Definitely one for the dance floor, but also seeing Donna veering into a rock (“Hot stuff”, “My baby understands”) and country-ish (“On my honour”) direction. The deluxe edition comes with extended versions of some of her hits, including the rare "Foxes" version of "On the radio".

My favourite Michael Jackson album chock full of great songs; “Liberian girl”, “Dirty Diana”, and the Prince-like “Speed demon” to mention a few.

Largely overlooked album by Marvin, but simply awesome. Taking the jazz/soul/funk style of “What’s going on” and marrying it to lyrics dealing with a painful divorce. A winner! Take a listen to the jazzy “Sparrow” or the more upbeat “Time to get it together”.

Retro jazz/soul chanteuse from the UK. Now she’s unleashed a horde of copycats from the UK.

Even more ground-breaking and experimental, deep lyrics with little weird sonic flourishes, and still fun.

From the brooding “Ready or not”, to the reggae of “Zealots”, a masterpiece.

Bringing big band jazz back with a bang!

Part of the soundtrack of my youth. “Forever loving Jah” is awesome, and not forgetting his acoustic classic “Redemption song”.

Following in Bob Marley’s footsteps and doing it very well too. Amazingly, they are a band from the UK and not Jamaica.

Hi energy electro pop largely produced by Giorgio Moroder, with brilliant songs like “Maniac” by Michael Sembello, “Romeo” by Donna Summer, “Lady lady lady” by Joe Esposito, and the summer smash of ’83, “What a feelin’’ by Irene Cara.

Ground-breaking million-selling alternative rock album from Christian music trio DC Talk, which opened the way for other acts like Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline and Jars of Clay. Nirvana for the saved!

Garage music with rapping in a cockney accent.

Long before Neo soul had a name, Terence Trent D’arby was doing just that. Fantastic debut and an amazing vocalist. The album has a very diverse sound, from the reggae-ish “Rain”, to “Let’s go forward”, to the James Brown “Dance little sister”.

“Englishman in New York”, “Fragile” and “They dance alone”, three songs with different styles from this fantastic album.

Janet’s Mangum opus. From the cutting violins of Vanessa Mae on the title track, through the angry rock of “What about” and the disco “Together again”, the sonic palette is diverse.

Very atmospheric, with witty lyrics (“Women lose Weight”) and Skyy’s calm vocals.

Classy Jazz/pop from Nigerian chanteuse Sade and her band.

Pop opera it might be, but there’s no denying his amazing voice.

A lively West African/Cuban party, with Youssou N’dour popping by for a guest spot.

The first movie I ever saw at the cinema. This soundtrack is very much a part of my life, and “Climb every mountain” still moves me greatly.