Modern English Life in the Gladhouse 1980-1984 (4AD/Select) Adrenal new wave with dark overtones and random upbeat moments. Quality tunes, underrated band. 8 (LC)

Dusty Springfield Beautiful Soul: the ABC/Dunhill Collection (Hip-O/Universal) A big haul of Springfield's early-'70s soul-pop epics. Wicked good stuff, but get Dusty in Memphis first. 8 (RB)

Faithless All Back to Mine (Ultra/DMC) I think hanging out at Faithless' house would be nice but generally pretty boring. 7 (CH)

Heidi Berry Pomegranate: an Anthology (4AD/Select) Selected album tracks by this previously import-only, Celtic-style singer of lukewarm folk music. 6.5 (LC)

Mr. Short Khop Da Khop Shop (TVT/Universal) Call the police! Khop has Shaq trying to rhyme on tracks again! 6 (SC)

Transglobal Underground Yer Boss Food Corner (Ark21/Universal) Having lost Neil Sparkes and Natacha Atlas to better solo projects, this world-tronic act is now completely befuddled and redundant. 3 (RB)

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