1 STAGES – JOSH GROBAN – D+
2 – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION – PAUL SIMON – A
3 X ED SHEERAN – B
4 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH – A
5 CHAOS AND THE CALM – JAMES BAY – B
6 SOUND AND COLOUR – ALABAMA SHAKES – A-
7 TITLE -MEGHAN TRAINOR – B+
8 1000 FORMS OF FEAR – SIA – C+
9 WANTED ON VOYAGE – GEORGE EZRA – B
10 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT
Comment: Perhaps it’s a form of snobbery, but is there anything worse than high-low culture pop music like Josh Groban? Yes, he has a good voice but everything it touches melts into sugar cotton candy. It is all sticky and horrid. One exception: “Pure Imagination” isn’t bad… That’s why it is D+ and not D-. It’s like Christian MOR without the excuse of worship, it is a please God let it stop.
