
Genuinely brilliant second album from the London singer.

The big issues on this second album sound perfect for a manky January.

A frisky, marvellous delight from beginning to end.

A warming blanket of an album, here for you to wrap yourself in.

Album two finds the north Londoners dwarfing their contemporaries.

Could be as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones.

A bold affirmation of JLS’s arrival as a pop force.

She’s got the potential to become a big star.

New retrospective from the best British pop duo of all time.

Album eight from the acclaimed Scots is a fine addition to their impressive catalogue.

Their future may be uncertain, but Interpol’s fourth LP is a satisfying listen for now.

An essential addition to any collection – amazing barely begins to cover it.

A spot-on summation of an icon’s work.

A handy overview of an amazing yet frustrating band.

Pure Kylie magic, Aphrodite is an astonishing return to form.

The Chemical Brothers show no signs of fatigue on their seventh LP.

This could steer Plan B towards being one of the year’s biggest pop stars.

You wish more artists would challenge themselves in a fashion like this.

Free of anything in the slightest bit terrible, Head First is amazing stuff.

Even after such wonderful past LPs, Sisterworld is perhaps Liars’ masterpiece.

The brothers Brewis combine to form a gem of a band.

You may’ve thought it couldn’t have got any better. You’re wrong – it just has.

It’s about time they were recognised as geniuses.

An essential purchase for collectors of Who paraphernalia.

Twelve slices of sublime pop genius.

Purveyors of beautiful noise to blow your mind.

This album has the power to provoke actual riots and dismantle buildings.

Songwriter Raissa Khan-Panni creates a fantasy world of her own.

So magical that it can turn any occasion, however mundane, into a polysexual cosmic disco

Expect to hear a large percentage of this soundtracking your life in the near future

Experienced in the correct context, this is really quite stunning

A very modern rock album with an ambitious appeal, yet unafraid to be a bit arty.

It's a mouthful of a title for a mouthful of an album.

The textbook example of how brilliant a pop debut could be

A fantastic reawakening for a band that could quite easily have fallen off Earth

Like a less quivery Maccabees

They've probably released their masterpiece.

Remember and celebrate the finest band of their generation this way.

The sort of album which unites lovers of pop, young and old

Buffalo Tom are a band that deserves a bit of rediscovering.

Remains one the world's finest pop entities. Long may he confuse, delight and wonder.

A bit of a meal to get through, with random styles zigzagging about.

Blur guitarist's seventh solo album enters 'concept' territory!

The Canadian performance artist mellows out. A Bit

Genuinely, really, very, very good indeed, people. Hell, even an album of the year.

16 years on, Star has aged very well.

A true delight.

He makes such ponderings into elegantly mournful country soul magic.

Give Out But Don't Give Up wasn't completely amazing.

Junior is a proper fantastic return for the 'sopp.