Albums of the year
There's quite a few things that carry the lofty label of a “soundtrack to life”, often with an attitude far too flippant for such a beautiful, all-encompassing idea. So is it the birdsong on a winter’s morn? Is it the sound of the M5 from the Lickey Hills? Is it the Sound of Music DVD played on repeat from your ailing grandmother’s old TV set? Basically, what I’m trying to say is that it’s statistically unlikely that the "soundtrack to life" is any one of the seven albums that I’m about to list; but for better or worse, they were the ones that I got caught up in this year. I’m going to try and explain exactly why these albums got my attention and why they should get yours too. But I will not even countenance that they might be the soundtrack to anyone’s life, even my own; for pete’s sake, one of these is by Radiohead. Leave it. So, without further ado, in no particular order: 1. Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team People still talk about The Go! Team.