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Reality Bites – RCA

Tenth anniversary "upgrade" with six bonus tracks from the undervalued Ben Stiller film which caught the narcissism of Generation X nicely. These include New Order's "Confusion" and The Trammps' "Disco Inferno", with which there's no arguing. Also, less happily, songs from Ethan Hawke and Lisa Loeb, whose "Stay", from here, was one of the biggest US hits of the mid-'90s. Fine flurries, too, from The Posies, Dinosaur Jr, U2 and Crowded House, plus The Knack's utterly brilliant (you know it) "My Sharona".

A Mani Splendid Thing

Two-disc set celebrating Manchesters baggy-trousered dance-rock primates

The Singing Dejective

Mini album from Ohio band led by Matt Berninger, the new king of manly angst

The Concretes

Smart pop from eight-strong collective of Swedish waifs and strays

The Beta Band – Heroes To Zeros

Third album from Scottish indie four-piece has roughly accurate title

Fantastic Voyage

The rapturous romantics' classic third album makes waves again

Bipolar Expedition

Cult Canadian dandy grapples with his dual personality on third LP

Rock’n’Roll Suicide

Deeply disappointing follow-up to Gold, Uncut's 2001 album of the year

Intermission – EMI

Wanna hear Colin Farrell sing "I Fought The Law"? Now's your chance. How exciting! And... he's Shane MacGowan. I'm not having it. Colin, you sound like a Kilburn High Road dosser and your attempt to be a rock god has lasted 34 seconds with me, most of which were the (admittedly exhilarating) guitar intro. The law won. This is all very Oirish (the film's set in Dublin), so as well as U2's "Out Of Control" there's The Thrills' "One Horse Town" and something drippy by Clannad.

State Of Grace

Rattle & Hum director Phil Joanou escaped the U2 camp to direct this uneven saga of Irish mobsters on the loose in early-'90s New York. Sean Penn makes for a reasonably authentic Oirish lead and Gary Oldman blows the roof off as an unwashed homicidal loon, but this sporadically brilliant flick belongs to Ed Harris. His incandescent performance as malevolent mob boss Frankie Flannery will stick in your head weeks after the credits roll.
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