1. Robins Will SIng – Stevie Wonder – Late period Stevie, 1995, is a inebriate bubble of a reggae groove and hope for the world with a naff rhyme ("It's really no big thing"?) and still better than what passes for soul all too often – Grade: B+
2. Adorn – Miguel – This isn't bad, certainly his falsetto is pretty devastating, but the beat drags and the horns are muted when they should be exploding – Grade: B
3. 1Train – A$AP Rocky – It makes me laugh though not smile, the sample has escaped froma Wu Tang song – Grade: A-
4. Countdown – Beyonce – Terrific dance with an original song construction – Grade: A-
5. Rolling Stone – Black Hippy – Drugs and girls and a great samples – Grade: B+
6. The Saturday – Billy Bragg – Takes him a dictionary to figure out the meaning of unrequited – Grade: A
7. Don't Mean Nothing – Richard Marx – Thin skinned popster from the 80s and a talented fellow – Grade: B
8. Highway In The Wind – Arlo Guthrie – Written for his late wife before he had ever met her and played on Thanksgiving 2012 as he sang her goodbye – Grade: A
9. Handyman Blues – Billy Bragg – A country stroll with a slide guitar upfront and a laid back sexiness to his vocal – Grade: B
10. Go Ahead And Go Home – Iris Dement – She has the mountains of Arkansas in her voice – Grade: A