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

One of the most remarkable albums of all time, rebooted one more time

The Modfather brings peace and love and melody to the masses as he nears his sixties

Former Soft Boy continues down his singular path

Finally, a Beatles book as fab as its subjects

Second album of punkified, slapped-about R&B

Vets’ return shows they’ve still got bite

Originality and pop brilliance from one of the best and most likeable bands of their era