Music is one of my biggest passions in life, much like most teenagers. My love of music began way back when I was 3 and as a present from Santa I received The Tweenies Christmas Album. I played that cd constantly until I knew all of the the words. Since then my cd collection has spiraled to a total of 56 cds. When I was 16 I began a new and different phase of school life. I was propelled from a class of people who I knew and had made many friends in, to a class filled with people I had not only never spoken to but also who I had nothing in common with. Luckily I only shared one class a day with these people but this gave me little solace as my other classes were also filled with people I had never met. I was forced to talk to people who had little interest in me and I felt thoroughly alone for over half the school year. Yes I still had my friends at lunch times and outside of school but the anxiety of being alone or uncomfortable in classes was enough to force me to find solace in something other than the internet. This is when I truly discovered my love of music and it's power not only to help but to heal. I began listening to new artists and bands and if it wasn't for them that school year would have been almost impossible to persevere through. So I have picked my 5 favourite albums of all time (a choice which was borderline impossible to make) and my reasoning for their appearance in this blogpost will be explained.