I decided to give ‘The E.N.D’ another listen after hearing it on in my friend’s car, and my sister constantly telling me what a good album it was and that she ‘couldn’t believe I hadn’t listened to it more’. Soon as I put it on I could see how good it was, putting me in a good ‘party’ mood, when I was feeling down.

Stand out songs for me include ‘Rockin To The Beat’, ‘Alive’, and ’Party All the Time’ aswell as the singles that have already been released from this album, ‘Boom Boom Pow’, ‘Meet Me Halfway’, ’I Gotta Feeling’ and the latest single ‘Rock That Body’, all of which I love.

I think seven stand out songs is pretty good going, especially for an album which on first listen I did not like. There isn’t a song on the album that I could say I dislike, overall it is a feel good album and just makes me want to go out and dance.

The Element of Freedom is Alicia Keys fourth studio album, and one I had been really looking forward to hearing, following her success with tracks ‘Empire State of Mind’ and Doesn’t Mean Anything’.

I love Alicia Keys’ style of powerful ballads and her clear talent on the piano. Tracks 4, 5 and 6 are my favourite on this album, with new release ‘Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart’ being an overall amazing record.

All of the songs on this album are pretty slow and there are a few that don’t have anything that stands out in them to make them good tracks which means you generally end up skipping straight through them.

However there are some great tracks and the passion and emotion in Alicia Keys’ voice alone can make you want to listen on. This album has made me book tickets to see her perform live, and as good as this album is, I think that is what the singer does best.

I had been looking forward to listening to this album for a long time and having recieved it as a present I couldn’t wait to put it on whilst waiting for my christmas dinner.

The fact that it has been stuck in my CD player since shows what a fan of this album I am. Rihanna is back, on her fourth studio album, with a more edgy grown-up style and darker lyrics.

‘Rated R’  is a far-cry from her early days and debut album ‘Music of the Sun’, this album clearly shows how far she has come vocally to become one of the worlds most successful R&B artists.

Along with first track release ’Russian Roulette’, my favourite tracks are ‘Hard’, ‘Photographs’, a collaboration with Will.I.Am, and I love the music in ‘Rude Boy’.

Other artists featured on this album include Slash and Young Jeezy, showing the mix of rock and R&B styles on ‘Rated R’.

This is a very strong album, full of great tracks and not one disappointment. Rihanna’s best album yet.

I had been meaning to buy this album since it’s release in September 2009. I wasn’t that keen on single release and first track on the album ‘Uprising’, but as soon as Track 2 ‘Resistance’ began to play I loved it, and realised I had forgotten how much I like Muse’s music.

With dramatic piano pieces and singer Matthew Bellamy’s mysterious voice, there are times in this album which sound like you could be listening to part of a Queen song,  (noticeably in ‘United States of Eurasia’) or a piece of classical music .

My favourite tracks are ‘Guiding Light’ and the three-part, thirteen minute long ’Exogenesis:Symphony’, where the influence of classical music can clearly be seen and is a beautiful end to the album.

I think that the two released tracks ‘Uprising’ and ‘Undisclosed Desires’ are probably among my least favourite on the album, but the more I listen to them the better they get. Although ‘Uprising’ always manages to remind me of ‘Dr Who’.

This is a great album, and ‘Exogenesis’ alone makes it worth a listen.

This is the 2008 X-Factor runner-up JLS’ first album release, following the success of singles ‘Beat Again’ and ‘Everybody in Love’.

I am not ashamed to admit that I was a fan of the band on the TV show, and voted for them a number of times, but I was expecting them to be changed into a cheesy ballad singing boy band following their appearance on the popular programme.

There are quite a few slow ballad type songs on this album but most are kept modern and up to date, such as ‘One Shot’, which makes it one of the best song on the album.

Track 6 ’Close to You’ is one of my least favourite songs on the CD and Track 13 ‘Tightrope’ is a disappointing end to the album. It is these type of tracks that let the album down as it sounds too much like 90′s pop, not the R’n'B style that I like JLS for. But maybe you have to expect some of that from an X-Factor finalist.

Overall I think the album is a bit of a let down for fans who voted for them, expecting more up tempo songs such as the ones already released. The cheesy lyrics and boring boy-band songs do nothing for JLS, but this album’s good tracks show the bands huge talent and why they have such a big fan base.

I first heard this Essex hip-hop duo on BBC Radio One’s, Zane Lowe show, with ‘The Beat That My Heart Skipped’ and instantly liked the song and their sound.

Unfortunately this song is ruined on the album by a ‘speech’ like introduction added on to the beginning. Although once the shouting has passed, it is a very good, catchy song.

The band don’t fit into one particular genre, but all tracks contain Scroobius Pip’s spoken lyrics, which is surprisingly what I like least about them. I like the music in the majority of the album but the ‘talking’ seems the same on every song and becomes quite boring, where as on tracks such as ‘Look For The Woman’ a different voice is used which sounds better. I think the singing voice should have been used more throughout the album to break-up the spoken words.

My favourite track is ‘Letter To God From Man’, which features a sample of Radiohead’s ‘Planet Telex’.

I like this album mainly because of the Dan Le Sac side of electronic beats and mixes, and some of the tracks are overall great, but the opinionated and witty lyrics just do not work for me all of the way through.

Having never been a big fan of the band, I was unsure of what to expect from their return, five years since their last release.

The album is full of energetic tracks and pulsing beats, probably what you would expect, and eventhough I really enjoyed the music, there are certain Prodigy sounds and the voice, which remind me why I have never been a big fan. I think track 5, ‘Take Me To The Hospital’, sums this up perfectly.

There are tracks that I love (e.g Warrior’s Dance), and tracks that I hate ( e.g Run With The Wolves) and the rest, well, they are ok…

Despite my negativity, I actually think on the whole this is a decent album. Loud and fun, the band are back and up to date, whilst keeping their original sound. And it works, not something many bands can achieve after five years away.

The first I had ever heard of the Guillemots was when I saw one of the songs from the album, the beautiful ‘We’re Here’ on MTV2 and loved their unique sound, with a mix of instruments and singer Fyfe Dangerfield, along with interesting lyrics.

Tracks ‘Trains to Brazil’ and ‘Annie, Let’s Not Wait’ offer something a little different to the rest of the album, by being more upbeat but these are not among my favourites as I prefer the soft melodic sound. The only song that I don’t like is ’Blue Would Still Be Blue’ as the singing doesn’t seem to flow with the music.

The twelve minute long ‘Sao Paulo’ is definitly worth listening to, starting off slowly but getting better and better and is like a story in itself.

I think this is a great album and gets better with every listen.

Disc 1 contains more ballads and classic R&B songs and Disc 2 shows her fiesty side with more adventerous ‘electro’ songs.  Both discs contain a number of her UK successful releases including ‘Halo’, ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’, ‘Sweet Dream’ and ‘If I Were A Boy’.

I preferred the first disc  of this album, with ‘Halo’ and ‘Disappear’ standing out as my favourites. But with too many songs that are not memorable I think this album would of been best fitted to one disc and losing mediocre songs such as ‘Video Phone’ and ‘That’s Why You’re Beautiful’.

Overall Beyonce’s third solo album includes a number of catchy good songs and shows off what a versatile artist she is.

But after listening to this album, released in 1994, I became a big Radiohead fan and love the sound of Thom Yorke, his band and his lyrics.

This album gave me a sense of great music, and something that is unique.

My favourite tracks are ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ and (Nice Dream) and I liked all of the tracks on the album although I feel you have to be in a certain mood to listen to this album, as it probably won’t leave you feeling the happiest you ever have.

Despite this, the album definitely can not be described as boring, in fact I would say Radiohead are one of the least boring bands I have ever heard and really enjoy the interesting sound of their music. Anybody who appreciates music should listen to this album.