Blur

It all seems so oddly innocent, like a '90s Britpop update of Cliff's Summer Holiday capers. Essentially a glorified tour film, shot between 1991 and 1993, Star Shaped captures Blur at a major crossroads in their career, as they seek to shed the baggy influences of their debut album Leisure and reinvent themselves in response to the rise of grunge and their own ailing popularity in the UK. "The whole thing about pop music is you're ripping off as many people as you possibly can,"an improbably baby-faced Damon Albarn philosophises early on.

Inessential but infectious comeback by big beat bossman

Ex-Blur man rediscovers Britpop roots

Irish-born singer's impressive solo debut

Wong Kar-Wai's quirky, impressionistic Hong Kong masterpiece reissued

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

Inventor of Britpop wallows gloriously on 'suicide standards' twofer

In the dismal history of Rolling Stones '60s catalogue reissues, this is a first of sorts. This time, ABKCO... Universal... whoever... haven't got it completely wrong. Collected here, in their original European/US sleeves, are the thrashing, screaming baby Stones' first dozen 45s, including the three classic British EPs. Welcome as this is and despite the pretty sleeves, the '60s singles are far more conveniently housed in the long available Singles Collection.

Superior sword-slashing spectacular with powerful performances

13-track compilation features newly discovered track and a little dubious tinkering