REISSUES, LIVE & COMPILATIONS

30 SUPERGRASS

In It For The Money Remastered Expanded ECHO/BMG

The Oxford quartet’s terrific second album returned on plush double vinyl, but also as a deluxe set featuring a host of previously unheard extras. Among the highlights were the power-driving “Charles II” and the smoky, Canterbury psychedelia of “Silver Lining”, fascinating early versions of album tracks such as “It’s Not Me” and “Late In The Day”, and a set of live tracks that captured the manic propulsion of Live At Leeds.

29 VARIOUS ARTISTS

Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1 ANALOG AFRICA

This essential collection documented the sounds emanating from Joromi Studio in Benin City, in Nigeria’s Edo State, during the ’80s – and in particular the pioneering work of Joromi’s founder Victor Uwaifo alongside Akaba Man and Osayomore Joseph. Their fusion of traditional rhythms, highlife horns and funk, along with cheesy keyboards and flashes of psychedelia, made Edo Funk Explosion one of the year’s most vibrant and revelatory finds.

28 NANCY SINATRA

Start Walkin’: 1965–1976 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

A supreme collection of Sinatra’s first decade, the best of which only seems to shine brighter as the years go by. “Bang Bang” and “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” open the set, of course, but there are some lesser-known treasures to explore too: from the early “So Long Babe” and the hallucinogenic grandeur of Sinatra