Life's Too Sports

In the past few weeks, I've ranked Maroon 5's " Red Pill Blues ", Taylor Swift's " folklore ", and Paramore's " After Laughter ". However, this has easily been my most challenging album ranking to date. Before I dive right into it (see what I did there?), I'd like to confess that I don't listen to many of the featured artists on this album; thus, I'm mainly assessing it through the lens of Sheeran's discography. And now, as they say in the UK, off we go... 15. BLOW I sincerely wish I could rationalize my ranking of "BLOW". On this track, Ed Sheeran experiments with the rock genre, which should be extremely exciting. He also features a pair of artists that I admire immensely in Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars. So what's the issue? Aside from simply being caught off-guard by a new sound, I feel that overwhelming instrumentation somewhat negates the vocals of three phenomenal singers here. Nonetheless, it's ...

He's not a rapper, he's a singer with a flow. From growing up in the small town of Framlingham, Suffolk, to selling out shows at Wembley Stadium, Edward Christopher Sheeran's path to stardom has been anything but ordinary. Born on February 17, 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Sheeran spent nearly the entire duration of his childhood singing in a local church choir and working tirelessly at improving his skill with the guitar. After attending a Damien Rice concert at the impressionable age of eleven, Ed Sheeran was finally sold on the idea of following his passion: music. Sheeran began recording his own songs in 2004, carefully crafting five independently-released "EPs" before finally hitting the mainstream with his debut studio album "+" in 2011. The album featured six unique singles, with "The A Team", "You Need Me, I Don't Need You", and "Lego House" leading the pack, and clearly showcasing the diversity of this br...