Top 10 Best (And 5 Worst) Years In Music History

One of the main series I’ve done on this blog is my music retrospective, where I’ve gone year by year since 1960 and reviewed the biggest hits and highest rated songs / albums. Now that I’ve caught up to the present day, I want to look back at the best (and worst) years in musicContinue reading “Top 10 Best (And 5 Worst) Years In Music History”

Top 10 Albums of the 1960’s

I’ve recently been going through every year in music for my thorough retrospectives, and as such I’ve been exposed to some fantastic albums. I wanted to talk about some of my favourites – for this first edition, I’ll be looking at the 1960’s. I reviewed fifty albums as part of that decade’s retrospectives (five perContinue reading “Top 10 Albums of the 1960’s”

“Pet Sounds” (Beach Boys) – Every Song Ranked

It’s well known that the Beach Boys – and “Pet Sounds” in particular – spurred the Beatles on in their rivalry, pushing their ambitions until eventually they made “Sgt. Peppers”. It’s fascinating to know that such a landmark album can be traced back to another fantastic 60’s record. There are a lot of songs hereContinue reading ““Pet Sounds” (Beach Boys) – Every Song Ranked”

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”

“David Bowie (1967 Debut Album)” Songs Ranked

Originally I was only going to analyse a few of Bowie’s albums, but after doing my Muse series I realised that I could give the Thin White Duke’s discography the same treatment. First up is his 1967 debut album and, well … it’s a pretty bad album. David himself considers his 1969 album “Space Oddity”Continue reading ““David Bowie (1967 Debut Album)” Songs Ranked”