#now with added hyperlink to my tattoo haha

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I got tagged by the lovely @rock-n-roll-fantasy to list 5 albums I cant live without! This was so hard 😭

1. Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino - Arctic Monkeys - What can I say about this album that myself or everyone else hasn't already said? It's a bloody masterpiece, so much so that I have it tattooed on me - the vibes are immaculate and of course I love all the Monkey's stuff but this is just something else. I'm also giving a consolation space to HUMBUG here because damn that is 10 tracks of perfection❤️ Fave Tracks: Batphone, TBHC, Four out of Five but Star Treatment takes the cake as my all time fave am song.

2. Everything You've Come To Expect - The Last Shadow Puppets - Tbh I haven't listened to this for a little while but that's just because I know when I go back to it it'll hit me all over again. I love the boys' first album but EYCTE just has it all. Not to mention it came out at a really good time in my life and I just love Al and Mi together so much, god. The Element of Surprise and Dracula Teeth are faves but all are amazing🤌🏻

3. Plastic Beach/Demon Days - Gorillaz - I was gonna just put Plastic Beach but then I remembered just how good Demon Days is too. I love them both equally, as well as the debut album. I saw Gorillaz last week and I'm still fucking reeling because the moment they played DARE and Dirty Harry I literally reached spiritual enlightenment (even if Shaun Ryder was putting in 1% effort lmao it was funny tho) genuinely dont have room for my top tracks here bc Damon Albarn is just a genius and I love him your honour

4. Origin Of Symmetry - Muse - I haven't listened to Muse in quite a while either and I love all of their albums (apart from most of Simulation Theory but we don't have time to unpack that!) but I think it's easy to tell I'm a fan of their earlier stuff - New Born, Bliss and Citizen Erased are my faves on OOS but every song is so beautifully crafted and its a great capsule of just quintessential MUSE - always a classic.

5. Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club - This is just pure nostalgia and euphoria for me, if you want to party with your mates this is the album you put on, it reminds me of great times at my local nightclub just dancing all night (I hope to be there again soon) - truly an album of my generation, just gorgeous.

Honorable mentions go to Superfood - Don't Say That, Daft Punk - Discovery and MCR - The Black Parade as well as many more. It's weird cause theres lots of artists that I love and know many songs of but not specific albums, such as Bowie, Kate Bush, Blur and lots of 80's artists like the Human League, Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. I find it very hard to really be pulled in to an album as a whole so when it happens for me, it REALLY happens! ✨