Debut album proper from the hyped New York rapper doesn't quite deliver.
Manchester math-poppers move towards the mainstream on this second album.
Second album of lo-fi RnB from Brooklyn boy wonder.
Debut album of ethereal soul from mysterious producer.
First album of original material since 2009’s Embryonic for Oklahoma’s finest.
Third album of gruffly sensitive strum-pop from tousle-haired Italian-English Londoner.
Sarah Joyce covers male songwriters both culty and canonical on album number two.
A debut set of white soul from the White City four-piece.
An incredible, precedent-resetting manifesto from the Californian extreme rap crew.
A somewhat flawed but nonetheless enjoyable concept piece from a pair of De La souls.
‘Post-fame’ follow-up to notorious rap crew’s 2008 online-only debut.
Second album of perfect pop from Scandinavian trio.
The second album from Liverpool’s second most famous sons.
Debut album from Denver trucker turned singer-songwriter.
Debut album of retro-R&B from LA soulsters.
Georgia-based chillwave early-adopter finally issues debut album.
Fourth album from Alabama sisters sounds like their commercial breakthrough.
Second album of literate pop from Brighton via Burton-on-Trent outfit.
Debut album by some bloke from a Britpop band.
An exquisitely lo-fi RnB disquisition on memory and desire, love and loss.
Seven-disc box set from seminal Scottish indie band.
Touted duo add singer and ditch dubstep for melancholy synth-pop.
Debut album of Balearic madness from Belgian DJ/remixer.
Seventh solo studio album from former Orange Juice frontman.
Debut album from disturbingly youthful London quintet.
Fourth album from US tech-pop polymath.
Second album of dusty Americana from San Diegan four-piece.
Difficult second album syndrome neatly avoided by north London indie kids.
Seventh studio album from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and liberal activist.
Debut from Canadian rapper offers remarkable hip hop/RnB hybrid.
Tenth album from hardy perennials of alternative Scottish pop-rock.
Mitchell’s fourth album became a blueprint for 70s singer-songwriters.
Scottish songbird follows up stratospherically successful debut.
Debut album of super-intelligent fare from pop’s sardonic duo.
Sixth album of down-tempo RnB from hermetic soulstress.
Third album from the hip hoppers’ favourite 80s superstar.
Follow-up to million-selling debut is a dramatic departure.
The debut album that made Helen Folasade Adu a star.
An unknown a year ago, Gaga’s certainly fun to have around.
Pioneering Scottish indie-funkster issues third album in two years.
Pop’s angriest man caught live in 1978.
First album for 20 years from former kilt-wearing New Romantics.
Debut album from Philly synth-pop collective.
Sixth album of slow jams from US RnB star.
First Spanish album from Portuguese-Canadian songbird.
Glitterball disco from husband and wife team.
Another wonderful album from the most consistently inventive American band around.
A classy, if not classic, debut from potential-rich pop newcomer.
Second time lucky for Amy Winehouse’s best mate?
