Though it is probably not Coldplay's best, it is indeed a memorable listen and another chapter for a band whose place in rock music is firmly cemented.

All in all, People and Things hits home as an almost surprisingly diverse record from Jack's Mannequin.

Random Access Memories is teeming with life, and the multitude of genres presented as well as the production choices of the duo help the album deliver on its promise.

Into It. Over It. have become a group that show us that the innermost workings of one mind can represent so many. All different. All the same.

Like its predecessor Indestructible Machine, the album belies her age and finds the singer churning out songs that are wise beyond her years.

Awakened makes for a reasonable continuation in the band's sound, but finds the group making a significant stride in their ability to mix their talents together while keeping the songwriting at dizzying heights.

Animal Joy represents a remarkable band in their prime of their career and is a stunning success on every level.

Long Way Down has just enough flaws to show that Odell has room to grow and progress. If you listen to one pop album this year, this is a pretty good bet.

A Flash Flood of Colour is daring, thought provoking, and utterly unpredictable, making it the first bold record of 2012 and Enter Shikari's defining moment.

In the end, Volume Two is a showcase of Deschanel’s and Ward’s best traits--Ward’s production and composition and Deschanel’s intelligence and magnetism.

Agitations makes wrecking balls out of playground jacks in that it uses the same amount of destructive velocity as it does stimulate youth.

With its laid-back atmosphere and relevant lyricism, Thank Me Later is a hip-hop album that successfully balances commercialism with art.

Like a rare, truly-great creepshow, it's the type of harrowing ride I want to experience again and again.

That we're still able to observe the funloving side of the band while also getting to see that there's more to them than that is what makes Two Thousand and Ten Injuries such a charmer. That their compositions sound more precisely constructed and flat-out better this time out doesn't hurt either.

The beauty of an album like Don't Let The Sun is that in between the rickety monuments to group songwriting, there is a simple and subtle message of camaraderie.

In the Pit of the Stomach is truly a feel-better record--in whatever way that resonates with you.

If you’re already a fan of the band, Hold On Pain Ends delivers in every way.

The Big Deep shows that The Sleeping will not be pigeonholed into one genre, and the track that best sums this up is final track (and lead single) "Young Vibes...Don't Run Away From Me." Still full of the urgency you've come to expect from The Sleeping, but it also incorporates all the progress shown throughout the album, thus creating a nice balance between the old and new.

Getting Paid is nothing but a precise groove of excellence.

Guest appearances on any type of album usually generates some negativity but the ones on Adventures really shine and freshen it up a bit.

With serenity so hard to come by, an album like Down the Way is all the more satisfying.

Parallax is one of the best albums I've had the pleasure of hearing all year.

While country music press (and even some Top 40 radio stations) champion Miranda Lambert for her spunk, zest and exuberance, the fact of the matter is plenty of female singer-songwriters have just as much spunk, zest or exuberance. Rosie Flores is no exception. Working Girl's Guitar is proof of that.

With tunes this infectious and an overarching aura of well-being, Forever Today is a favorite to be the feel-good album of the spring.

Night Visions is a disc laden with buoyant choruses, arena-ready swagger and armfuls of dance floor attitude.

With a record this charming, one can only hope they last two more decades.

They have dared to venture in the loud, the textured and the big sounds, instead of the more minimal, tangy and clean indie rock we are hearing far too much of these days.

While less varied in the style department than its predecessor, Thursday is another intimate look at the Tesfaye and the life he lives as The Weeknd.