Album

Various Artists – The Leiber & Stoller Story: Vol 1—Hard Times

Legendary rock'n'roll songwriters' early years

Talking Heads – The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

Expanded two-disc edition of classic live document

Danny The Dog – Virgin

There's a dark rumble to Massive Attack's instrumental score for this Luc Besson-produced martial arts movie, arranged by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge in 21 miniature sequences. Many of these are a minute or so long, so it's hard to cite them as anything special, and the nagging feeling persists that there's been an element of smoke and mirrors about this outfit's fashionable misery since their heyday. Those pieces that are allowed time to breathe suggest greater depths, like "One Thought At A Time", which clocks in at a whopping four minutes plus.

Duran Duran – Astronaut

Back in the studio after 21 years apart

Luna – Rendezvous

Seventh studio album from Dean Wareham's durables

Jason Ringenberg – Empire Builders

The Scorcher frees himself for an eclecticism off-limits to his pioneering country-punk band

Unhappy Ever After

Posthumous offering from the brilliant but troubled singer-songwriter who died a year ago

King Of Woolworths – Rediffusion

Third album by pick'n'mix pop candyman

Queen

BECOMING QUEEN

Shirley Collins – No Roses

Definitive 1971 gathering of British folk-rock elite in their absolute prime
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