Album

East Coast angst-rockers still frowning on fourth album

Californian country-folk belle lets the sunshine through on excellent fourth album

Premature best-of from rock nearly-men

Country's most revered voice goes back to church at 72 with legendary producer Billy Sherrill

Convincingly brutal return to form for San Francisco metal pioneers

Pleasant but nondescript noodling from hip Scandinavians

Stunning second album from rising Portuguese star

OMD were always the most reasonable of electropoppers, and much of their eponymous 1980 debut album resembles a sixth-form music project with songs ranging from the endearingly daft ("Red Frame/White Light") to the accidentally profound ("Messages"). Organisation, released six months later, is what they turned into after they had listened to Joy Division; few hit singles have been as darkly ironic as "Enola Gay".

Overblown 1990 live version of the Floyd's multi-platinum epic

The Rolling Stones recently cancelled what would have been their first ever visit to China. But Morcheeba made the trip earlier this year and their visit is commemorated on From Brixton to Beijing WARNER MUSIC VISION . Live footage, film of the band tobogganing down the Great Wall and a cameo appearance by Lambchop's Kurt Wagner contribute to an intelligently produced DVD that is several cuts above your average point-and-shoot tour diary.