1 X ED SHEERAN – C+
2 BLUE SMOKE – THE BEST OF DOLLY PARTON – B+
3 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH – A
4 WANTED ON VOYAGE GEORGE EZRA – B
5 GHOST STORIES COLDPLAY – B
6 TROUBLE IN PARADISE LA ROUX -A-
7 CAUSTIC LOVE PAOLO NUTINI- B
8 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER – C+
9 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING – B+
10 A PERFECT CONTRADICTION PALOMA FAITH – B-
Comment: Ed Sheeran’s fifth week at the top of the UK charts with an amazing 400K units moved and more power to him even if I don’t like the album as much as all those folks, the best moments have grown on me. By the way, quite why Dolly Patton called her new album and a greatest hits collection is well out of my pay bracket.
The young woman in the picture is Noreen O’Hagen’s daughter, Cassy Bergman. Is Cassy naughty or nice? No idea, though she does appear to be a music girl so she can’t be all bad. Noreen? Noreen turned me on to Cockney Rebel when she was 15 and I was 18 years old. Now she likes Springsteen! I’ll think it’s tragic when that moment first arrives…