SHOUT Selects: Love Albums We Like

Valentine's Day is almost here. That can mean quite a lot of things to you, from sadness, jubilance to indifference. If you've been thinking about affairs of the heart we've prepared a list of some albums on that topic from the past decade that should suit any variety of moods.

Angus and Julia Stone - A Book like This
MAHEJABEEN HOSSAIN NIDHI

Everyone has their own perception of love, their own phrases and their unique stories. Angus and Julia Stone's A Book like This is an album which represents their singular stories of love. In their songs, they manage to capture certain emotions, or rather fragments of emotions, beautifully. The songs in the album range from sweet (Just a Boy and Bella) to more wildly whimsical and erratic (The Beast). These chaotic transitions illustrate the cruder and more fickle side of love.

John Mayer - Continuum
RAYAAN IBTESHAM CHOWDHURY

There comes a time in relationships when the spark seems to fizzle out. Nobody's really cheating or there aren't any clear-cut signs but it becomes clear that things aren't quite the same anymore. John Mayer touches all these concepts and more. What's it like to leave things unsaid? What's it like to feel the weight if your solitude push you down or for the heart to stumble as it tries to get back to its old self? With a pop album made with blues sensibilities, Mayer knows.

Mötley Crüe - Saints of Los Angeles
RUMMAN R KALAM

Saints of Los Angeles is an excellent album to listen to while cuddling on the couch and thinking about a married future with 2 kids.

Four Tet – There is Love in You
ZOHEB MASHIUR

Angel Echoes alone should be enough to give this album a place on this list: few songs have so perfectly captured what it feels like to fall in love. The album plays like a kaleidoscope of moments and emotions frozen in time, from the upbeat sound of Sing to the sensual rhythm of Love Cry.  She Just Likes to Fight closes it all off and it is perfect. Couldn't tell you why. It's just perfect.

Arctic Monkeys - AM
ARMAN R. KHAN

When things have gone south in the relationship, but you just can't get over it; this album is for those times. It's about the type of love that stays back, makes you wonder about all the things that could've been and even tempts you to pick up the phone in your weak moments and patch things up. Alex Turner and co. successfully explore all the emotions in the post-break up phase, and brings it all together to form the best album of Arctic Monkey's career.

Coldplay – X&Y
MASTURA TASNIM

Love is a struggle. From the first look till after the last goodbye, it's never easy and always worth it. That is what X&Y reminds us throughout. From sending A Message at the Speed of Sound to finding someone to Fix You after The Hardest Part was over,  Coldplay smoothes the road ahead. This album takes love and rephrases everything you've ever wanted to say about it.