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Genuinely brilliant second album from the London singer.
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The big issues on this second album sound perfect for a manky January.
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A frisky, marvellous delight from beginning to end.
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A warming blanket of an album, here for you to wrap yourself in.
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Album two finds the north Londoners dwarfing their contemporaries.
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Could be as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones.
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A bold affirmation of JLS’s arrival as a pop force.
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She’s got the potential to become a big star.
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New retrospective from the best British pop duo of all time.
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Album eight from the acclaimed Scots is a fine addition to their impressive catalogue.
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Their future may be uncertain, but Interpol’s fourth LP is a satisfying listen for now.
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An essential addition to any collection – amazing barely begins to cover it.
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A spot-on summation of an icon’s work.
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A handy overview of an amazing yet frustrating band.
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Pure Kylie magic, Aphrodite is an astonishing return to form.
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The Chemical Brothers show no signs of fatigue on their seventh LP.
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This could steer Plan B towards being one of the year’s biggest pop stars.
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You wish more artists would challenge themselves in a fashion like this.
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Free of anything in the slightest bit terrible, Head First is amazing stuff.
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Even after such wonderful past LPs, Sisterworld is perhaps Liars’ masterpiece.
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The brothers Brewis combine to form a gem of a band.
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You may’ve thought it couldn’t have got any better. You’re wrong – it just has.
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It’s about time they were recognised as geniuses.
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An essential purchase for collectors of Who paraphernalia.
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Twelve slices of sublime pop genius.
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Purveyors of beautiful noise to blow your mind.
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This album has the power to provoke actual riots and dismantle buildings.
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Songwriter Raissa Khan-Panni creates a fantasy world of her own.
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So magical that it can turn any occasion, however mundane, into a polysexual cosmic disco
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Expect to hear a large percentage of this soundtracking your life in the near future
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Experienced in the correct context, this is really quite stunning
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A very modern rock album with an ambitious appeal, yet unafraid to be a bit arty.
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It's a mouthful of a title for a mouthful of an album.
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The textbook example of how brilliant a pop debut could be
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A fantastic reawakening for a band that could quite easily have fallen off Earth
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Like a less quivery Maccabees
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They've probably released their masterpiece.
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Remember and celebrate the finest band of their generation this way.
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The sort of album which unites lovers of pop, young and old
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Buffalo Tom are a band that deserves a bit of rediscovering.
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Remains one the world's finest pop entities. Long may he confuse, delight and wonder.
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A bit of a meal to get through, with random styles zigzagging about.
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Blur guitarist's seventh solo album enters 'concept' territory!
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The Canadian performance artist mellows out. A Bit
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Genuinely, really, very, very good indeed, people. Hell, even an album of the year.
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16 years on, Star has aged very well.
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A true delight.
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He makes such ponderings into elegantly mournful country soul magic.
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Give Out But Don't Give Up wasn't completely amazing.
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Junior is a proper fantastic return for the 'sopp.