10 Top Summer Albums

The sun is out!  Summer's finally arrived!  Time to crack out the barbeque, pour the Pimm's and dust off the deckchairs.  And here, in no particular order, are ten top albums to add to your summer playlist.

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King

Just look at the album cover.  Roll back the top and go driving along a sun-soaked highway with this collaboration between two blues legends.



Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

There's a reason so many Lord Huron tracks were picked for the Walk in the Woods soundtrack.  Every song entices you to take your best buddy and hit a mountain trail.  You can smell the outdoors in this album.




John Martyn - Solid Air

Put on a pot of coffee and sit out on the patio with this jazz-folk fusion.




Chris Rea - On the Beach

Clue's in the title.






Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

Possibly a personal one, but this conjurs memories of lying in the Exmoor sunshine waiting to be picked up after a particularly tough bike ride across the moor, listening to this album on my iPod.




Rusted Root - When I Woke

You might remember stand-out track 'Send Me On My Way' from the 1996 film of Matilda. Guaranteed to put you in the most positive of summery moods.



Kylie Minogue - Kylie

A controversial choice, perhaps, but what summer party would be complete without the debut album from the self-styled Princess of Pop?





Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Another personal choice - this time memories of a harbourside restaurant in Dubrovnik, with the sun setting over the Adriatic.


Kate Rusby - Awkward Annie

The English countryside in musical form.







The Specials - The Specials

Would any summer playlist be complete without a bit of reggae?