I listen to music every day - these are the 5 best albums of all time

Music is the language that connects people all over the world, it provides a soundtrack for celebrations, sad times and quite often the commute to work. Although streaming sites and social media are often where people go to to listen to music now, it's CDs and vinyls that I still opt for most of the time. Specific albums can take you back to a certain time in your life and having a physical copy that represents that will always be more special that a playlist put together on Spotify. I have made a list of five albums I think you need to listen to, if you haven't already.

I have no doubt that this album would feature in many people's top ten. Rumours is a heart-wrenching album that has emotional highs and lows in abundance. During the protracted sessions for the album, Fleetwood Mac's two couples - guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks; bassist John McVie and singer-keyboard player Christine McVie, who were married - broke up. Because of this, the album is fuelled with internal turmoil that would be made public art.

Kings of Leon's fourth studio album takes me back to my later childhood. It is the album that would the band on the map for me, laregly due to my parents playing it on repeat in the car wherever we would go for quite a few consecutive months. So much so, that it has stuck with me until then, the album is a perfect soundtrack for a car journey and it's dark, romantic undertones were the perfect predecessor for their fifth album, Come Around Sundown.

Charli XCX's most recent album brat has taken her popularity to extremes and she is finally getting her flowers after many years writing her own songs and songs for other artists. But this album, how i'm feeling now, holds a special place in my heart. Charli took to social media during lockdown in 2020 and announced she would create an album by herself, from her house in L.A. in six weeks. The impressive body of work is industrial yet emotional and could also work as a party playlist.

Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love is a dreamy, theatrical masterpiece that takes your mind to a happy frequency. Including tracks like Cloudbusting and Running Up That Hill, Hounds of Love is innovative, emotional and powerful in its lyrics. Her distinct voice and unique vocal inflexions are what set Bush apart. There is no other artist out there to whom you could compare her to and she has an incredible talent to make you feel every word of the album.

Talking Heads' 1984 album gets the award for having the most consistently amazing songs in one album. There are countless classics on there, including Psycho Killer, Burning Down the House and Once in a Lifetime to name a few. It is a live album that also serves as the soundtrack to the concert film of the same name. The album had a huge impact on pop culture and is linked to slow cinema. It is poignant in the legacy it leaves behind for the band.