Primal Scream: Come Ahead review – the album of the year
The Smile - Cutouts album review: who needs Radiohead anyway?
Coldplay - Moon Music album review: sonically all over the place
Katy Perry's album launch failures: The full timeline
Jamie xx – In Waves album review: moments of pure dancefloor joy
Fred again.. ten days album review: laid back and introspective
Malcolm McLaren’s Paris: 30 years on it's still astonishingly romantic
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism: some real dance pop gems
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department: underwhelming and clunky
Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter album review: ambitious and thrilling
Justin Timberlake - Everything I Thought It Was: embarrassingly horny
Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine: no rest for the Wicked
Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath: remarkably raw and better than ever
Idles - TANGK: their incendiary energy takes a surprising diversion
Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1: a limp attempt to provoke
Usher - Coming Home: Super Bowl, here we come
J Mascis – What Do We Do Now: if it ain't broke after 40 years...
The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy: excess proves exhausting
The Smile - Wall of Eyes: an experimental triumph
Raye: My 21st Century Blues- the Brit nominee is magnificently furious
Green Day – Saviors: a bigger and more impactful album than the last
Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope: raw, anthemic power
The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations: a return to form
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas: heaps of sunny appeal
Neil Young - Before and After: plenty of deep-cuts here
Busta Rhymes – Blockbusta review: this rap giant is still thinking big
Take That: This Life - the boys go for nostalgia over newness
Dolly Parton - Rockstar album review: she's in her rockin' years
Chase & Status - 2 Ruff Vol.1 album review: absolutely nasty
Jung Kook – Golden: the BTS singer shoots for solo stardom
Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version): nostalgic electro-pop
Duran Duran - Danse Macabre: mostly treats, with a few tricks
Sampha – Lahai: this beautiful, complex album soars
Bad Bunny – Nadie Sabe... no doubt this will be a gargantuan smash
Boygenius ‒ The Rest EP review: a shimmering debut companion piece
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin album review: tear-inducingly beautiful
Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae: remarkable and magical
The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling: strikes perfection
Royal Blood – Back to the Water Below: as mainstream as you can get
Buck Meek: Haunted Mountain review – upbeat celebration of new love
Jungle - Volcano review: a sense of fun and energy that rarely lets up
The Hives: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons – ridiculous, riotous fun
Anne-Marie - Unhealthy album review: enjoyably ranty
Blur - The Ballad of Darren album: approaches grand beauty
Rita Ora: You & I album review – All purpose pop lacks personal touch
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying: vivid and spellbinding
Anohni and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross: magic
Albert Hammond Jr: Melodies on Hiatus - still great company
Maisie Peters - The Good Witch: a detailed picture of womanhood
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman review: power and emotion
Killer Mike: Michael album review – still vivid and passionate
Council Skies: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: he’s great company
But Here We Are - Foo Fighters: processes grief with devastating power
Clark - Sus Dog album review: dance producer steps out of the shadows
Kesha – Gag Order album review: dark strange and grippingly honest
Good Lies – Overmono album review: a bid for mainstream success
SBTRKT: The Rat Road album review - not restful, but never dull
Ed Sheeran: – (Subtract) amounts to less than the sum of its parts
Nines: Crop Circle 2 - deadpan delivery makes for startling moments
The National: First Two Pages of Frankenstein - hopeful heartbreak
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