reading “1961: The Year In Music”

1960: The Year In Music

It’s been a while since I’ve done a music-related series on this blog, so I thought I’d go all-in with a focus on music history – I’ll look at the most popular / highest-rated albums and singles from each year since 1960, giving my opinions on each as well as the year as a whole.Continue reading “1960: The Year In Music”

Persona 4 / 5 / Strikers – Every Party Member Ranked

The Persona series is renowned for its phenomenal cast of zany characters, and the three games I’ve played have been no exception. I’ll rank the cast of Persona 4 and 5 (and Strikers too, for the hell of it) based on their character as well as the abilities they brought to combat. Let’s get toContinue reading “Persona 4 / 5 / Strikers – Every Party Member Ranked”

Persona: Golden vs Royal vs Strikers

Persona is a series that I’ve fallen head over heels for, and every time I pick up a new entry I have a blast with it. Here are the three fantastic games I’ve played so far: Now that I’ve finally completed all three, I can do one of my trademark Power Rankings (pitting each gameContinue reading “Persona: Golden vs Royal vs Strikers”

Persona 5 Strikers – Every Jail Ranked

After completing Persona 5 Royal, I was chomping at the bit for more Persona – and especially Phantom Thieves – content. Luckily, I didn’t have to wait for long. Strikers was a game that took some getting used to, mainly for its new combat system, but it ended up being a worthy spinoff. How wouldContinue reading “Persona 5 Strikers – Every Jail Ranked”

Top 20 Persona 5 Songs

Persona 5 has easily one of the greatest soundtracks in all of gaming, so much so that narrowing it down to my favourite 20 proved to be quite challenging – I reckon I could have made a list comprised of completely different tracks and some people wouldn’t have complained! These are all biased picks, butContinue reading “Top 20 Persona 5 Songs”