Save your grace

Is it okay to be happy to get away from the town you lived in all your life?
is it normal to want to get loaded every night?
Is it normal that I'm 20 and never been in love?
Is it weird that I'm on a dream university course but I still struggle with motivation?

These are questions I constantly ask myself, I'm sure you have an answer for at least one of them.

Anyway, back in Epsom now. I'm completely broke but I'm happy?
A lifeless month up North is the reason.
Waking up late everyday.
Staying in bed all day.
Constantly arguing with good friends.
Taking pity on my beloved but hypocrite mother.
Failing to pick up my guitar.
Barely listening to music.
Spending nights out with people I despise.
Fighting for meaningless reasons.

I look back now and I achieved nothing.
Not one creative activity involved.
A waste of fucking time in other words.

Guess I'm glad to be around people that don't talk shit half the time.
I suppose most of the journo boys are used to literate conversations.
I'm not. I socialise with musically mindless chart phased idiots.
I suppose thats harsh, I love them dearly but know I've met new people I'm complete.
Even doing a music practice course at college I never actually had a proper in depth music discussion.

In a cheesier term I'm trying to say.. Well I'm kinda glad I met these.. music mad gentleman!

I was born in the wrong decade

I'm not going to lie, I struggled building my list. I even had to search through old Cd's a grew up listening to.

I honestly think i should of been born in the 50's growing up listening to music from the 60's. I blame my hippy of a brother feeding me biased knowledge at a young age converting me into a music hypocrite of new bands.

Any how here is my top 70 albums of the decade..

Yes 70! Meaning I was too lazy to do a 100, maybe another time I'll finish it.




1. In Rainbows - Radiohead

Radioheads most recent, but my third favourite behind Pablo Honey and OK computer. Every track is easy to listen to, Thom's vocals at his peak, and melodically genius like from Johnny.

2. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

Josh Holmes creates a unique distorted guitar effect accompanied with deep vocal drones. Each number is different and mind blowing. The Kinks cover at the end sets of a fantastic first album.

3. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Varied in tone and stylistically uncategorisable, the best of Bloc Party. Structured carefully and experimentally brilliant. Kind of a shame there shit now.

4. Radiohead - Kid A

The succession of experimental music. Hardly an ear for a guitar in the album, but it doesn't matter every number has a different characteristic. Takes some time to listen and understand but well worth the wait.

5. De Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta

Every aspect of music is phenomenal, Strong lyrics presented in minor melodies accompanied by powerful guitars, keyboards and awesome drumming. Drug inflated songs structured with Rock n Roll aspects. Some of the most talented musicians of the decade at full flow.

6. Funeral for a friend - Casually dressed and deep in conversation

7. Origin of Symmetry - Muse

8. Sleeping with Ghosts - Placebo

9. Is this it - The Strokes

10. Amnesiac - Radiohead

11. The Green Album - Weezer

12. The Dead 60's - The Dead 60's

13. The Coral - The Coral

14. Take it to the Skies - Enter Shikari

15. Puzzle - Biffy Clyro

16. Renegades - Rage against the Machine

17. Pinkerton - Weezer

18. Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeah's

19. Welcome to the North - The Music

20. The Eraser - Thom Yorke

21. The Fake sound of Progress - Lost Prophets

22. Meds - Placebo

23. The World is yours - Ian Brown

24. The Datsuns - The Datsuns

25. Absolution - Muse

26. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

27. Hail to the Thief - Radiohead

28. What ever people say I am ,that's what I'm not - The Arctic Monkeys

29. Heathen Chemistry - Oasis

30. Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs

31. Discovery - Daft Punk

32. Make up Brake down - Hot Hot Heat

33. A Weekend in the City - Bloc Party

34. Start Something - Lost Prophets

35. Performance and cocktails - Stereophonics

36. Invaders must Die - The Prodigy

37. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

38. Absolution - Muse

39. Kasabian - Kasabian

40. Dig out your Soul - Oasis

41. Graduation - Kanye West

42. In Silico - Pendulum

43. Take off your pants and Jacket - Blink 182

44. Hours - Funeral for a friend

45. The Red Album - Weezer

46. Grey Britain - The Gallows

47. Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World

48. The Marshall Mathers Lp - Eminem

49. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

50. Louder Now - Taking Back Sunday

51. Violet Femmes - Violet Femmes

52. Standing of the Shoulders of Giants - Oasis

53. Crisis - Alexisonfire

54. Ash Wednesday - Elvis Perkins

55. The '59 sound - Gaslight Anthem

56. Audioslave - Audioslave

57. Trance Anthems - Dave Pearce

58. Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog flavoured Water - Limp Bizkit

59. The Libertines - The Libertines

60. Ok Go - Oh no

61. Panic Prevention - Jamie T

62. Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes

63. Maladroit - Weezer

64. Elephant - The White Stripes

65. Inner Party System - Inner Party System

66. Always outnumbered, Never outgunned - The Prodigy

67. The Remote Part - Idlewild

68. Youth & Young Minded - Kings of Leon

69. Wolf Mother - Wolf Mother

70. With Love and Squalor - We are the Scientists