1)
1989
2)
Four
One Direction, the
makers of the 2013 best selling album worldwide ‘Midnight Memories’ are back at
the end of 2014 with their fourth album ‘FOUR’. As the boy-band releases their
fourth album, there is an overwhelming fan base making them world conquering
superstars and there are uncomfortably-matured adults commenting ‘they are just
a boy band’. With perky pop hits like ‘No Control’, ‘18’, ‘Fool’s Gold’, ‘Steal
My Girl’, ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ and pop melodies like ‘Night Changes’, ‘Once in
a Lifetime’ stand as the catchy tracks of the album. ‘FOUR’ has been sold
nearly 100K copies in just 5 days and heading towards another successful pop
album.
3)
Ghost
Stories
Ghost Stories is the sixth studio album by British
rock band Coldplay. This is the sound of a band paying homage to their past
hugely successful albums ‘Viva la Vida’, ‘Mylo Xyloto’, ‘X&Y’ as well as
pawning at the future. The melancholy sounds are genuinely heart broken. The
songs like ‘Ink’, ‘Sky full of Stars’, ‘Another’s Arm’ fell like something bigger
and deeper than melancholy.
4) The Endless River
‘The Endless River’ is a long, predominantly
instrumental album that is said to be Pink Floyd’s final cut. Rather than
scrappy young dudes playing to the hallucinating fans in the 60’s, Pink Floyd
have long since became wizened music veterans. For devoted fans, these songs
may comprise something like a musical memoir of their previous songs and albums
closing out a half-century career.
5) X
6) 5 Seconds Of Summer
It is debut full-length album of the Australian
pop-punk band 5 Seconds of Summer. This album is more of a collection of songs
they wrote, but if you dig deeper a little, the theme of the entire album is the
joys and downs of being a teenager. The pop/rock songs with a pop-punk edge
that is present throughout the album with their unbeat energy is visible in
their hit singles “She looks so perfect’, ‘Amnesia’, ‘Good Girls’. This was
good first step by the newer pop/rock band.
7) V
‘V’ is Maroon 5 ‘s fifth studio album with tracks
which are equally big, bold and cinematic like their previous ones. The album
opens with their built-in monsters ‘Maps’, ‘Animals’, ‘It was Always you’
leading the charts. The more you listen to these songs, the more you like it.
It has retro feel, catchy tunes and honest lyrics that proves M5 is just
awesome. It may not be the greatest one compared to Overexposed, Songs about
Jane or Hands All Over but they still sound like an actual band again with a
fresh and new sound.
8) My Everything
Nearly a year after releasing her debut album,
Ariana Grande came with a follow-up. She eases up on her vocal trills to
deliver a mostly restrained performances that soars where it really counts. ‘My
Everything’ is filled with collaborations galore with Iggy, DJ Zedd, Cashmore
Cat, Diana Ross and some other to add some extra edge. Grande’s debut album
‘Yours Truly’ was cute but ‘My Everything’ made her a true pop star.
9) The Hunting Party
‘Linkin Park’, the world’s most successful rock band
of 21st century came up with their sixth studio album. The band
embraced a guitar-driven hard rock sound in this album. It landed down a
variety of hard hitting songs like ‘Guilty All the Same’, ‘Final Masquerade’,
‘War’, ‘Rebellion’ which provide a powerful rock-solid effect. With the
emphasis on guitars and guest musicians, Chester and Shindo still has plenty of
moments to shine keeping the Linkin Park flow going on.
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