
Splendid fun is guaranteed.

Such technically dazzling stuff can often be hard to really love.

Nothing short of miraculous.

A triumphant return for New York's finest.

Trailer Park is as good a place to start as any.

A tender and incredibly tasteful addition to Texier's CV

It soothes while blowing you away.

Saadiq's voice, combined with songs that would lift any party, saves the day.

Once acquired, Bill's a hard habit to break.

A pinnacle of its era. Or any other for that matter...

No Line On The Horizon proves that U2 really still have faith in themselves.

Proves that there really are still artists out there who put music above ego

His sphere of influence still endures and grows. Rave on, Buddy...

These raw, honest performances made him a legend

Suggests that the outfit have certainly got a fruitful future ahead of them.

Makes it all sound as fresh as it did 30 years ago.

Stars this bright always burn out quickly.

A mighty return for one of the greatest players alive today.

It's at once refreshing and humbling.

You WILL fall for them.

Bruce still stands tall as both conscience and as a teller of tales.

Marley is justly regarded as such a musical alchemist.

Communications will undoubtedly bring a lump to the throat.

A very palpable hit.

She chooses songs with scant regard for false notions of 'cool' or genre.

Destined to be played next to his childhood heroes on the FM airwaves.

There's great promise here.

They should have called it Bandierina Rosa.

Here's to volume two...

A valuable insight into the man's early defining moments.

A timely reminder of one of the greatest bands, not just of the 60s but of any period.

It's a gift that keeps on giving.

Musically adventurous, funky to a tee and mad as hell.

Reminds us again who was the adventurous one in the Moptops.

It's a mix of the deceptively simple and rhythmically irresistible.

Forever destined to adopt the stance, and bring guitar-driven cheer to millions.

The last word on a band that will always be one of this nation's greatest treasures.

It seems that the hippest thing Tom can now do is sound like himself.

An essential purchase for anyone remotely interested in punk's history.

One of music's great 'what if?'s.

The last truly great record they made.

Time to get the lipstick out again.

Brave, innovative and forward thinking

From crude r&b to pop transcendence, it's all here.

Otis and Carla grind out some soul classics

Chances are here in the UK we'll never see him. We've been robbed.

While they're here let's just enjoy some great pop, eh?

It won her a far greater audience without compromising her artistic credentials.

Regular listeners will certainly lap this up.

Here's hoping he can long continue to do this kind of stuff.