Aww, yay for The Corrs, the adorable sibling pop band from Ireland. There are some great tunes on this album, although I have to admit the album version of What Can I Do didn’t really do it for me, compared to the Tin Tin Out remix that was released later. I also feel like it was a great idea to put an instrumental on there, but they could have done a lot more with it. However, overall, a really great album that fits its late 90s genre perfectly.

I don’t know why I’ve listened to one Robbie Williams before and it was the second one rather than his first solo effort - but hey, I’m righting that wrong now. This is such an interesting album to listen to knowing its place in time - leaving a globally successful band to go it alone is such a risk, but it’s clear Robbie wanted to spread his wings and get a bit more Britpop, a bit less traditional pop. That’s clear right from the start and carries all the way through the album (Angels, oddly, doesn’t really seem to fit on here despite being such a classic).

This album was fine, which is the only word I can use to describe and I know is more of a diss than it really sounds. But that’s what it was. Good enough music, and I liked listening to it, but it was firmly background music and once it was over I wasn’t left with any impressions either way. It’s just fine!

Ordinarily, I would shy away from this album. Firstly, it’s long, and secondly it has all those pesky interludes in there. But you know what? I really liked it, despite both of those things! The length didn’t feel too onerous which means the songs flowed well and were never dull. And the interludes worked, rather than being a distraction they were an enhancement.

I needed something warm and comforting this week so dived into the back catalogue of my favourite boy band. This is their second album, and you can tell that they were slightly maturing from their first, but still nowhere near old enough, experienced enough, or in control enough of their albums to let their real sound show.

I loved this album. It was very familiar to me, even though I’m pretty sure I didn’t own it when I was younger. I did have the single Say What You Want, the remix version, which I slightly prefer to the album version but even so, it’s one of the best songs on the record.

Having seen the girls do the bizzo at Wembley, it was only natural to listen to their second album. I’ve already logged the first, and that one is a classic in my book. This second one I don’t think lives quite up to the standard of the first but somehow it’s also not really trying to.

I knew nothing about James except for two random songs, so this was a refreshing experience. Great album, the songs are all quite gentle pop and with that iconic voice, there’s a familiarity throughout the album (although it goes a bit wonky in the middle), making it fab for a comfort listen or as background music.

Totally forgot about this album, I love it so much, every song is a classic for me. Shania is my original pop country princess – only trouble is I have to be careful where I listen as it’s impossible not to sing along!