recommended pop

[ Hypertension / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 8 March, 2010

Three times Grammy-nominated British singer / songwriter, Joan Armatrading is the first female UK artist to have debuted at number 1 in the Billboard Blues charts. She is also the first female UK artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category.

Hit songs such as "Love And Affection", "Willow", "Drop the Pilot" and "Lovers Speak" combined with her...

[ EMI Music / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 8 February, 2010

Massive Attack are a seminal group of musical innovators whose work detonated the Bristol music scene of the early '90s and unwittingly gave birth to "trip-hop". The group formed in 1987 around their influential & legendary Dug Out club + Jamaican-style soundsystem, playing a groundbreaking blend of hip hop; new wave reggae; early house; and techno, which shaped...

[ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 8 February, 2010

Four-time Grammy Award-winner and eight-time Juno Award-winner k.d. lang presents her first-ever career retrospective, 'Recollection', 25 years after the release of her debut recording.

The two-disc set features 22 of lang's most beloved recordings, including an all-new interpretation of the Leonard Cohen classic "Hallelujah," which has become a moving highlight...

[ Warner Brothers / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 1 February, 2010

Multi-Platinum singer / songwriter, Seal delivers a fantastic Greatest Hits package, compiled from all of his chart-topping albums.

Seal 'Hits' covers the artist's twenty year career, featuring sixteen of Seal's biggest hit songs, along with two brand new tracks -- "I Am Your Man" written by Ashford & Simpson, first recorded by Bobby Taylor, and the Sly and...

[ Dew Process / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 25 January, 2010

"A band who know they're onto something not just good, but spectacular."
- NME

"An album that delivers everything...Classy stuff."
- The Fly

"Magical stuff."
- The Sunday Times

"Mumford & Sons have that knack for playing the most vital of instruments, the heartstrings."
- The Independent

"Genuinely splendid."
- The Observer

"Barnstorming...their...

[ XL Recordings / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 11 January, 2010

Vampire Weekend delivered one of the breakout albums of 2008 with their self-titled debut. The young New York 4-piece took the indie world by storm with their incredible blend of Western pop & popular African music, like some kind of Paul Simon re-imagined for the 21st century. Now, the group present their highly anticipated follow up, 'Contra'.

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