Album Ranking - My Favourite 20 Albums
/A list of my favourite 20 albums in no particular order
Author: Aidan McKenna
Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
Britpop at it’s finest
Best Song: Champagne Supernova
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
Introduced me to the post-punk genre, really influenced my writing
Best Song: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
The pinnacle punk album
Best Song: God Save The Queen
Muse - Absolution
My OG album, the one that got me hooked
Best Song: Apocalypse Please
The Clash - London Calling
A bit messy, but in a good way
Best Song: Spanish Bombs
Green Day - Insomniac
The right amount of Green Day that I can take
Best Song: Geek Stink Breath
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
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
Cage The Elephant - Melophobia
The first album I listened to from start to finish
Best Song: Telescope
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
An album that helps when I’m feeling down
Best Song: The Boxer
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Pulled me in straight away, a class album from front to back
Best Song: Houses of the Holy
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
A punk revival from my favourite band of all time
Best Song: Time For Heroes
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
This album got me interested in sound production
Best Song: God Only Knows
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
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Opened my interests to the musicality of songs
Best Song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
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
The Who - Quadrophenia
A really relatable album for teenage boys
Best Song: Cut My Hair
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Shows that modern music isn’t dead
Best Song: Taxi Cab
The Killers - Sam’s Town
One of the most underrated albums of all time
Best Song: Read My Mind / This River is Wild
The Beatles - Abbey Road
My favourite album of all time, top notch through and through
Best Song: Sometimes