Kylie Minogue – Kiss Me Once
U OK HUN? Is the pop star Christmas album really a cry for help?
Parralox – Sharper Than a Knife (Pete Hammond Remix)
In which we imagine a PWL theme park, complete with a rampaging gene-spliced Sinitta.
Siobhan Fahey – Bitter Pill
Because sometimes there's nothing better than a cheap fix of dirty electronic pop.
Kate Bush – Hammer Horror
1978's Hammer Horror - one of the few occasions on which we decided Kate Bush was just a little too strange for the charts.
Cher – Song For the Lonely
Do you believe in life after "Believe"?
Danny Wilson – Never Gonna Be the Same
Danny Wilson and the problem with perfection - how Mary's Prayer turned into a curse.
Electronic – The Patience of a Saint
Completely brilliant grump-pop from the best ever supergroup.
Tina Turner – Two People
A tale of Two People: how a winning formula doesn't always, er, win.
Hooverphonic – Mad About You
Belgian pop with a cinematic twist? Ca plane pour moi...
Florrie – I Took a Little Something
From the file marked "Why Isn't This Person a Huge Star Yet?", it's the quite brilliant Florrie.
Bangles – Following
Now That's What I Call Stalking.
Girls Aloud – Miss You Bow Wow
The tricky art of going out on a high and how almost no-one gets it right.
Voice of the Beehive – Adonis Blue
Oh, beehive!
Vegas – Walk Into the Wind
The union of Frowning Concepts Terry Hall and Dave Stewart produces unexpectedly uplifting results.
The Beloved – Time After Time
In which we ask the question: are pop stars on a hiding to nothing when they borrow the title of a famous song?
Tori Amos – Jackie’s Strength
Crying at the discotheque: why adding a thumping great beat to a ballad is sometimes a really good idea.
Donna DeLory – Just a Dream
In which Madonna's generosity knows no bounds (wait, come back!)
Fancy – Slice Me Nice
Filthy German cake-based Hi-NRG from the man they called Fancy. Fancy that!
Erasure – Yahoo!
A spot of religious ecstasy from a band whose fondness for exclamation marks is rivalled only by Shania Twain.
Saint Etienne – Tonight
Surrender to the sound.
Akiko – Waters of March
Breathtakingly exciting giggly jazz-pop courtesy of Akiko and Swing Out Sister.
Into the Popvoid 