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Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture (Surface Noise Recordings) **Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture (Surface Noise Recordings) **
5:11pm Fri 9 May 08
Initially fizzy youthful flouro pop falls flat fast

Delays - Everything’s The Rush (Fiction) ****Delays - Everything’s The Rush (Fiction) ****
5:08pm Fri 9 May 08
Big new sound serves Southampton’s Delays well

Dusty Springfield - Gold (UMC) *****Dusty Springfield - Gold (UMC) *****
5:06pm Fri 9 May 08
Definitive, two-disc overview of Britain’s original white soul girl

Steve Winwood - 9 Lives (Sony BMG) ***Steve Winwood - 9 Lives (Sony BMG) ***
5:02pm Fri 9 May 08
At least one of rock’s stateliest grand hommes can still cut it

Chris de Burgh - Now and Then (Universal) **Chris de Burgh - Now and Then (Universal) **
4:05pm Fri 25 Apr 08
Rounding up the wee man’s highlights

The B52s - Funplex (EMI) ***The B52s - Funplex (EMI) ***
4:02pm Fri 25 Apr 08
There’s still some life in the funky little shack after all

Whitesnake  - Good to be Bad  (SPV/Steamhammer) *****Whitesnake - Good to be Bad (SPV/Steamhammer) *****
3:59pm Fri 25 Apr 08
After 30 years David Coverdale finally grows a pair

Barry Adamson - Back to the Cat (Central Control) ****Barry Adamson - Back to the Cat (Central Control) ****
11:36am Fri 18 Apr 08
Terrific assimilation of musical cool and Mancunian wit

Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (Sony-BMG) ****Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (Sony-BMG) ****
11:33am Fri 18 Apr 08
Ten years after she died, this is what the fuss is all about

Amy Studt - My Paper Made Men (19 Recordings) ***Amy Studt - My Paper Made Men (19 Recordings) ***
11:31am Fri 18 Apr 08
All grown up at the age of 22, Amy makes a play for the serious stuff
User Rating: 9.6/10     

Asia - Phoenix (Frontiers) **Asia - Phoenix (Frontiers) **
11:28am Fri 18 Apr 08
First new sounds from the original line-up in 25 years

The Breeders - Mountain Battles (4AD) **The Breeders - Mountain Battles (4AD) **
1:03pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Kim Deal makes a rubbish record for the first time. Dagnammit...

The Courteeners - St Jude (A&M) ****The Courteeners - St Jude (A&M) ****
12:59pm Fri 11 Apr 08
First offering from Manchester’s latest mouth almighty – pretty good too

The Long Blondes - “Couples” (Rough Trade) **The Long Blondes - “Couples” (Rough Trade) **
12:57pm Fri 11 Apr 08
80s disco pulse adds nothing to the Blondes’ itchy, scratchy foundations
User Rating: 9/10     

The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (Third Man/XL Recordings) ***The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (Third Man/XL Recordings) ***
12:55pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Jack’s back with the Racs’ second, recorded and released in just three weeks

Estelle - Shine (Atlantic/Homeschool) ***Estelle - Shine (Atlantic/Homeschool) ***
9:31am Fri 4 Apr 08
Second album reboots career for flagging UK soulstress

REM - Accelerate (Warners) ****REM - Accelerate (Warners) ****
9:29am Fri 4 Apr 08
They came in search of critical redemption and, by jove, they found it

Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (WEA) ****Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (WEA) ****
9:27am Fri 4 Apr 08
The Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau of retro-future soul nail it again

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