Soundtrack to highly revealing film about Paul Simon's alter ego who scored only 1 hated hit. By contrast, Paul is a multi-trick pony here, with every track of this under-rated CD going somewhere new.

Absent from Who write-ups and discussions for too long, taking this bitter pill of an album in 1 swallow might well choke you - but a few sips at regular intervals reveals this to be a milestone album

Ray Davies meets CNN on an under-rated marriage between the band's bare-knuckles early sound and their later character songs. Mr Davies turns his spotlight on the 1980s - and doesn't like what he sees

If you can take your eyes off the risque back cover, this is a fine reunion album with some fine pop tunes and a high quota of Alan Hull at his outraged putting-the-world-to-rights best.

Supposed 'failure' from man who 'thinks too much' is actually a delight. A sweet little album containing many of Paul's career highlights, even if no one but the faithful heard them at the time.

Chair raising! 'Furniture' is an anarchic late-period classic from the cold war peak that offers a stark warning about what will happen if mankind gets too big for his boots.

Classic compilation of B-sides and flop singles from the psychedelic era, a hundred times more vital than yet more 'greatest hits' packages and desperately in need of a re-issue!

The wee lassie had a cracking voice - this is a spiffing compilation of her grittiest and catchiest recordings from the mid-60s. It's enough to make your heart go boom-bang-a-bang!

The most gently optimistic album of The Kinks' career, this is a return to the early punky Kinks sound with a series of songs about Britain's place in the world in the late 80s.

On which Crazy Horse make both themselves and the listener deaf. Hot, fiery and scalding to the ears, with 35 years' worth of highlights distilled into one noisy melting pot of a concert. Fabulous!

What you see is what you get. N Young sideman and E-Street member delivers a gritty, angry masterpiece, full of hard-hitting imagery about life in the modern age and lyrics about mistakes and failure.

The band might have hated being stars, but with music as powerful and captivating as this, B + S could never be anything but. For me, Stuart Murdoch is the most important writer of the past 15 years.

On which nearly 40 years of worry, divisions and nervous breakdowns culminate in a record as perfect as perfect can be. This is simply the best record ever made. No wonder I'm smiling...