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All the latest album reviews from Metro.co.uk – including new music releases from pop singers Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, and Beyoncé.

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La Femme stray a little close to Sigue Sigue Sputnik territory (Picture: JF Julian)

Gallic turn on sounds of the 80s

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

TOY’s tunes recall the 1960s heyday of psychedelia (Picture: supplied)

Going all psychedelic

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

Dear Reader, aka Cherilyn Macneil, has reworked much of last LP Rivonia (Picture: Kevin Schuenemann)

Songs for Mandela

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

X Factor winners Little Mix sound like they’re having fun on new album Salute (Picture: supplied)

Also out: More new albums rated

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

Jake Bugg's new album, Shangri La, has some thrilling pop moments (Picture: supplied)

Catch the Bugg for Jake

Music December 10, 2019 By Amber Cowan

Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, has flitted through various musical guises but the pop melodies on Cupid Deluxe are easy to fall for (Picture: Stacey Mark)

Blood Orange fires his second arrow

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

Robbie Williams' new album, Swings Both Ways, is a bit of a guilty pleasure (Picture: John Wright)

Robbie’s swing has loads of zing

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP2 is more Rick Rubin than Dr Dre (Picture: supplied)

Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP2 - still misbehaving, still misunderstood

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

Gyptian surveys his new pop landscape (Picture: Zev Schmitz)

Gyptian’s Sex, Love And Reggae - when dancehall goes pop

Music December 10, 2019 By Siobhan Murphy

Arcade Fire are back with new album Reflektor (Picture: JF Lalonde)

Arcade Fire’s new album, Reflektor, is two distinct halves and strangely hypnotic

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

White Denim's music fits in with pre-punk notions of musicianship (Picture: Mark Seliger)

White Denim and Chrome Hoof: More new albums out this week

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

Lordi - a chronicler of social-media paranoia (Picture: supplied)

Lorde - Pure Heroine: Talking about her generation

Music December 10, 2019 By Amy Dawson for Metro

Katy Perry ditches the kitsch with Prism

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

James Blunt deploys his warbly old-lady voice to surprising effect (Picture: supplied)

Also out: James Blunt - Moon Landing, Da Lata - Fabiola and New Orleans Funk Vol 3

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

Polica's Shulamith - led by vocalist Channy Leanagh (Picture: supplied)

Synth-rockers Polica follow acclaimed debut Give You The Ghost with Shulamith

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

Kwes has worked with Damon Albarn and been sampled by Kanye, now he's out on his own (Picture: supplied)

Albarn, Womack and Kanye are fans, now Kwes drops debut ILP

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

Anna Calvi (Picture: Maisie Cousins)

Anna Calvi: From whisper to lustrous boom

Music December 10, 2019 By Amy Dawson for Metro

Nelly has released his seventh studio album M.O. (Picture: supplied)

Nelly's bragging is served with swagger and humour

Music December 10, 2019 By Arwa Haider for Metro

Kathryn Williams (Picture: Supplied)

Kathryn Williams is magnificently melancholic

Music December 10, 2019 By John Lewis

Haim (Picture: Supplied)

Haim's Days Are Gone: A dreamy paean to summer

Music December 10, 2019 By Robert Shore