A passionate and seductive album which reminds us how distinctive this band can be.
Harcourt’s sixth album features moments of deft, delicate brilliance.
Four may be 2012’s most exciting guitar album – who would have predicted that?
The most accessible ‘greatest hits’ set yet from one of England’s greatest songwriters.
It’s no Klaxons catastrophe, but this second set is a so-so return on four years’ work.
The most versatile and glitteringly brilliant pop band of our new millennium.
Intelligent, ambitious and brilliantly realised, Born to Die defies any backlash.
A band with a seemingly effortless knack for a pop hook.
An expanded reissue of the Pumpkins’ potential-rich 1991 debut.
An album uncertain of its direction, from a band making the journey very interesting.
There are moments of beguiling brilliance on this fifth studio effort.
Fan-dream edition which captures the band when they seemed capable of anything.
lang’s fresh start finds her more energetic and playful than she’s been for years.
The songwriting great still casts an impressive shadow across pop.
A feast of style, but the electro duo’s debut skimps on substance.
Deserves to catapult them into indie pop’s premier league.
The pop landscape has been a much more interesting place with P!nk in it.
An ebullient, daring album which sounds more like a fresh start than a final destination.
X Factor winner reveals a disco-dusted debut of giddy pop pleasures.
A scattershot collection of old singles, B sides and remixes.
The Swede is the best, most versatile pop star currently at work.
Though wildly inconsistent, the Dandys were capable of producing glittering pop gems.
A far livelier and more enjoyable record than 2006’s Ta-Dah.
No other album has ever matched its morose magnificence.
An unexpected, intelligent success from an artist proving her detractors wrong.
They remain one of our most fascinating, extraordinary bands.
Robin Proper-Sheppard’s latest demands patience, but rewards it lavishly.
Inconsistent, haphazard, dark and occasionally touched by pop genius.
Songs soon lose their way in blizzards of fiddly guitar excess.
A weak and watery debut, sonically and melodically shallow.
A confused, uncertain but intriguing debut.
The duo’s prospects have brightened, though their sound has not.
Intricate, complex musicianship that makes perfect sense of the band's name
A beguiling record, their finest to date.
British Sea Power are to be cherished for their originality and daring.
Are the band falling prey to the law of diminishing returns?
Is the 'genius' from Omaha spreading his talents too thinly?
Clark has made the leap from promising to thrilling.
There won’t be many sharper, more energetic guitar records in 2009.
Yes is a wonderful vindication, and their finest album in many, many years.
It's a rich, distinctive and sure-footed album.
You may find it admirable, beautifully crafted but, finally, limited.
More ambitious than many previous covers record.
There are enough haunting hooks and delicately well written tunes here.
As such it's tart, sweet and satisfying.
The results can be riveting
Will intoxicate those with the stomach for such things.
It's all you can do not to leap into the Atlantic and start swimming.
What makes this blip pop so maddening is the suspicion that it conceals real talent.
Visiter reveals its hidden depths slowly.
