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A successful juxtaposition of the mundane and shocking.
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A dreadful pile of over-processed, overloaded frippery, or a work of genius?
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A canny hybrid of Regina Spektor and Kate Nash.
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Could serve as a retrospective of instrumental hip hop over the past ten years.
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Low calorie, guitar-based rock.
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Fascinating fantasy or ostentatiously bloated?
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The album has an intimacy that gives even the most despairing songs an intangible joy.
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There's a damn sight more depth than your average manufactured band here.
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Enough hooks to get caught up on, again and again.
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Fearless is now triple platinum. But will it fare similarly in the UK?
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Bigger, brighter and more danceable.
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Don't underestimate Pink!
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A truly slick and accomplished debut.
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Finally secures Amelle's place and puts the ghost of Mutya to rest.
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Soaking up trends that ensure she’s played in all the gyms and Topshops nationwide...
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This girl's far too smart for the crappy nights out, rubbish mates and loser exes she...
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They're at their best at their darkest: the title track is the standout with its...
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Rilo Kiley lead singer Jenny Lewis has gone solo - and her debut album sounds bloody...
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Lamontagne's album is about his long journey from a factory worker to a...
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The personality of this record is one with a vulnerable heart which is easily bruised,...
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Fans of I Am Kloot may be pleased to hear that John Bramwell and co have taken the 'If...
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Dishevelled, hard edged Mancunians I Am Kloot are back with more songs about what an...
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She shows love, loneliness and overall goodness in her timeless songs.
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Too many of the tracks here are predictable. 'Party In My Head' does not inspire me to...
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Melancholy is never too far away, but its presence can make the resolution and peace...
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O'Riley has taken one of the most successful contemporary bands of the moment, and...
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Debut CD from Dublin dreampop trio named after a Danish astronomer...
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The love expressed on this album is not just this year's; it's a daily, toilet...
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Nina explores the ill-effects of too much alcohol on a raging jealous tongue with the...
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Overall I think this is an album to listen to when you've had your heart broken...
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It's a kind of Desert Island Discs for the hip, with anecdotal sleeve-note...
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Minimalist composer's soundtrack to Bafta award winning movie. 'It's all a bit too...
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Moloko return with an album that is fresh, keeping all the things that are good, but...
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Beautiful words sum up the world and lodge themselves in your head - 'I wish the...
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Gloriously imperfect, the personality makes the album, and it's his best yet: almost...
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Beautysleep moves with the dreaminess of a Jean Rhys novel, fluid and effortless...
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There's no doubt that Christina's got a stunning voice, but stylistically she could be...
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It's like witnessing the stag night of some young blokes with too much money and very...
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Proof that sometimes, these talent shows actually work to give us, the public, what we...
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Relive the snapshots of Björk's confessionals, quirks like throwing things off...
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I'll never listen to the cheery 'Full Moon Empty Heart' in the same way, now I know...
