#3

[CHILDHOOD BEATLES TRILOGY - ALBUM 1]

So of the handful of albums I vividly remember listening to as a child, three of them were by the Beatles. I always feel like I know the band better than I do - I've only listened to three of the albums + Yellow Submarine (which is basically a 'best of'), but I know all the classics.

I love how they made a framing device for an album. A framing device. For an album. Where did that idea come from? Where did it go? The album cover is just so memorable ... read more

#2

When I was a kid, we listened to a lot of CDs in the car; Or at least I thought we did. Thinking back on it properly though, I can only remember listen to a dozen different ones. Most of them were 'best of' albums: Blur, Bowie, The Monkees I remember. But there were a handful of actual albums too; a Beatles trilogy (my next three reviews) and, strangely, this.

Which apparently is odd - but I didn't realise this till I was much older. But 'The Feeling' - a band name that would have been ... read more

#1

I thought I'd start my AOTY career off strong by reviewing what is (at least at time of writing) my favourite album of all time.

I probably first listened to it in 2021??? I can't be sure - I don't have many proper records of my listening history before '22, but it definitely couldn't have been any later than then. Before going in, I knew the opening track 'Running Up That Hill' but nothing else (this was before it got played to death in the wake of Stranger Things season 4 - my minor ... read more