Reviews

BECOMING QUEEN

Definitive 1971 gathering of British folk-rock elite in their absolute prime

Lord Upminster's startling '77 debut goes deluxe with extra songs and demos

Ground-breaking German space-rock remastered by bass player Holger Czukay

While There's Much wrong (the script, the acting, the smugness) with Channel 4's slick, rather silly series about transatlantic lovers who are struggling against the odds but, like, have shedloads of money, the soundtrack's wilfully hip. Granted it's put together by the kind of people who think Snow Patrol are cutting edge, but in liking what the music press has told them to like, they've packed an impressive stash of new-ish white boy music onto this.

Psychedelic Soft Boy heads for Tennessee

Seventh studio album from Dean Wareham's durables

The Scorcher frees himself for an eclecticism off-limits to his pioneering country-punk band

Posthumous offering from the brilliant but troubled singer-songwriter who died a year ago

Third album by pick'n'mix pop candyman