The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
Technically called The Beatles but everyone knows it as the White Album. A double album, so plenty to listen to here including classics such as Back in the USSR, Helter Skelter and While my Guitar Gently Weeps. It also has the poppier side to it with the reggae infused Oh-Bla-di Oh-bla-dah. For me though I really like Revolution 9. Its a strange album in parts sounding almost unfinished as some recordings are less than perfect but if anything I think this adds to it.
2016 Album
Barry Hyde - Malody
You may recognise this man's face? He is Barry Hyde, the lead singer of The Futureheads but if you are expecting this solo project to be all guitar riffs and vocal harmonies you are very much in the wrong place. Malody is as the title suggests a downbeat, melancholic work and talks of Hyde's battle with depression amongst other topics. It is deep and sounds nice enough but it never really grabbed my attention, title track Malody probably the best on the album
Ant's Random Recommendation
The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth
If we were going just by my thoughts every Libertines album would be rocking up in the classics section but that isn't necessarily to everyone's opinion. This 2015 album, the Libertines first in 11 years was either going to be great or terrible and luckily enough it landed on the good side. It contained a couple of re-worked oldies such as You're My Waterloo as well as a load of brand new tracks including my favourites, Gunga Din, Heart of the Matter and Fury in Chonburi although I like every song on the album. It wasn't just me though critics on the whole agreed it was a good come back.
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