Early '70s New York singer-songwriter in retrospect

Nutty Boys' best-of and musical tie-in

Joni looks back with a symphony orchestra

Angst in straight lines from LA rocker

Strong debut from sensitive Lancashire singer-songwriter, with Boo Hewerdine providing the backing

Moody and fascinating European orchestral jazz

Mini album soundtrack to revolutionary Eurotechno video, originally released in 1989

Dangerous Liaisons director cuts through to the capital's underbelly

Multiple Oscar-winner (beating out Scorsese's Raging Bull) from 1980, directed calmly (and, for some, soporifically) by Robert Redford. It's a sombre, actorly affair in which wealthy Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore grieve for their son's death; his brother Timothy Hutton blames and shames. An early, earnest look at the dysfunctional family: American Beauty without the laughs.

Reissued as part of the Superbit series, Barry Sonnenfeld's witty and energetic spoof fields a wonderful tearning in sassy Will Smith and sardonic Tommy Lee Jones. "Searching for a handle on the moment?" asks the latter when the rookie alien investigator is first confronted with the tentacled weirdos from outer space. Fave moment: Noisy Cricket.