Ed Sheeran – + (Vinyl LP)

British phenom Ed Sheeran’s masterful 2011 debut album, + entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 with the highest opening sales figures for a debut male solo artist ever and is now certified 6x platinum. Fueled by international hit singles like “The A Team” and “Lego House,” + has enjoyed multi-platinum, platinum, and gold sales in nine countries around the world. In the US, “The A-Team,” proved a blockbuster, earning 2x platinum certification from the RIAA as well as a Grammy Award nomination for Song Of The Year.

“Small Bump” is a true story, with the most heart-wrenching twist, about a friend and her baby. “Lego House” is a love song that imagines a world where you can, (“pick up the pieces and build a lego house, and if things go wrong we can knock it down!”). “Wake Me Up” was written while sitting, really drunk, under a tree by Jamie Foxx’s pool. “Grade 8” (“your body is my ball-point pen/ and your mind is my new best friend…”) sees Ed as a worrier/warrior with bloodshot eyes, his heartstrings being twanged by a virtuoso guitarist.

Along with his three Grammy nods – including the prestigious Best New Artist – Sheeran has accrued an array of international honors, spanning two BRIT Awards, and a 2012 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.