Top 20 albums to be listened to as albums (every song is good)

1. Kings of Leon-Because of the Times:

-Kings of leon are a favourite of mine and i personally think everything they touch turns to gold, however following their musical path their first album, Youth and Young Manhood was a raw raucous affair, whilst their most recent album, Only by the night, saw them taking up their stadium rock/pop mantel in the public eye. This album was just after the band had toured with the likes of U2 and Bob Dylan, teaching them the ways of applying their skills to the big arenas and stadiums, with sparse arrangements creating great sonic treats, however the band maintained their raw "volume up to 11" sound leaving a melting pot of great songs which work together as a great album where the band finally seem comfortable

2. White Stripes-Elephant

-Just as many others such as pulp before had discovered, it can take a bit of time to hit the mainstream these days. White Stripes did so with a bang, their album elephant taking the world by storm with romping single Seven Nation Army being played to death, but being one of those tracks that when actually listened to its still hard not to stomp your feet to the beat. The album itself is a major achievement, with the boy and girl pairing of Meg and Jack (brother and sister? husband and wife?) whipping out an eclectic mix of rock and blues, with the occasional folksy song and spoken word fable making this album a treat from start to finish.

3. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm:

-This is the debut album by bloc party, a true indie album which took indie fans by the scruff of the neck and showed them something exciting and fresh for the first time since the strokes. The Jangly guitars mixed with the incessant drumming and Kele's distinctive London vocals make this a unique offering, with lyrics which conveyed a little more depth than the crowd around them at the time. Their Live offerings more than matched this debut album which held great critical acclaim for all the right reasons, offerings since have seen them detatch a little from this succesful debut, though not entirely losing their hooks this has to be their best to date.

4. Pulp - Different Class

-A Brilliant Brit-pop album telling tales of youth in the 80's and 90's with stories of sex, drugs and rock n roll. With songs names "Sorted for E's and Wizz" and "Underwear" we can see this is a seductive, sleezy album but with catchy indie-pop hooks to make for an album which is often forgotten in britpop, drowned out by the way between Blur and Oasis, however in my opinion this album is just as good.

5.The Streets-A Grand Don't Come For Free

-As with all great albums this tells the tales of the generation the artist born of, as Skinner tells in an unusually mature, witty way the tales of drug taking, alcohol and and his way with the ladies. Despite these so called "chavvy" and somewhat pointless topics, Skinner has a way of telling a story in a way that can be greatly emotionally affecting as in the great song "dry your eyes" as he tells of the breaking of a romance, in a true to life way (dry your eyes mate, there's plenty more fish in the sea). The album itself is truly to be appreciated as an album as well, telling of how he gained and lost £1000 pounds and the turmoil and trepadation that this can bring on friendships and romances throughout, ending with the epic "empty cans".

Jimi Hendrix- Are you Experienced
Red Hot Chili Peppers-By the Way
Rolling Stones-Beggers Banquet
Morrissey-You Are the Quarry
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobious Pip-Angles
Maximo Park-A Certain Trigger
Jamie T-Panic Prevention
The Prodigy-Fat of the Land
Mystery Jets-Twenty One
White Lies-To Lose My Life
MGMT-Oracular Spectacular
Mr Hudson & The Library- A Tale of Two Cities
Paul Weller- Days of Speed
The Kooks- Inside In, Inside Out