The Lathums also reached No 1 with How Beautiful Life Can Be, an album of sunny guitar pop that built on the Wigan band’s grassroots following (£8 on CD £23 on vinyl).
Its soaring choruses drew inevitable comparisons with U2. Bono’s son Elijah Hewson shows he is a chip off the old block on It Won’t Always Be Like This, the chart-topping debut by his band Inhaler (£8 on CD £19 on vinyl). INDIE KIDSįor youngsters who might enjoy something more robust, guitar-driven rock is a good option. Nashville star Hayley Williams’ Flowers For Vases / Descansos (£20 on CD £19.50 on vinyl) is haunting and tender, its stripped-down folk a far cry from her day job in punky pop band Paramore, while Lorde’s Solar Power (£21 on vinyl) is a testament to growing up on your own terms. singer’s social anxiety while still maintaining a warm, fuzzy glow. Teens will be drawn to Clairo’s second album, Sling (£10 on CD £24 on vinyl), which tackles the U.S. BEDROOM POP FANSĪ wave of young, female singer-songwriters came to the fore in 2021, many writing songs in their bedroom during lockdown. One of Kylie’s guests, Jessie Ware, has also revamped her own kitchen disco album, What’s Your Pleasure? - adding new songs and club mixes (£11 on CD £29 on vinyl), while there are some booming dance-pop numbers on Abba’s Voyage, selling healthily on CD (£11) and vinyl (£26).įor those who’d rather bust a move around the Christmas tree, the new ‘guest list’ edition of Kylie’s 2020 album, Disco, features remixes and new collaborations with Olly Alexander and Gloria Gaynor. It’s out as a double CD (£10) and triple vinyl LP (£29). DISCO DEVOTEESįor those who’d rather bust a move around the Christmas tree, the new ‘guest list’ edition of Kylie’s 2020 album, Disco, features remixes and new collaborations with Olly Alexander and Gloria Gaynor. Highlights include Start Me Up, a great example of how drummer Charlie Watts, who died in August, gave the Stones their groove. Formats include a double CD (£15), double vinyl LP (£30) and a five-disc box set on CD (£100) and vinyl (£106). Whenever The Beatles are in the house, the Stones can’t be far behind, and the band’s 1981 album Tattoo You has also been given a reboot. Parly said a damage analysis would determine whether the vessel can be repaired, adding that it was lucky that almost all of the sub's equipment was not on board.The Beatles’ Let It Be album was revealed in a fresh light by Peter Jackson’s superb, if overlong, Get Back documentary, and there are gifting options aplenty if you have a Fab Four fan in your life.Īn excellent coffee table book, The Beatles: Get Back (£26.50), chronicles the same period with candid photos by Ethan Russell and Linda McCartney.
Parly responded by saying that "a natural radioactive element was emitted in infinitesimal quantities before the fire," adding that it showed that "we have an extremely sensitive and effective detection system". The NGO said the "troubling" phenomenon "could have several explanations," but that it did "raise questions". The regional authorities said that pollution and radioactivity tests carried out by independent experts had not found anything out of the ordinary.īut French nuclear watchdog association CRIIRAD said that a nearby measurement found that radioactivity levels had oscillated at low levels for a few hours in the days leading up to the fire. The extent of the damage - and what started the fire - were not immediately clear but an official with the Naval Group repair centre called the incident "serious."
The navy said earlier there were no casualties and no risk of radiation because the nuclear fuel had been removed during the renovation of La Perle (The Pearl), one of France's six nuclear attack submarines. Parly added that during the fire "measures were taken in the rear area to protect the nuclear reactor compartment". "There was a fire, but no, there was not a nuclear accident," Defence Minister Florence Parly said.