Archives for July 2018

Ed Sheeran’s sophomore album was released on June 21, 2014 and didn’t disappoint. He followed his album + that had a hit single, The A Team, with x. The album peaked at number 1 on The Billboard 200 albums. Also, the album had a #2 hit in Thinking Out Loud, Don’t peaked at #9, Photograph peaked at #10, Sing at #13, Afire Love at #37, and One at #87. Ed Sheeran surprisingly did not have a #1 hit until his most recent album which had two #1 hits in Shape of You and Perfect. Below I will rank the songs from worst to best.

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Full Moon Fever was released in 1989 by Geffen Records. Whenever you hear the name Tom Petty, this is probably the album you’d think of. It was one of 3 albums that Tom Petty made without his band, the Heartbreakers. None of the songs on the album hit number 1, but Free Fallin’ peaked at number 7. I took some time to listen to the album, and found that it was better than I had expected. I hadn’t listened to Tom Petty very much until somebody suggested a review on him. I’ve started to enjoy his music a lot. He has a great style that’s impossible not to like. Here is my ranking of the album, from best to worst.

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Bon Jovi’s third album titled Slippery When Wet was released on January 1, 1986 and was the breakout album that the band needed. After two albums prior to Slippery When Wet got no traction and were pretty much failures despite the song Runaway that got a little bit of radio play but were ultimately unsuccessful. Slippery When Wet had two number one hits, You Give Love A Bad Name and Livin’ On A Prayer; also Wanted Dead or Alive peaked at #7 on Billboard’s Hot 100. After this album Bon Jovi was an instant rock success, churning out hit after hit and making Slippery When Wet an essential rock album.

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Quite possibly one of the greatest albums ever, Cracked Rear View, was released on July 5, 1994 (24 years today) by Hootie & The Blowfish. It was an immediate hit and went on to sell fourteen million copies. Surprisingly, none of the songs hit number one, but three of them made top ten, which is pretty good for a first album. Only Wanna Be With You peaked at number 6, Let Her Cry at number 9, and number 10 being Hold My Hand.

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Journey has always been one of my favorite bands. They went through a lot of trouble when they were really popular, but through it all they are still amazing. Steve Perry has a one of a kind voice and is the reason Journey has become what it is known for now. Journey is a band that plays rock and roll but they are also really good at playing slow love songs. The Escape album has a good variety of songs. Some of the songs have been heard by everyone and some of them have not been heard by many people at all. I have ranked the songs in order by the tracklist from the album not by best to worst.

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