My Top 20 Favourite Albums of 2017

I haven’t been blogging as profusely this year, but I’ve still found the time to listen to a great number of albums. Here are my favourites from 2017.

Don’t forget to check out my previous lists from 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 if you’re mad about lists. You can also check out my favourite tracks and least favourite tracks of 2017.

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20. Villains - Queens Of The Stone Age

These gloomy rock tunes from Josh Homme and crew are creatively composed and have had me making many return listens, even if I’m still not a fan of the tinny production.

Favourite tracks: ‘Feet Don’t Fail Me Now’, ‘Head Like A Haunted House’

My Top 20 Favourite Tracks Of 2017

Having explored the worst tracks of the year, it’s now time for my favourite tunes of 2017. Buckle up and enjoy!

20. 'Power' – Rapsody ft. Kendrick Lamar & Lance SkIIIWalker

Rapsody and Kendrick make such a good hip hop pairing on this single, complemented by a deliciously groovy beat.

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There’sLessSpaceToBreatheOnThisAlbumThanThereIsInThisSentence.

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The 10 Worst Songs of 2017

It’s time for that annual post when I round up the year’s most abominable tracks. Which songs will feature this year? Despacito? Shape of You? Havana? Let’s be honest, those tracks have been overplayed – but they weren’t bad. Like, not really bad. Here are a few songs from 2017 that really take the crown.

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Review of 'Reputation' by Taylor Swift

Look what you made me write.

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Double Review: ‘Concrete and Gold’ by The Foo Fighters and ‘As You Were’ by Liam Gallagher

When does a rock act stop being reliable and start becoming predictable?

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The Top 5 Most Terrifying Albums

WARNING: this is not one of those lists of campy Halloween classics like Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Bobby Pickett’s The Monster Mash. This list is for pure fear-chasing sadists who are ready to surrender their bowels and suffer endless nightmares for years to come. You’ll want to exorcize your speakers after listening to these records – not that Satan had any part in the creation of these albums; in fact, he’s still rocking back and forth in the corner of his bedroom after listening to these monstrosities, muttering to himself ‘Why? Why did I scar myself by reading that terrifying list on Music Related Junk?’. Basically, get off this list now if you’ve got a weak heart. You have been warned.

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The lo-fi loving lunatic’s new LP is a celebration of the obscure.

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Do I move my feet or slit my wrists?

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Review of 'Villains' by Queens Of The Stone Age

QOTSA’s new album is badly-produced Bowie-worship.

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Arcade Fire get groovier and goofier on their new record.

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Tyler quits trolling and shows us his serious side.

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Sensitive Jay-Z is better than Show-off Jay-Z.

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I’m back from my holiday to the moon. I know you've been longingly waiting for my return, staring out the window and crying yourself to sleep at night. There, there. It's all okay now that Music Related Junk is back. Your life is whole again.

OFF TO THE MOON BRB!

NO BLOG POSTS FOR 2 WEEKS.

I'M GOING ON HOLIDAY.

PLEASE, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO CRY ABOUT IT.

I WILL RETURN WITH A FRESH PAIR OF EARS, SO KEEP SENDING IN YOUR LOVELY MUSIC.

I MEANT IT WHEN I SAID NO DICK PICS

PEACE AND LOVE,

ALASDAIR

XXX

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