Album

Tony Joe White – Snakey

First in five years from Southern rock icon

Staind – 14 Shades Of Grey

East Coast angst-rockers still frowning on fourth album

The Bluegrass Angel

Californian country-folk belle lets the sunshine through on excellent fourth album

Ten Benson – Danger Of Deaf

Premature best-of from rock nearly-men

George Jones – The Gospel Collection

Country's most revered voice goes back to church at 72 with legendary producer Billy Sherrill

Metallica – St. Anger

Convincingly brutal return to form for San Francisco metal pioneers

Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band – A Special Album

Pleasant but nondescript noodling from hip Scandinavians

Mariza – Fado Curvo

Stunning second album from rising Portuguese star

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

OMD were always the most reasonable of electropoppers, and much of their eponymous 1980 debut album resembles a sixth-form music project with songs ranging from the endearingly daft ("Red Frame/White Light") to the accidentally profound ("Messages"). Organisation, released six months later, is what they turned into after they had listened to Joy Division; few hit singles have been as darkly ironic as "Enola Gay".

Roger Waters – The Wall Live In Berlin

Overblown 1990 live version of the Floyd's multi-platinum epic
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