The album, like their live set, is shot through with fun, infectious wit and a desire to create perfect pop while not taking themselves too seriously.

Shotter's Nation has no stand-out moments. Delivery is about the best of the bunch, but it's no rival to anything The Libertines ever did.

Anyone looking for another 'Hurricane' will be disappointed--but, for sheer eclecticism, the record hits a number of highs.

These songs show him in a newly redemptive prime, and will satisfy both short and long term devotees.

All involved have created one of the most unusual and surprisingly moving records I have heard in some time.

On closer inspection and at a suitably stupid volume, however, Preparations rocks and lurches in grand fashion.

It makes for a wonderfully life affirming record, capable of humour, joy and reflection. Every home should have one.

Some thrills and spills, then--like West Ham--and the first fifteen minutes are as good as you could hope for from a band coming back to life after an extended period on the sidelines.

The album has undoubtedly been an opus of dedication but essentially there is no spontaneity.

This is an album that exceeds expectations and is unlikely to disappoint those who do bother to listen to it.

By turns danceable, blissed out romantic, familiar and new, it's technologically and musically fascinating. Its juxtaposition of orga and mecha is one of its many well executed contradictions. Packed but sparse, thrilling, complex, innovative, simple. Without even a dud bar never mind a filler track, In Rainbows is more than any fan could hope for.

For anyone seeking a new sound, in this case a vibrant take on Balkan folk through the eyes of a Westerner, there will be no disappointment.

For a 21st century rock band, there isn't a single moment here that threatens to turn into an 'anthem' to be balled out at the Nestle-Monsanto Rock Festival at a mud-pit near you next summer.

This is an incredibly well fused and structured album that taps into a wide range of emotions.

There's so much of this record that causes a big smile to split your face that it can't be described as anything other than a success.

An album filled with singles that should be instant hits.

Such is Tunng's appeal, the ability to do the unexpected but also to make you smile with their lyrical vignettes and musical slights of hand.

Constantly brilliant. White Chalk is an amazing album, racked with beauty, stricken with fragility and haunted with something otherworldly.

This is another fine album from Grohl and company.

For aficionados of his gnomic genius, and there are many, this new collection provides further reasons to invest time and money in his eclectic works.

An instant classic for some, a slow-burner for others; this is what we've come to expect of Stars.

Jose Gonzalez may not be doing anything any differently, but he's also not doing very much wrong.

Both foreground and background listening are equally rewarded.

DFA are back on track with this chilled, intriguing record. As a compedium of two previous records, this is a sign of where Harte was.

He hasn't quite developed the dexterity to match his grand designs yet, but there is enough on show here to suggest he soon will.

Although Brown is to be commended for braving topics that other songwriters would fear to tread, he has a habit of expressing his sentiments in the most laughably simplistic terms.

While the songs aren't particularly complex and won't be to the taste of anyone after something challenging, the band impress with how easy they make straightforward songwriting look.