The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent

When I first started listening to this I thought I wasn't going to enjoy it as much as the first time I heard it, a couple of years ago. But it is brilliant, especially "Tommy Shooter", "Wolf Kidult Man" and the extraordinary "50 Year Old Man".

Only slight disappointment is the cover of the Groundhogs' "Strangetown". It's not as bad as the version of "Junk Man" on "Middle Class Revolt", but I can see a sort of maverick affinity between MES and Tony McPhee, and somehow I would have expected something better.

Beethoven - String Quartet in E minor op 59 no 2 (Rasumovsky No 2)

I've listened to this over and over again during the last couple of months. I'm far from tired of it, but I will move onto something else. The slow movement is wonderful, not far away from the feeling you get with the late quartets. By comparison, the first movement is almost lightweight.

Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To...

I didn't like this at all.