1. Robocop – Kanye West – Perhaps West is at his very best when he is at his most sensitive. That would be the case here where the strings herald the end of the track and West just a mess as he pretends to believe the girl who is leaving him his making a joke – Grade: A+
2. Bats – The Joy Formidable – The best rock song of 2013 so far rides wave after wave of drums and smashing orchestral sound to a psychedelic denouement – Grade: A
3. Valentines – Adam Ant – After a fairly disastrous live show last week, the album is pretty good in places, like this well arranged and weird ballad – Grade: B
4. Keep On Running – Spencer Davis Group – English blues pop with an LSD edge. from the 1960s Grade: A
5. Tourist Trap – Bright Eyes – Conor comes off tour and doesn't recognize himself – Grade: A
6. I And I – Bob Dylan – In creation where one's nature neither honors nor obeys – Grade: A+
7. Future Hunters – The Kingsbury Manz – The prog rocking folkies at their poppiest – Grade: A-
8. The Long Player – Teena Marie – Disco strangeness is a sexy scortcher – Grade: B+
9. Tugboat – Galxie 500 – Smart metaphor well used – Grade: B+
10. Julie Ocean – The Undertones – Always on fire, though I remember a Julie who changed it to always a flower… Then she got married… – Grade: A