1. Beautiful – Teena Marie – Ivory snow r&b old school. A magnificent album filled with strong songs, great vocals and, well, naff lyric kinda comes with the territory but a fine farewell from the great dance diva.
2. Fourth Corner – Trixie whitley – Highly ambituous, somewhat polished, blues pop from a new master on her debut album.
3.Reasons To Live – Hilly Eye – Another debut album, another soundscape folkie feminist masterpiece.
4. Fade – Yo La Tengo – High melodic quodient stories of monogomy.
5.I Got A Boy – Girls Generation – Nice piece akk girl band throws everything they've got at K-Pop and watch a lot of it stick.
6. Fidlar – Fidlar – Punky rock and roll from L.A.
7.Adam Ant is marrying The Gunner's daughter – Adam Ant – A sprawling mess of a rock and roll album.
8.My True Story – Aaron Neville – His back pages, produced by Keith Richards.
Best reissue:
Rumors (Super deluxe) – Fleetwood Mac.
Best Over 50
:Adam Ant is marrying The Gunner's daughter – Adam Ant