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Fond farewell from first lady of country

A rather contrived sequel to 1999's Billy Crystal/Robert De Niro buddy comedy (Analyze This), Analyze That nonetheless has enough sporadic wit and infectious Hope/Crosby chemistry to justify its existence. Here De Niro's neurotic mobster is released from prison into the protective custody of Crystal's wisecracking shrink (don't ask). Cue some 'fish out of water' shenanigans, a Sopranos parody, and a grand heist finale.

Debut release for Boston trio covering all bases from psych-trance to Miles Davis

From the same '96 sessions that produced Dowd's startling debut Wrong Side Of Memphis, these four-track recordings are the overspill. You'll find (slightly) more sanitised versions of some on Pictures From Life's Other Side (1999) and last year's The Pawnbroker's Wife, but these—in JD speak—are "the original bad seeds". It's mostly slow-stealth swamp blues, rendered fearsome and moving by his scowling delivery, sounding forever snagged on a barbed wire fence.

Karaoke homages from punk's fourth division

Cynical, articulate UK singer-songwriter sends home thoughts from abroad

The American fighting forces skillfully ridiculed

Metal box package for blues veterans' attempt to revive their illustrious past

Stunning one-man set as the eclectic troubadour of cool goes back to his folk-blues roots

Vital live dispatches from the last five months in the life of Ian Curtis