Ed Sheeran + Review

Ed Sherman’s debut album was released on 12 September 2011, quickly becoming number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 102,000 copies in its first week. The album is contrast to the other pop albums that usually dominate the charts, with its acoustic indie folk genre. The album contains a variety of songs from gentle love ballads to a fast pace R&B rap. All the songs on + display hints of Sheeran’s personal life, and are no doubt written about real events, for example ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’, describes Ed’s journey to stardom and the managing issues along the way. The most unique quality of the album is the non-artificial, authencity of the album, unlike the dubsep, auto tuned stars that engulfs teenage music nowadays. With his messy ginger hair, ‘britishness’, self written love songs and guitar playing, that album + has become extremely popular with teenage girls all around, providing him to sell out multiple venues on his tour. This album has certainly made sure that he will never return to his homeless days sleeping on friends sofa, and his eagerly awaited second album should do the same.