I should probably mention – before moving on to my own personal choices for the thirty best albums of 2024 – that I .. hate..

Songs of discounted cowboys and lost worlds, journeys that reach from Transatlantic skies to the moon and music that boasts a bluegrass summit, a roots rock jubilee and prog-inspired improvs. All that ...

That’s what happened when Ace of Base’s demo tape got stuck in the car cassette player of the late pioneering Swedish producer Denniz Pop. As a result of that fateful foul-up, the song that would end ...