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Straight up masterpiece. Genius songwriting and arrangements. You better put some respect on this giant of music’s name.

Yoko revisits songs from throughout her lengthy career. The songs are more relevant than ever and at 85 years old she delivers heart achingly sincere vocal performances on every track against minimalistic guitar, keyboard and electronic soundscapes. This is Yoko’s manifesto and it’s beautiful and true.

A harrowing underrated masterpiece. “Sick Again” is unmissable as are the two tracks that precede it. They sounded as strong as they did on their original masterpiece released 25 years before.

EPIC MASTERPIECE. Great listen, Wire know how to keep things interesting. Genius hooks and riffs aplenty.

A thrilling pleasure of a listen.

A compelling listen. Soul in spade loads, genius arrangements, a unifying, ineffable voice. Production, mixing and mastering 10/10. Masterpiece.

If there was ever a ranking made of the albums with the most emotional resonance, this should surely top it. Yoko demonstrates her harmonic, melodic, lyrical and rhythmic genius on a heartfelt and harrowing record of grief, longing and perseverance, aided by some of the finest session musicians (including John Lennon himself posthumously) and mega producer genius Phil Spector. If these songs don’t move you, you need to move yourself. Music doesn’t get any better than this. Key tracks: “Goodbye Sadness”, “Nobody Sees Me Like You Do”, “Dogtown”, “Silver Horse”, “I Don’t Know Why”, “No, No, No”, “Toyboat”

The defining masterpiece of 21st century British indie.

Virtuosic, thrilling and hypnotic. You won’t need convincing once you hear those strings come in on the opening track.

Masterpiece. One of the greatest rock albums of the 21st century. Criminally underrated, unwarrantedly maligned. It rocks.