Self-professed skate punk Avril Lavigne sings that she'd "rather be anything but ordinary" on her debut. While the fact that she had a record deal by the age of 16 separates her from the pack, too often Let Go's lyrical shortcomings drag the teenager's musically impressive recording entrée into the realm of the typical. The catchy choruses of Go are substantial, though, thanks to Lavigne's riff-driven melodies and powerful vocals, which at times adopt the unorthodox intonation quirks of fellow Canadian Alanis Morrissette. The nuanced, dynamic "Losing Grip," "My World" (which perfectly captures the ennui of suburbia), and the buoyant power-pop blast "Sk8er Boi" are the collection's highlights. But Lavigne's honest yet awkward words weigh down the likes of "Mobile," "I'm with You," and "Naked." "Nobody's Fool," which displays her Pink-like take-me-as-I-am credo, hints that someday Lavigne's lyrics will match the strength of her music. --Annie Zaleski

Coldplay的首张专辑《Parachutes》是一张集直率、深刻、动人旋律的大作，以回归到音乐源头的作法，来表现其歌曲中内敛但原始的情绪，证明了并非靠着嘶声呐喊才能在乐坛上一鸣惊人。此辑全球销量直逼500万张、获得NME及Q杂志高度评价、2座2001全英音乐奖及2002葛莱美最佳另类专辑。一夜之间，Coldplay从小酒吧到苏格兰格拉斯哥公园、澳洲的Big Day Out活动，甚至屡登头条的美国巡回演唱。
2002年Coldplay推出第二张专辑《A Rush of Blood To The Head》，他们再次起用Parachutes专辑原班人马－混音及制作拍文件Ken Nelson、电脑工程师Mark Phythain。专辑从2001年10月开始筹备，虽然还是一贯Coldplay的酷劲，比起前一张却更加丰富，有更多的快节奏及电子元素蕴含其中，而专辑的走向，基本上还是以个人情绪出发。

GREEN DAY American Idiot + Live In Tokyo (2005 Japanese 19-track enhanced 2-CD set comprising the Japanese version of the album including the bonus track 'Favorite Son', an EXCLUSIVE 5-track CD recorded live in Tokyo plus on-stage and behind the scenes CD-Rom footage

4座葛莱美奖、4座全英音乐奖和两张专辑累积全球销售1700万张！
Coldplay酷玩乐队最新大碟X&Y《XY密码》！
主打歌曲：《Speed Of Sound》首播后成为全世界15个电台频道的热点金曲榜首
《X&Y》是一张很大气的作品，歌曲的包容面很广，音乐有时安静沉潜，有时又营造出宏观且涵盖多重层次的声音，这样阔气的音乐架构为Coldplay开创出了新的畛域。歌词内容也涉及到一些范围较大的主题，像是生与死、爱与失去、拥抱世界等等主题，其中也谈到了要接受一些事情永远都没有完整答案的现实：“在数学的领域里，X和Y经常是答案的代号，但是在生活里没有人能有确实的答案。”Chris表示，“对我而言，这张专辑就是在讲那些无解的问题，还有你要怎么接受你不能解出所有未知变项的现实。”
这张唱片中的Coldplay也向人们展示了自己以前从未有过的进取精神，从“Talk”中Kraftwerk似的电子节拍，到“Swallowed In The Sea”中深受Pogues影响的曲风，整张专辑涉猎了丰富的音乐元素，向人们传递出一种厚重迷人、简约却又壮观的Coldplay之声。

英伦巨头Radiohead 带来了世界无数歌迷日夜期待的第7张录音室专辑《In Rainbows》。Radiohead 这次选择了独特的发行方式，网络发行，不是说网络方式发行是独特的，而是他们目前还没有选择一家唱片公司来正式发行这张专辑。在10月10号那天通过网络购买的方式来获得专辑，可以购买MP3，也可以购买CD，不过CD会比MP3晚2个月才能拿到手。最后的普通版CD估计要到2008年的一月份才会通过公司进行全球发行。MP3在10号那天英国当地时间早晨5点开放下载后，一直到现在，Radiohead的官方打开速度仍然很慢，可以想像全世界有多少在同时登陆一个网站，同时下载一首歌。歌迷需要付出40磅才能下到载整张专辑歌曲，其中MP3格式的为不写保护，160Kbps的音质。从Radiohead选择这样的发行方式来看，显然他们走出的是一条新路，他们相信网络传播对艺人的作品不是想象中的可怕与不可抵抗的。同时这样的方式也给世界唱片工业一个重磅，给世界的唱片市场一个新的思路与想法

Blur have announced that they will release 'The Magic Whip', their first album in 12 years, on April 27.
The band – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – made the announcement at press conference hosted by outgoing BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe at Chinese restaurant The Golden Phoenix in London's West End, which is ongoing at present.
The album's producer, Stephen Street, also attended.
Blur recorded an album's worth of material in five days in Hong Kong in May 2013.
However, in an interview published by NME in July 2014, Damon Albarn said that because he likes to work in shorter, more concentrated periods of time he feared that he would never return to the tracks the band made while in Asia.
"There are about 15 songs we recorded in Hong Kong," he said at the time. "The annoying thing is, if I'd been able to write the lyrics there and then about being there, we'd have finished the record. But sometimes, if you can't do it all at once, it dissipates really and I don't know what I'd sing about now with that record. There's some great tunes on there, but it may just be one of those records that never comes out."