Pixie Lott - Turn It Up
A classy, if not classic, debut from potential-rich pop newcomer.
View ArticleFlaming Lips - Embryonic
Another wonderful album from the most consistently inventive American band around.
View ArticleSpandau Ballet - Once More
First album for 20 years from former kilt-wearing New Romantics.
View ArticleLady Gaga - The Fame Monster
An unknown a year ago, Gaga’s certainly fun to have around.
View ArticleCorinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
Follow-up to million-selling debut is a dramatic departure.
View ArticlePhil Collins - No Jacket Required
Third album from the hip hoppers’ favourite 80s superstar.
View ArticleSteely Dan - Can’t Buy a Thrill
Debut album of super-intelligent fare from pop’s sardonic duo.
View ArticleAmy Macdonald - A Curious Thing
Scottish songbird follows up stratospherically successful debut.
View ArticleJoni Mitchell - Blue
Mitchell’s fourth album became a blueprint for 70s singer-songwriters.
View ArticleTeenage Fanclub - Shadows
Tenth album from hardy perennials of alternative Scottish pop-rock.
View ArticleDrake - Thank Me Later
Debut from Canadian rapper offers remarkable hip hop/RnB hybrid.
View ArticleSheryl Crow - 100 Miles From Memphis
Seventh studio album from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and liberal activist.
View ArticleBombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
Difficult second album syndrome neatly avoided by north London indie kids.
View ArticleDelta Spirit - History From Below
Second album of dusty Americana from San Diegan four-piece.
View ArticlePull in Emergency - Pull in Emergency
Debut album from disturbingly youthful London quintet.
View ArticleEdwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
Seventh solo studio album from former Orange Juice frontman.
View ArticleHow to Dress Well - Love Remains
An exquisitely lo-fi RnB disquisition on memory and desire, love and loss.
View ArticleBeady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
Debut album by some bloke from a Britpop band.
View ArticleThe Leisure Society - Into the Murky Water
Second album of literate pop from Brighton via Burton-on-Trent outfit.
View ArticleThe Pierces - You & I
Fourth album from Alabama sisters sounds like their commercial breakthrough.
View ArticleWashed Out - Within and Without
Georgia-based chillwave early-adopter finally issues debut album.
View ArticleFitz and The Tantrums - Pickin’ Up the Pieces
Debut album of retro-R&B from LA soulsters.
View ArticleNathaniel Rateliff - In Memory of Loss
Debut album from Denver trucker turned singer-songwriter.
View ArticleFrankie Goes to Hollywood - Liverpool
The second album from Liverpool’s second most famous sons.
View ArticleOdd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All - The OF Tape Vol. 2
‘Post-fame’ follow-up to notorious rap crew’s 2008 online-only debut.
View ArticleDe La Soul’s Plug One & Plug Two Present... First Serve - First Serve
A somewhat flawed but nonetheless enjoyable concept piece from a pair of De La souls.
View ArticleDeath Grips - The Money Store
An incredible, precedent-resetting manifesto from the Californian extreme rap crew.
View ArticleVarious Cruelties - Various Cruelties
A debut set of white soul from the White City four-piece.
View ArticleRumer - Boys Don’t Cry
Sarah Joyce covers male songwriters both culty and canonical on album number two.
View ArticleJack Savoretti - Before the Storm
Third album of gruffly sensitive strum-pop from tousle-haired Italian-English Londoner.
View ArticleThe Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
First album of original material since 2009’s Embryonic for Oklahoma’s finest.
View ArticleEverything Everything - Arc
Manchester math-poppers move towards the mainstream on this second album.
View ArticleA$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP
Debut album proper from the hyped New York rapper doesn't quite deliver.
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