• No Rome: It’s All Smiles review – a hyperpop headache

  This exhausting mix of shoegaze R&B makes Guendoline Rome Viray Gomez’s debut too tricksy to be enjoyable - Damien Morris
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• Becky Hill: Only Honest on the Weekend review – a conveyor belt of blandness

  After seven years of dance-pop cemented her status as a singles artist, Hill’s disposable debut album leaves you wondering why she bothered to make one - Alim Kheraj
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• Van Morrison: Latest Record Project Volume 1 review – depressing rants by tinfoil milliner

  The veteran bluesman loudly wakes up the sheeple with this boring and paranoid double album, reminiscent of a dinner party with a bitter divorcee - Alexis Petridis
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• Justin Bieber: Justice review – tone-deaf pop posturing

  Bieber hits a new low with this tone-deaf set of gushing love songs overlaid with the words of Martin Luther King Jr - Kitty Empire
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• Mura Masa: RYC review – so mediocre, it's not even entertainingly bad

  Clairo, Tirzah and Slowthai and other guests can’t polish the turds on producer Alex Crossan’s profoundly awful second album - Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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• Liam Payne: LP1 review – beware! Former 1D member on the prowl

  One Direction’s Mr Boring lets his inner sexual piranha loose – with frightening results - Laura Snapes
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• Freya Ridings: Freya Ridings review – dull ballads by Florence-alike flop

  The minimalism of Ridings’ chilly piano balladry could have been bracingly different – if it wasn’t so dull - Laura Snapes
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• Morrissey: California Son review – clumsy covers with a troll-like spirit

  It’s unclear why Morrissey has released these heavy-handed recordings of protest songs, but his motives can’t help but seem suspect - Laura Snapes
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• The Chainsmokers: Sick Boy review – a torrent of spew-inducing self-pity

  The EDM bros’ album, mainly about the terrible struggles of being an unfathomably rich man, makes for a predictably tedious listening - Laura Snapes
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• LP: Heart to Mouth review – appalling power pop

  (BMG) - Damien Morris
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• Eric Clapton: Happy Xmas review – the ghost of Christmas songs past

  This effects-heavy standards album is baffling: it never heats up, festively speaking - Laura Snapes
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• Miles Kane: Coup de Grace review – genre overload

  (Virgin EMI) - Damien Morris
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• Bebe Rexha: Expectations review – fiercely trite pop

  What modern pop star needs an identity when there are genre-specific playlists? Perfunctory chart box-ticking and little that’s remotely distinctive - Laura Snapes
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• The Voidz: Virtue review – a wildly self-indulgent affair

  (Cult Records/Columbia) - Phil Mongredien
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• Tory Lanez: Memories Don't Die review – a gutless rap rip-off

  (Mad Love/Interscope) - Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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• Damien O'Kane: Avenging and Bright review – Irish turmoil and Boston jailbirds made bland

  - Jude Rogers
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• T-Pain: Oblivion review – tasteless rap ballads

  T-Pain: Oblivion review – tasteless rap ballads - Damien Morris
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• Various artists: Re:works Piano review – tiring, tedious and boring

  - Kate Molleson
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• Vant: Dumb Blood review – workaday nu-grunge with toe-curling lyrics

  - Gwilym Mumford
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• Meghan Trainor: Thank You review – still an unconvincing pop star

  (Epic) - Michael Cragg
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• Kygo: Cloud Nine review – tropical house by committee

  - Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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• Kylie Minogue: Kylie Christmas review – hellish, bizarre crimes against festive cheer (ft Iggy Pop)

  Iggy Pop and James Corden join Kylie for a cruel and unusual Christmas album that could ruin your holiday season - Tim Jonze
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• Alison Wonderland: Run review – relentless club bangers lack ambition

  In a debut album marred by overproduction and absent hooks, the Australian DJ and producer fails to translate the brilliance of her intoxicating live shows - Everett True
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• Kodaline: Coming Up for Air review – surpassing Coldplay in lyrical cliches

  The Irish quartet plunder Coldplay’s back catalogue for inspiration - Ally Carnwath
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• Billy Idol: Kings & Queens of the Underground review – a turkey of epic proportions

  ‘Edgy’ rock numbers, dreary ballads, clumsy lyrics and hammy delivery - yes, Billy Idol’s back, writes Phil Mongredien - Phil Mongredien
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• The Script: No Sound Without Silence review – stadium rock lacking in substance

  The Irish rockers’ chest-beating fourth set is slick yet empty, writes Ally Carnwath - Ally Carnwath
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• The Script: No Sound Without Silence review – soft-as-mush pop falls flat

  The former songwriters for the likes of Britney Spears and Boyz II Men stick to the formula, writes Tshepo Mokoena - Tshepo Mokoena
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• Pixie Lott review – self-titled tribute to Motown gives musical homage a bad name

  Pixie Lott's 'Motown album' diminishes the great Detroit record label by association, writes Killian Fox - Killian Fox
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• Afrojack: Forget the World review – EDM bangers with big-name guests

  With cameos from Sting to Snoop Dog, the DJ's forgettable new disc is lurid and grandiose, writes Paul MacInnes - Paul MacInnes
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• Ziggy Marley: Fly Rasta review – watery pop-reggae

  Bob Marley's son's attempts to prove himself a worthy successor are more in Julian Lennon league, writes Jon Dennis - Jon Dennis
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• Purcell: Music for a While review – Dido walks into a lounge bar

  They've dazzled in the past, but L'Arpeggiata's jazz improvisations on Purcell are a step too far for Nicholas Kenyon - Nicholas Kenyon
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• We Are the In Crowd: Weird Kids – review

  We Are the In Crowd's punk-lite fare is an aural atrocity, writes Phil Mongredien - Phil Mongredien
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• You Me at Six: Cavalier Youth – review

  Corporate alt-rock at its most pedestrian characterises the fourth album from You Me at Six, writes Paul Mardles - Paul Mardles
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• Gary Barlow: Since I Saw You Last – review

  Gary Barlow's fourth solo album is by turns insipid and overly sentimental, writes Hermione Hoby - Hermione Hoby
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• James Blunt: Moon Landing – review

  James Blunt's tired fourth album finds him sounding as drippy as ever, writes Hermione Hoby - Hermione Hoby
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• Jahméne Douglas: Love Never Fails – review

  The X Factor runner-up's technically proficient, emotionally vapid style only highlights the gap between these covers and their originals, writes Paul MacInnes - Paul MacInnes
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• Eric Clapton: Old Sock – review

  This listless trawl through other artists' back catalogues is strictly for diehards, says Paul Mardles - Paul Mardles
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• Delphic: Collections – review

  Delphic's overblown second album misfires on every level, writes Kitty Empire - Kitty Empire
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• Reptar: Body Faucet – review

  Reptar try too hard to be strange and just come out sounding like confused copycats, writes Rebecca Nicholson - Rebecca Nicholson
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• Skinny Lister: Forge & Flagon – review

  Did you think Mumford & Sons were annoying? Wait until you hear Skinny Lister, writes Tim Jonze - Tim Jonze
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• Fun: Some Nights – review

  There is not a lot of fun to be had on this lyrically vapid, auto-tuned offering, writes Hermione Hoby - Hermione Hoby
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• Jason Mraz: Love Is a Four Letter Word – review

  Don't expect envelope-pushing thrills from Jason Mraz's fourth album, writes Phil Mongredien - Phil Mongredien
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• Drake: Take Care – review

  Sensitive? Introspective? Alex Macpherson reckons Drake is having a laugh - Alex Macpherson
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• SuperHeavy: SuperHeavy – review

  Rock, reggae and soul combine to pitiful effect on this debut by Mick Jagger's 'supergroup', writes Killian Fox - Killian Fox
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• David Guetta: Nothing But the Beat – review

  The relentless euphoria of David Guetta's latest dance behemoth is all too predictable, writes Ally Carnwath - Ally Carnwath
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• Rhydian: Waves – review

  Even Rhydian's secret admirers will struggle to love this collection of poperatic interpretations, writes Ally Carnwath - Ally Carnwath
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• Viva Brother: Famous First Words – review

  If Viva Brother are the great white hope of guitar rock, heaven help us, writes Kitty Empire - Kitty Empire
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• Joss Stone: LP1 – review

  She has freed herself from the shackles of her old record label but Joss Stone's new album is hardly a new departure, writes Kitty Empire - Kitty Empire
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• LMFAO: Sorry for Party Rocking – review

  LMFAO present themselves as the ultimate party band. The reality, unfortunately, is far more depressing, writes Alexis Petridis - Alexis Petridis
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• James Blunt: Some Kind of Trouble – review

  James Blunt won't be replicating the success of his debut with this shallow and soulless third album, predicts Michael Cragg - Michael Cragg
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• Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin

  The stylistic links between Gershwin and Brian Wilson are there in theory, but that doesn't make this horrible, ersatz album a remotely good idea, writes Michael Hann - Michael Hann
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• Monnet: Bosse, Crâne Rasé, Nez Crochu; Imaginary Travel, etc

  Marc Monnet's noisy, banal music is almost unknown here – it's hard to categorise, and even harder to like, writes Andrew Clements - Andrew Clements
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• Jedward: Planet Jedward

  Jedward? That joke isn't funny anymore, says Caroline Sullivan - Caroline Sullivan
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• RPA & the United Nations of Sound: United Nations of Sound

  So Richard Ashcroft's like "a fish with legs"? Then throw him back in the water, says Michael Cragg - Michael Cragg
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• Sting: If on a Winter's Night

  The former Police frontman overeggs his Christmas pudding with raspy, self-parodic takes on 14th-century carols, writes Dave Simpson - Dave Simpson
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• Discovery: LP

  The biggest question here is what possessed Amber Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors to lend vocals, writes Tom Hughes - Tom Hughes
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• Marilyn Manson: The High End of Low

  Manson sounds unconvinced by his "antichrist superstar" persona; maybe because his target demographic have grown up and moved on, writes Jamie Thomson - Jamie Thomson
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• The View: Which Bitch?

  The arid atmosphere is not helped by the cringeworthy title. By the end of it, you may need a long bath - Dave Simpson
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• Clara Schumann: Complete Songs: Craxton/Djeddikar

  Despite the intrinsic interest of these songs, getting through the disc becomes a real trial, says Andrew Clements - Andrew Clements
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• The Fireman: Electric Arguments

  The sound of old rockers clinging on to their youthful experimentalism is rarely edifying - Alex Macpherson
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• Rock review: Nickelback, Dark Horse

  Nickelback's music reaffirms every sex-and-stupidity cliche hard rock can offer - Caroline Sullivan
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• Pop review: James Morrison, Songs for You, Truths for Me

  (Polydor) - Dorian Lynskey
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• Pop review: Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer

  Their McFly-like soulless pop-rock is unlistenable tosh - Jim Butler
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• Rock review: Queen and Paul Rodger, The Cosmos Rocks

  What an astronomically bad parallel universe. Queen's star is dead - Peter Kimpton
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• Pop review: Brian Wilson, That Lucky Old Sun

  Brian Wilson brilliantly nailed the elliptical beauty of the Californian lifestyle 45 years ago - so why can't he just leave it alone? - Rob Fitzpatrick
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• Rock review: The Automatic, This Is a Fix

  (B-Unique/Polydor) - Rob Fitzpatrick
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• Pop review: The Dandy Warhols, ... Earth to the Dandy Warhols ...

  Arrogant stars of rock documentaries and Vodafone adverts - Jude Rogers
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• Basshunter, Now You're Gone - The Album

  1 star (Hard2Beat) - John Burgess
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• Parov Stelar, Shine

  1 star (Etage Noir) - John L Walters
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• The Pigeon Detectives, Emergency

  1 star (Dance to the Radio) - Alexis Petridis
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• Kip Hanrahan, Beautiful Scars

  1 star (American Clavé) - John L Walters
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• Monk: Impermanence; Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble

  1 star (ECM) - Andrew Clements
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• The Courteeners, St Jude

  1 star (Loog) - Maddy Costa
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• The Mars Volta, The Bedlam in Goliath

  1 star (Universal) - Dave Simpson
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• The Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden

  1 star (Universal) - Jude Rogers
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• Takemitsu: Songs, Visse/ Couturier

  1 star (Hänssler) - Andrew Clements
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• Prinzhorn Dance School, Prinzhorn Dance School

  1 star or 4 stars (DFA/EMI) - Michael Hann
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• Eva Be, Moving Without Travelling

  1 star (Sonar Kollektiv) - David Peschek
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• Don Cash, II

  1 star (Relish) - David Peschek
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• Sum 41, Underclass Hero

  1 star (Mercury) - Jude Rogers
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• Calvin Harris, I Created Disco

  1 star (Sony) - Maddy Costa
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• Silvestrov: Symphony No 6, SWR Stuttgart Radio SO/ Boreyko

  1 star (ECM) - Andrew Clements
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• Travis, The Boy With No Name

  1 star (Independiente) - Leonie Cooper
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• Jean Michel Jarre, Téo & Téa

  1 star (Aero/Warner) - Dave Simpson
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• Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Bocelli/ Marrocu/ Antonucci/ Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini Catania/ Mercurio

  1 star (Decca) - Tim Ashley
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• Anti Atlas, Between Two

  1 star (One Little Indian) - John L Walters
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• Good Charlotte, Good Morning Revival

  1 star (Epic) - Ian Gittins
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• The Stooges, The Weirdness

  (Virgin) - Dave Simpson
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• Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion

  (Casablanca) - Alexis Petridis
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• The Klaxons, Myths of the Near Future

  1 star (Rinse/Polydor) - Alex Macpherson
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• The Klaxons, Myths of the Near Future

  1 star (Rinse/Polydor) - Alex Macpherson
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• Bach (arr. Sitkovetsky): Goldberg Variations, Rachlin/ Imai/ Maisky

  1 star (Deutsche Grammophon) - Andrew Clements
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• Bromheads Jacket, Dits From the Commuter Belt

  1 star (Marquis Cha Cha) - Leonie Cooper
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• C/O/R/D, Other People's Lives

  1 star No one understands us, moan the rock quartet. And it's all their fault - Jim Butler
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• My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade

  1 star New Jersey emo kings get ideas above their station - Jaimie Hodgson
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• Mastodon, Blood Mountain

  (Warners) - Jamie Thomson
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• Metallic Falcons, Desert Doughnuts

  One star (Voodoo-EROS) - Dave Simpson
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• Jamie Foxx, Unpredictable

  (J Records) - Alexis Petridis
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• Various artists, Exit Music - Songs With Radio Heads

  (BBE/Studio K7) - Dave Simpson
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• The Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII

  1 Star (Warner Music Vision) - David Peschek
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