Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Trio
90

Maybe not as explosively brilliant as you might expect from these three coming together, but still pretty great.

Jane Siberry - The Walking
75

Some very pretty songs, although I'd rather be listening to Cocteau Twins a lot of the time.

The Blow Monkeys - She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter
60

Didn't like this stuff in the 80s and nothing has changed in the intervening years.

Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong
NR

Bit too Amanda Palmer for me

90

Gorgeous, catchy, psychedelic.

Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
80

A very pleasant janglepop album, although I do prefer Denim to Felt.

ROSALÍA - LUX
95

13 languages, 200 genres... she is a one-woman Eurovision.

Sigrid - There's Always More That I Could Say
90

She's borrowing from Charli XCX and Bonnie Tyler in equal measure and the result is the most fun I've had with an album in 2025. Love it.

Lowlife - Permanent Sleep
70

A decent enough example of This Kind Of Thing that never quite jangles its way into originality or being memorable.

Arthur Russell - World of Echo
90

Strange, rich, beautiful, almost impossible to pin down to a single genre.

菊池桃子 [Momoko Kikuchi] - Adventure
80

I am officially a City Pop guy now

Siekiera - Nowa Aleksandria
80

So atmospheric I almost felt like I was in communist-era Poland. Weird place, glad to be back home.

Reba McEntire - Whoever's in New England
85

Enchanting storytelling, gorgeous delivery. Country used to be good.

The Scientists - Weird Love
75

Pretty good! Sounds like an early version of QOTSA in places.

Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
70

The good bits are great but there's so much aimless meandering that it makes this 40-minute LP feel like a double album.

Sade - Promise
90

I remember everyone dismissing Sade as "yuppie music" when I was a kid. I was too young to appreciate it at the time, but I get it now and I'm glad the world has come around on our queen.

Big Audio Dynamite - This is Big Audio Dynamite
90

So good and so much better than Cut The Crap, although that goes without saying. E=MC2 clearly inspired We Didn't Start The Fire.

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