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So the reign of Rihanna's 'Umbrella' is finally over. Timbaland snatched it off her and blew with all his mighty pop strength into it until it was all inside out and broken. Something that this week's role call of pop hopefuls will probably be quite happy about...

Lumidee 'Crazy' (TVT)
Ah, 2003's 'Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)' was brilliant. Who'd have thought singing off key could be so effective? But the subsequent album was rubbish so we all stopped thinking about Lumidee and got on with our lives. Now Lumidee is back, with a very similar beat, but this time she's singing in tune and it's not an interesting tune. J-Lo album track standard - that sort of not interesting. It features the guest rapping talents of a man called Pitbull. He shits all over it.

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Nelly Furtado 'In God's Hands'
How does she fit so many singles on just one album?
Brinkman 'Change It'
Is all this 'new' music just recycled dad-rock?
Cribs 'Moving Pictures'
Does this explain why Cribs haven't broken through?
David Guetta 'Love Is Gone'
Has love gone or has it just nipped off for a weekend break?
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 'In The Garden'
Two members of The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster walk into a bar...
Maps 'You Don't Know Her Name'
How to be on the wrong side of the paparazzi in not the usual way...
Rufus Wainwright 'Rules And Regulations'
Someone should hypnotize our Rufus and have a word.
Wallis Bird 'Moodsets'
From Imbruglia to Bedingfield in one quick movement...
Laura Veirs 'Saltbreakers'
Like falling in love in a pot of gooey treacle...


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