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Amarcord

The title translates as "I remember" in dialect, but Fellini's visionary 1973 work (an Oscar winner) wasn't the rosy nostalgia about childhood he'd originally planned. His unique, untethered imagination bleeds into every frame of these '30s-set seaside snapshots, with—of course—sex and religion figuring prominently. Warring parents, twisted priests, Fascists, fantasy, farce and melancholy. As they say, very Fellini.

Family – BBC Radio Volume One: 1968-1969

How Leicester's favourite freaks became the darlings of the London underground

Ray Manzarek – The Golden Scarab

Best-forgotten '74 solo album from Doors keyboardist

Various Artists – Sean Rowley’s Guilty Pleasures

Innocent nostalgia-fest; highly-charged

They Might Be Giants – The Spine

Quirky duo display backbone on 10th studio album

Brooks – Red Tape

Dark, ambitious second album from fast-rising Derby producer

David Cross – It’s Not Funny

Hilarious US left-field comedian

The Twilight Singers – She Loves You

Diverse, patchy covers album from Greg Dulli

Burning Sensation

Magnificently barmy indie-opera from NY's squabbling Friedbergers

Joss Stone – Mind, Body And Soul

Sophomore effort from Devon's teenage would-be-soul empress
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