Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

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SPARKS AND SUEDE KEEP IT SPIKY, BRYAN FERRY RELAXES INTO A NEW ERA AND ANDY BELL SERVES UP A MASTERCLASS IN HOOK-LADEN POP 01 SPARKS MAD! (TRANSGRESSIVE) Sparks may have landed on a new record label i

Featuring tributes to curry and fantasy battles involving… rats?! here are all the records our critics loved this year

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS