|July 31, 2014
1 .5 Seconds Of summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer – C+
2. Frozen – V/A – C-
3. Mandatory Fun – Weird Al Yankovic – B
4. In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith – A
5. Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop Kids – B
6. Nobody’s Smiling – Common – C+
7. The Resistnce: Rise Of The Runaways – Crown The Empire – C-
8. Now 50
9. Yes! – Jason Mraz – D
10. X – Ed Sheeran – C+
Comment: I know I prefer 5SOS to common but the reason they have the same grade is a question of ambition, both of these albums have one absolute ambition: the former to be a worldwide smash for teen girls, the other to seriously wory what is happening in Chicago, Ill. Common may fail but I applaud the attempt.