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Album

Spandau Ballet – True

North London fops' third album, remastered for 20th anniversary

Soft Machine – Backwards

Six previously unreleased demos from era of Volume Two (1969) and Third (1970)

Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy: The Best Of

Son of an Arkansas share-cropper made good

This Month In Americana

First UK releases for currently hot band

Devics – The Stars At Saint Andrea

Moody, brooding album by LA hipsters

Missy Roback – Just Like Breathing

Dreamy debut from American singer with perfect pop voice

Jaheim – Still Ghetto

Successor to 2000's Ghetto Love debut by 23-year-old soul great in waiting. Mary J Blige guests

Jim And Jennie And The Pinetops – One More In The Cabin

Both Jim Krewson and Jennie Benford were raised in tradition-steeped communities (in Pennsylvania and Vermont respectively), rebelling into punk before reconnecting with roots years later. Their third album smudges the boundaries of bluegrass and old-time (fixin' a party between Scruggs-style, three-finger banjo and orthodox clawhammer) to strike a picture of high'n' lonesome authenticity. Aided by the Pinetops' propulsively rhythmic playing, the marriage of Benford's clear mountain preen and Krewson's hickory yelp is life-enhancing.

Pavement – Wowee Zowee

Reissue of US indie icons' undervalued third album

Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – 000 Baby Baby: The Anthology

Definitive 52-track compilation spanning 1958-1972
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