With Mushroom having left the band and Daddy G taking a sabbatical from the studio to concentrate on family life, it falls to Robert Del Naja (3D) to carry forward Massive Attack into the beyond, in collaboration with Neil Davidge, the producer of their third album Mezzanine (1998). Without Mezzanine's layers of guitar, which left some Massive Attack lovers narrowing their eyes doubtfully, 100 Windows seems at first subdued. Much as shapes only gradually reveal themselves in an initially pitch black room, so it is with this album, which takes a few listens to become accustomed to.

Dull debut from rated nu-metal quintet

Spiky, spunky Leeds singer-guitarist's debut, recorded in Austin with Spoon

Unusually potent comeback continues

Tex-Mex pioneer who prefigured country rock in the Beatlemania era

Twelve-year chronicle of demos and live cuts from '90s keepers of pop flame

Wide-ranging anthology of classic gospel tracks

Second album from Scottish, London-based duo

British-born producer of the Roots returns to jazz roots with a hip hop twist

Bleak second outing for Mercury/Brit-nominated songsmith