THE SMITHS 'Ask' (Rough Trade)

Rent-a-quote and crow back on fine, superlative form, and aren't you just all breathing sighs of relief at that revelation? This is far away from anything else the lads have done, so raspberries galore to those woollyheaded philistines who claim they have but one tune. This gorgeous, god-like piece of vinyl lifted me and my gloom 15 feet off the floor.