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I know that sounds sad but here me out I don’t want Doctor Who to end as I love this show, Doctor Who means so much to me but if it does happen than I fine with that. This is not me wanting it to end but rather me accepting if it does end. I'm satisfied with whatever path the BBC decides to take.

As I've grown up I learned I sometimes need to make grounded and mature distinctions. Acceptance is often the healthiest relationship a fan can have with Doctor Who. It takes away the stress of needing the show to always validate itself or explain why it’s worth watching. This way, you can enjoy what’s already there without worrying about a potential disappointing ending hanging over your head.

If Doctor Who does come back and I hope it does I will watch it but if it doesn't then I'll still love this show no matter what.

I’m not usually into this type of music as I’m a white middle-class guy who was born in England, raised in Canada and who loves The Beatles, but there is something about Kneecap that I like. I discovered them after I heard Sharon Osborne and Keir Starmer talk shit about them. Their music is a massive middle finger to the entire establishment. They are basically this generation's Sex Pistols and Fenian is this generation’s Never Mind The Bollocks. Even though I can't speak a word of Irish, I feel the anger and energy in the music, which reminds me of Rage Against the Machine. It makes me want to renounce my British citizenship and burn the Union Jack. They are the best thing to come out of Ireland since Pierce Brosnan.

1. The Queen Is Dead
   I think it's common consensus that The Queen is Dead is The Smiths best album and, honestly, how could it not be? It has Morrissey’s best lyrics, which are both their absolute funniest and most cynical satire, right alongside their most devastatingly beautiful and sincere. The instrumentation by Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce is top-notch. There isn't a single wasted second, a single misplaced note, or a track you feel the urge to skip. Every element from the sequencing of the songs to the artwork just locks into place perfectly. This is one of the best albums of the 1980s and one of my favourite albums of all time.

Favourite Tracks: The Queen Is Dead, Frankly, Mr. Shankly, Cemetery Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy with the Thorn in His Side & There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

Overall Score: 10/10

2. Strangeways, Here We Come
   One of the very few things that Morrissey and Johnny Marr agree on is that Strangeways, Here We Come is their best album and while I and most Smiths fans say The Queen is Dead is their best, I think Strangeways is on the same level as The Queen is Dead, Hatful of Hollow and Meat Is Murder. Strangeways is such a haunting album as it feels like both a natural evolution and a final chapter at the same time. This album gets way too overlooked as it came out right after the band split up, meaning they never got to play the songs live because they were falling apart at the seams. There is a haunted, desperate energy to the whole album which makes it one of their best in their small discography.

Favourite Tracks: A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours, I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, Girlfriend in a Coma, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before & Unhappy Birthday

Overall Score: 10/10

3. Hatful of Hollow
   While technically, Hatful of Hollow isn't a proper album, a compilation album, it's way better than their debut, as the raw, energetic BBC Radio 1 versions of songs that are from the debut outshine the slightly flat, muddy production of the debut. Alongside the BBC Radio 1 sessions tracks we have two new singles and B-sides from the debut. Hatful of Hollow should have been their debut as it's way more cohesive and consistent from start to finish.

Favourite Tracks: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, How Soon Is Now?, William, It Was Really Nothing, Handsome Devil & Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Overall Score: 10/10

4. Meat Is Murder
   Meat Is Murder is the perfect step forward from the debut technically and musically, you can really hear the band stretching their muscles. Johnny Marr started experimenting with different styles, giving us the rockabilly swagger, funk-infused grooves and the gorgeous acoustic textures. While the debut felt like a random collection of songs slammed together, Meat Is Murder feels like a cohesive, political, and sonic manifesto, Targeting school headmasters, domestic abuse and the meat industry. Even as a non-Vegetarian or Vegan, the title track gives me chills and tears.

Favourite Tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, Rusholme Ruffians, Nowhere Fast, Barbarism Begins at Home & Meat Is Murder

Overall Score: 10/10

5. Louder Than Bombs
   Louder Than Bombs is slightly better than The World Won't Listen has it; it has a more cohesive and consistent tracklist, but it has the same problems; it's too long and has too many songs on it. It's very rare for an American exclusive record to be better than the British original, but it is better. Neither Louder Than Bombs nor The World Won't Listen would ever beat Hatful of Hollow, as that compilation is just as good as an official studio album.

Favourite Tracks: Is It Really So Strange?, Sheila Take a Bow, Sweet and Tender Hooligan, Rubber Ring and Back to the Old House

Overall Score: 8/10

6. The World Won't Listen
   I think the biggest issue with The World Won't Listen is that it's too long and has too many songs on it. It also lacks the same cohesiveness of Hatful of Hollow. Even though both are compilations, Hatful of Hollow felt more cohesive like an album were as this album's tracklist lacks consistency. I wish that some of the previously released singles weren't on the album. There are 29 songs on the album, and they should have cut it down to 15, because as much as I love The Smiths, you can have too much of a good thing.

Favourite Tracks: Panic, Ask, London, Shoplifters of the World Unite, Asleep, Stretch Out and Wait & You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby

Overall Score: 7/10

7. The Smiths
   As much as I love The Smiths, I think their debut is especially their worst album, but worse in the sense that it's the least good. Unfortunately, the two main things that hold it back though are its inconsistencies in production and tracklisting. The production stripped away the raw, jangly energy the band had live, making it sound a bit flat compared to the lush sonic landscapes of the rest of their discography. Side 1 is where the album's lack of cohesion is at its worst, while Side 2 is where the debut actually tries to find its footing. While it has its problems and when I'm in the mood to listen to The Smiths, this is the album I'm least likely to turn to, but when it hits, it really hits.

Favourite Tracks: What Difference Does It Make?, This Charming Man, Hand in Glove & Reel Around the Fountain

Overall Score: 7/10

I don’t have any proof but I think he is lying about having autism just for attention. He is a narcissist hypocrite who is pretending to be a part of our community, he lacks empathy and compassion. He is using autism as a get out of jail free card which is making us look bad as he will inevitably use his “disability” as a convenient shield to deflect criticism or excuse bad behaviour. #muskisntautistic