Album Ranking - My Favourite 20 Albums

A list of my favourite 20 albums in no particular order

Author: Aidan McKenna

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Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Britpop at it’s finest

Best Song: Champagne Supernova

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The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow

Introduced me to the post-punk genre, really influenced my writing

Best Song: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

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The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

The pinnacle punk album

Best Song: God Save The Queen

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Muse - Absolution

My OG album, the one that got me hooked

Best Song: Apocalypse Please

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The Clash - London Calling

A bit messy, but in a good way

Best Song: Spanish Bombs

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Green Day - Insomniac

The right amount of Green Day that I can take

Best Song: Geek Stink Breath

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Nirvana - In Utero

As a huge Kurt Cobain fan I have a huge connection to this album

Best Song: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle

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Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

You can see inside the mind of the writer, this is how I want to make music

Best Song: Yes

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Cage The Elephant - Melophobia

The first album I listened to from start to finish

Best Song: Telescope

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Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

An album that helps when I’m feeling down

Best Song: The Boxer

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Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Pulled me in straight away, a class album from front to back

Best Song: Houses of the Holy

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The Libertines - Up The Bracket

A punk revival from my favourite band of all time

Best Song: Time For Heroes

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The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

This album got me interested in sound production

Best Song: God Only Knows

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The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

In 20 years time I’ll say “I remember when that album came out”, it’s made for this generation

Best Song: Love It If We Made It

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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Opened my interests to the musicality of songs

Best Song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

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Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Other albums speak like the world is against you, this speaks about you against the world

Best Song: Thunder Road

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The Who - Quadrophenia

A really relatable album for teenage boys

Best Song: Cut My Hair

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Vampire Weekend - Contra

Shows that modern music isn’t dead

Best Song: Taxi Cab

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The Killers - Sam’s Town

One of the most underrated albums of all time

Best Song: Read My Mind / This River is Wild

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The Beatles - Abbey Road

My favourite album of all time, top notch through and through

Best Song: Sometimes