#965 Beth Orton – Pass In Time: The Definitive Collection

I’ve seen Beth Orton twice in concert, both times by accident. A happy accident, I hasten to add. The first time was in 1999 and I was in Barcelona for my girlfriend's 30th birthday. It was the end of September and by chance we were there for La Merce Festival with its famous fire runs, …

#780 Madonna – Ray of Light

This is the singer’s seventh album, appearing after quite a gap in which she treaded water for a while releasing a compilation of ballads and the Evita soundtrack. It’s not the first where she self-consciously reinvents herself, borrowing and remoulding in her own image musical and cultural trends of the time (see also: Vogue from …