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Wilco

CDs of the week

Set aside your misgivings for Wilco, Moby's Wait For Me was worth it and La Roux needs more passion... more |  Add your view

 
Music Little Boots

CDs of the week

Little Boots arrives fresh out of Blackpool, Kasabian and The Black Eyed Peas return and Diana Krall sounds more fulfilled... more |  Add your view

 
Music Elvis Costello

CDs of the week

Elvis Costello returns to Nashville, Paolo Nutini, unites the whole with his ragged old man croak and Patrick Wolf gives us his fourth album... more |  Add your view

 
Music Bob Dylan

CDs of the week

Bob Dylan returns with his 33rd studio album, The Enemy reinvent themselves as rock gods and the Handsome Family get mellow... more |  Add your view

 

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Music Depeche Mode

CDs of the week

Depeche Mode are still an unstoppable force of nature, Noisettes are breezy and hollow and Andy Sheppard can't resist funny noises. .. more |  Add your view

 
Music Bat For Lashes

CDs of the week

Brighton songwriter Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes has had the freedom to come up with something special and Neil Young's material is thin melodically... more |  Add your view

 
Music PJ Harvey

CDs of the week

PJ Harvey indulges in mewling, whining, little-girl-lost vocal exercises and Ida Sand is back to basics... more |  Add your view (1)

 

Discover the Beautiful South

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Music Pet Shop Boys

CDs of the week

Pet Shop Boys are having a far-from-fruitful century, Chris Cornell releases Scream and Gareth Williams leads his Power Trio... more |  Add your view (2)

 
Music Peter Doherty

CDs of the week

Peter Doherty releases his first solo album and Marianne Faithfull is probably best listened to under the influence... more |  Add your view

 
Music Starsailor

CDs of the week

There are hints of Kate Bush from Polly Scattergood, Starsailor are as overwrought as ever and there's something French about Davy Sicard... more |  Add your view

 
Music The Brighton Port Authority

CDs of the week

No Line On The Horizon should mark the end of U2's years of consolidation and Courtney Pine is approaching his prime... more |  Add your view

 
Music The Prodigy

CDs of the week

The Prodigy's new record almost works, Matt Duke's album is nice but won't change the world and Oumou Sagare is empowering... more |  Add your view

 
Music Morrissey

CDs of the week

Morrissey has lost his swagger in Years of Refusal, Empire of the Sun's record is glossy electric pop and Tim Garland takes risks... more |  Add your view

 
Music Van Morrison

CDs of the week

Lily Allen returns with a new album that explores the various layers of her personality and the original magic of Van Morrison is in evidence... more |  Add your view

 
Music The View

CDs of the week

The View's latest has the swagger of those who already have a number one album tucked into their filthy jeans and Janet Mason's record has clever themes... more |  Add your view

 
Music secret-machines

CDs of the week

Secret Machines carry on rocking with their third album, Joshua Redman reaches his prime and Jordi Savall's musical vision is powerful... more |  Add your view

 
Music Lady GaGa

CDs of the week

Animal Collective begin 2009 with a strong start, Lady Gaga offers an alternative to Gwen Stefani and smoky-voiced Cesaria Evora is a lyrical maverick... more |  Add your view

 
Music CDs

Best CDs of 2008

From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year... more |  Add your view (1)

 
Music CDs

CDs of the week

The Kinks and Genesis bring out box sets, Ry Cooder's record is wildly eclectic and Dominic Alldis releases Scenes We Once Knew... more |  Add your view

 
Music Gotan Project

CDs of the week

Akon's third album drops most of the hip-hop, you can almost smell the dope in Neil Young's 1968 concert and David Byrne is unfussy. .. more |  Add your view

 
Music I Am... Sasha Fierce

CDs of the week

Beyoncé Knowles, Nickelback and Tom Jones all return with new albums of varying success... more |  Add your review

 
Music Tracy Chapman

CDs of the week

Tracey Chapman's sweet and earnest melodies might touch a lost chord and Tony Christie puts out the finest Sheffield album since The Human League's Dare... more |  Add your view (1)

 
 
 


 
 
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