
Doves storm to the top of the pile. Absolutely brilliant.

The best 29 minutes and 12 seconds of 2009 thus far.

The remastered album offers up a far rawer and pleasing sound

It's not too much to suggest that it's a solid gold classic.

The Colour And The Shape marked Foo Fighters' coming of age.

Dear John is Loney Dear's moment. It's the sound of an artist starting to fly.

To tire of this album is to tire of breathing... A genuine masterpiece.

It's as perfect today as it was back then. Genuinely amazing.

The ideal gift for an indie uncle.

Some sort of national treasurehood awaits.

A brilliant album from one of the finest groups to have ever walked the Earth.

Long may they reign.

A bit of sparkle and magic is all you need, and your life improves immeasurably.

Supermarvellous.

Get this magnificent masterpiece and play very, very loud indeed.

25 years, nine albums and an ever-growing fistful of classics on, there's still no...

Infadels will win over plenty of new friends on the festival circuit this summer.

On this evidence alone, all signs point to a bright future.

You need The Presets in your life.

In Ghost Colours rewards you with fresh magic with each listen, and sounds even better...

It’s about time the boys got back in on the action.

F*ck Buttons have all it takes to rise above their attention-seeking name and become...

Seventh Tree is a voyage worth taking in the unique universe of Goldfrapp.

An essential addition to any fan's collection.

It's completely amazing and possibly the best compilation ever.

Anyone with a vague interest in throwing shapes will love it.

Give them a couple of albums and they could be amazing.

Matinee is a pleasant surprise for anyone who expected 11 slices of perky...

As an archive release and a revealing fragment of the madness of the Purps, Live In...

An utterly lovely, timeless album that Hawley can be proud of.

American Idol winner Chris Daughtry gives us something a little harder than usual...

Colour It In' has all the hallmarks of outliving any tiny-minded scene or stereotype.

Dreamers - you may have just found your album of the year.

Ladyfinger show enough promise to grab you by...the throat

So much more than just a rock star's novelty side project or thinly veiled solo album...

After the famous 'wardrobe malfunction' western civilisation threw a wobbler and...

The breadth of ideas on display here is astonishing.

Producer Stephen Street, the man who had a hand in the first five Blur albums, has...