A jazz classic that i have only just cottoned onto , Thanks mainly to the fact that i decided i did,nt like jazz. Idiot .

Comparisons to the great Blue Nile drew me into this album .The comparisons are valid and this is a quality album. Recommendations do not come any higher than that as far as i,m concerned.

No list of this nature is complete without some Hayes and this towering double album , though full of covers , is still definitively Hayes which of course makes it rather splendid.

Excellent re-issue of a classic sixties orch-pop album .A bit too florid for some tastes i suppose but Kathe Greene is another terrific unheralded female vocalist.

Fascinating history of football tactics .Some coaches in the premier league could do with reading this .

For The xx is such an understated stylish album it truly is impressive that a bunch of wet behind the ears pups have produced it. This is music mature way way beyond the years of it's creators .

Beats the pants of the Spielberg remake . Classic fifties Sci-fi and this is a terrific edition with worth while extras and burnished deep colours.

Talking of funny .This gets better with repeated viewings and did you know Geordie Michael( Simon Greenall) in this is actually Alexandra the Meerkat on those ads?

Lord , there are some cracking songs on this album .Some Velvet Morning , Jackson, and best of all Summer Wine . Mighty stuff.

It,s not perfect by any means but there are many superb songs on this collection too, Very cool too.

Out and out the most singly enjoyable album of the year .An opulent grandiose treat.

Brilliant Hugely quotable and entertaining history of the England football team ., Sven Goran Erikson : he is what John Major would be if he swallowed a bucketful of Viagra"

Gone a bit left field( rather like Graham Taylor as it happens ) here but now it,s getting nippy on the bike in the mornings these things are a boon.