Veteran American genre leaders Cheap Trick continue to fuse power and pop with panache on In Another World

Gang Of Four's 77-81 compiles the groundbreaking band's post-punk glory years

Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil

Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues

Drive-By Truckers embellish their brilliant legacy on The New OK, their second album of a troubling year

George Thorogood & The Destroyers prove themselves to be badder than ever with the thoroughly expanded Live in Boston, 1982: The Complete Concert

Elvis Costello's aim is still true on 25th solo album Hey Clockface

Return of 80s big hitters Psychedelic Furs well worth the decades wait on eighth album Made Of Rain

Never Boring: a collection that conspires to capture the extraordinary personality and talent of Freddie Mercury

Career-spanning but hits-heavy collection from Fleetwood Mac

From Mott The Hoople, a band that had two lives: a collection drawn from their fist and most exciting one

Macca goes back to basics.

Great music coming out of Liverpool didn’t stop after The Beatles

A remarkable consistency across almost four decades

Sounds of the suburbs

Almost 50 years in, the genre-hopping duo are still on sparkling form

Ex-Womble superstar-sideman’s solo collection boxed and reappraised

Curation breathes new life into a once tired format

A proper five-CD, 86-track collection for a proper punk band

More themes for imaginary films from Scots post-rockers

All the ‘hits’ and more

Nothing new from the onetime pioneers of future music

Live album number 15 shows the Fingers still rock

First-five-albums package displays the ups and downs – and humour – that remained features throughout their career