Ange

Sublime second LP from Chicago quartet

A welcome missive from the days when pop was savage and sweet

Remastered reissues of Gaye's meditations on big and little deaths

New York punk trio surpass media hype with cataclysmic debut

Sophomore release from Manc Moogster reveals new-found maturity

Eleventh LP from Michael Stipe's favourite singer-songwriter

Debut solo album from Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier

The proggy tendencies of current underground hip hop have not gone unnoticed. As if to prove the point, here we have four long tracks in true Yes fashion featuring tempo changes extended instrumental sections and bucolic acoustic guitar loops. But in the place of Jon Anderson's shrill squeak, we have Paris-based Canadian MC, DJ and producer Buck 65's soothing, friendly voice in your ear.

When compared to Baz Luhrmann's hysterical synapse-splitting kitsch, there's something strangely reassuring about Franco Zeffirelli's stodgy '68 classicist version of Romeo And Juliet. Here, the many pleasures include Michael York's fantastic cheekbones as Tybalt, a cherubic Bruce Robinson as Benvolio, and a plethora of badly choreographed sword-fights. Even the infamous shots of Olivia Hussey's 17-year-old breasts seem quaint rather than smutty.

Incendiary debut from NYC electro-terrorists