Was there ever a bleaker title?
Imperfect, visceral, exciting and, ultimately, classic.
A sublime and often astounding debut.
A sincere and well-meant Christmas gift from one of the purest folk voices we have
It's a hit and miss rollercoaster
She still delivers devastating blows of emotion
Slipway Fires might just be the most hilarious album you'll hear all year.
A career breakthrough that could take him from cult status to the big time.
A Hundred Million Suns is so close to being brilliant
He may yet turn out to be 21st century Britain's very own Gil Scott-Heron.
Scotland's second city has done it again.
A collection of thoughtful, catchy and ultimately satisfying songs.
This was an obvious attempt to 'do a Johnny'...
This album shows just why Eliza is one of music's, and not just folk's, most important...
Joan Wasser had plenty to do to equal the brilliance of her debut, but in To Survive,...
Taken as a collection, Liejacker sounds like a Mary Chapin Carpenter album circa 1996.
...An essential companion to A Brighter Beat.
Greatest Hits is neither the best starting point for a bequiffed novice or a true...
Detours might not just be the sound of an artist returning to her finest form, it...
The pair have hit on a formula so ferociously simple and utterly addictive.
Unmistakable originality, glittering musicianship and acres of free thought
A solid base to build a career on and a wonderful reminder of just how great our home...
The first contender for hip-hop record of the year has come very early...
Maybe the transformation was too much for the pair, or, like a butterfly, their life...
After six albums, you can't help but feel that there's one big in-joke going on and...
While making perfect sense on screen, the songs make insane bedfellows on record.
Breathless, for all its ultra-slick production, electro beats and pop hooks, is a...
There's still a long road ahead for McFly.
An album capable of gobbling up column inches regardless of the popularity of or media...
This shows exactly why Heaton and his bandmates have been so successful.
The fact that Taking Chances is her 34th album speaks for itself.
Sometimes Aled's control and high standard overwhelm the songs he chooses to sing.
While Nine Black Alps may not be about to save the musical world, they will definitely...
Alison Moyet still has one of the most emotive and intoxicating British voices ever.
If a musical career is a motorway, then Bombshell puts King Creosote into fifth gear...
Polly Jean returns with a new piano-based direction. Lovely and disturbing in equal...
Kate Rusby in a wonderful return to form...
Oh no...not ANOTHER wonderfully intelligent dance duo from the North? Oh yes...
Fine country stylings from Bolton's latest homegrown talent...
Manchester's most lived-in band return for another album of melon-twisting.
Country rock's most unpredictable and prolific artist returns with a career high.
...It is possibly the most confused album you’ll come across all year.
...You can't help but think of old Freeborn and wonder whether if he'd been alive to...
'Cuilidh' is possibly the most aptly-titled album ever...after all, it means 'treasury'.
...Sticking a smile on your face and a shuffle in your step.
Expect to see this on the Mercury list come nomination time.
...The rabid back-beat marries punk with rave and throws you around in a glorious...
Living With War is another fist in America’s gut.
Five years is a long time to wait considering the sheer brilliance of 2001's 'Whole...
She’s produced arguably her best work to date. Normal service has been resumed.
