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Matthew Herbert and others retool the sublime avant-house dreamscapes of 2001's Born On The 24th Of July

In 1999, Beavis & Butthead creator Mike Judge made his first foray into live action with this good-natured satire on the mind-numbing life of the white-collar worker. Ron Livingstone is the drone desperate to escape his corporate existence, whose attempts to get sacked leave a team of troubleshooters convinced he's management material. Jennifer Aniston co-stars. Over-looked, but often screamingly funny.

Not so much a greatest hits as a musical autobiography, including new tracks and re-recorded B-sides

There are few bands, it seems, as disaster-prone as Shack. Ravaged by narcotics, crippled by debt (the sleevenotes to their third album HMS Fable infamously thanked Cash Converters) and nearly torpedoed by missing master tapes and missed opportunities, this Liverpool outfit clearly monopolise the anti-Midas touch. Matters were not helped three years ago when London Records pulled the contractual plug as well.

Fifth from NYC's own pocket-Spector, Frederick McKinney Cornog

Liverpool's best songwriters since Lennon and McCartney

Slow-burning second album from Toby Burke's equine three-piece

Pop perfectionists follow up 1999's comeback album, Last Exit

Final set from now sadly disbanded duo

Ageless rock'n'roll motherlode reconvenes Stooges, toys with Green Day and hooks up with art-rapper Peaches