Peter Murphy

Sci-Fi chamber music ss imagined by Kubrick.

Teenage dreamer turns in nightmare of a second record.

Back To Basics is hardly her definitive statement, but listening to the Evita-like finale of ‘The Right Man’, you get the feeling she’s in it for the long haul.

Frances The Mute bristles with hallucinatory imaginative powers, and, in parts, a sort of genius.

The problem with Body Language is not that it’s a rush job, but the converse ... On balance though, Body Language is a fair to middling dance pop record that might go down easier if the listener wasn’t aware of how innovative and imaginative Kylie Minogue can be.

This nameless little opus is a thing of brittle, starry beauty.

Invincible has the air of everything Prince has done since Diamonds & Pearls: beautifully crafted tracks, top-notch performances, not a blemish in the merchandise (unless of course it was put there on purpose) but still light years from his best work.

Is This It would’ve been as fine a rock ‘n’ roll record in ’69, ’77, ’84 or ’91. Don’t believe the hype – just cop a feel.

Essentially Kid A’s twin, retained in utero for a term while its brother’s bruises healed.

Ultimately, J.LO is as safe a second album as any designed by committee and doomed to justify a whopping great marketing budget.