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CHART Vinyl

Each month we hand-pick a collection of reissues, limited editions or just straight classic long-players that deserve a place in any record collection. Words Zoë Radas & Amy Flower

1. TAYLOR SWIFT Midnights 2. LOUIS TOMLINSON Faith in the Future 3. VARIOUS, 4. THE BEATLES Revolver 5. ARCTIC MONKEYS The Car 6. FOO FIGHTERS The Essential Foo Fighters 7. HARRY STYLES Harry’s House 8. BEYONCE Renaissance 9. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN STRANGER THINGS S4 OST

SADE THE BEST OF SADE (1994) 2X VINYL Eighties

EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 2 (2022) 2X VINYL

Some performers are lucky to scrape together one “best of” compilation. Marshall Mathers III dropped Curtain Call back in 2005, an album bulging with bangers, but that wasn’t the end.

loungecore found its queen in Nigerian-born, British singer songwriter Sade Adu, the caramel voiced purveyor of sophisti-pop. She leads her eponymous band on a remarkable,

He’s remained rather prolific since then, and so a second compilation of highlights has arrived, packed with top tunes and an astonishing array of classic collaborations. How’s this for a guest list? Dr Dre, 50 Cent, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Juice Wrld and, of course, Rihanna – on two chart toppers in Love the Way You Lie and The Monster . This isn’t to say that old Eminem can’t assail the charts solo anymore, with such highlights as Not Afraid , Berzerk , and Beautiful amidst the 20 choice tracks that are spread across the four sides of this deluxe package. TOP TRACK: Venom FAST FACT: The album’s pinball machine backing glass artwork includes several Eminem easter eggs referencing past releases. And as for those scores, try looking at them from another angle…

remastered safari on this two LP "best of" collection, which begins with a triple-wallop from the band’s ’84 debut Diamond Life (including the sax-swathed tale of a sensual con-artist, Smooth Operator ). Elsewhere pearls pulled from the band’s next three albums include monster soul hit The Sweetest Taboo , the luscious and lo-fi Your Love Is King , and irresistibly aching stand-out No Ordinary Love . TOP TRACK: No Ordinary Love FAST FACT: Sade Adu was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002 for her services to music, and stated that the award was "a great gesture to me and all black women in England." In 2017 she was promoted to Commander of the Order.

Only the Strong Survive

10. KING STINGRAY King Stingray

GUNS N’ ROSES GREATEST HITS (2020) 2X VINYL REISSUE If you’re after a

JAMIROQUAI HIGH TIMES SINGLES (1992–2006) Helmed by the perennially dynamic Jay Kay, Jamiroquai’s unique funk jazz twist conquered the charts in the '90s and early '00s. This slew of shimmering singles - originally collated and released in 2006 on CD - has now received the vinyl love it deserves. And not just any old vinyl.

concentrated dose of the power that L.A. hard rockers Guns N’ Roses could unleash, then look no further than this “all killer, no filler” double whammy. Smash after smash comes hurtling at the listener, kicking off

The strictly limited-edition double album is numbered. Completed in deluxe packaging including a gatefold, the records are 180gm and pressed in a fetching green marbled coloured vinyl. Also

with the driving Welcome to the Jungle , and never letting up until the album’s fourth side closer, their full-on assault on the Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil . Splattered over those four sides – labelled ‘G’, ‘N’, ‘F’N’ and ‘R’, and we’ll let you work that one out – there are other top career highlights, including their first U.S. number one single in Sweet Child O’ Mine , its follow-up Paradise City , Terminator 2 soundtrack stormer You Could Be Mine and, naturally, the epic to end all epics, November Rain . This is an absolute glut of Gunners gold. TOP TRACK: You Could Be Mine FAST FACT: Released without the band’s blessing, partly as their label reckoned that they were taking too long recording Chinese Democracy , Guns N’ Roses filed lawsuits to halt this compilation's release. They lost.

included is a bio, recent liner notes written by Jay Kay, and a slip mat with the iconic Buffalo Man avatar embossed on the centre. TOP TRACK: Virtual Insanity FAST FACT: Jay Kay comes from a musical family. His mother is former British Jazz singer Karen Kay, while his father was Portuguese guitarist Luis Saraiva.

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