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A treat for fans, but younger ears might wonder what the fuss was ever about.

A great idea some distance short of being properly realised.

The scope and depth of Plastic Beach is staggering.

Scottish songbird follows up stratospherically successful debut.

They remain among the UK’s most cherished songwriters and performers.

Expect Goulding to be the last one standing at 2010’s poll-winners’ party.

The Abergavenny-born singer will mostly polarise opinion.

The bigger the song, the brasher the treatment, the better for everyone concerned.

The tragedy is that the man isn’t without talent.

Despite a great pop voice, Jonas struggles to cross into the rock world.