Pet Shop Boys resume their exceptional late-period run with Hotspot, their third in a series of high quality collaborations with producer/engineer Stuart Price. Recorded at Berlin's legendary Hansa Studios, the acclaimed duo's 14th album finds them firmly in their element, delivering crisp electro-pop invocations, wry dance bangers, and melodic gems both sunny and stormy. Still more or less in the self-described "electronic purist" mode of 2013's Electric and 2016's Super, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe make a few allowances here, particularly on the melancholic standout, "Beneath the Heather," which features some crafty psych-inspired guitar work from Suede guitarist Bernard Butler.

Porter Robinson had already moved beyond festival-ready EDM by the time Worlds, a full-length debut filled with widescreen electro-pop tunes inspired by anime and video games, arrived in 2014. After the album became a massive success, topping Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart and influencing numerous producers, Robinson felt pressured to deliver another major statement that would live up to his reputation. He scored a gold-certified hit with "Shelter," his 2016 collaboration with Madeon, and following the duo's extensive international tour, he branched off with Virtual Self, a hyper-fun side project influenced by trance and Dance Dance Revolution, which surprisingly earned the producer his first Grammy nomination.

Now, for the first time ever, “Matt Bianco”, the eponymous, sophomore album by continental, Latin, Jazz, Pop combo MATT BIANCO, has been remastered and expanded. Originally released in 1986, Matt Bianco (UK #26) achieved platinum and gold sales status throughout the UK and Europe. Matt Bianco were part of the sophisticated pop sound that included Sade, Carmel, Swing Out Sister, The Style Council and many others during the mid-80s. This deluxe edition features 31 tracks including the original 10-song album alongside 21 bonus recordings - 13 mark their appearance on CD for the first time, four of which are previously unreleased. The bonus material on this set collects all of the singles, b-sides, remixes, and alternate versions that were released during the promotion of the original album alongside remixes of 'Love Situation' (UK #59), the Brit Funk single released by Matt Bianco member, Mark Fisher featuring vocals by Dotty Green.

True Blue is the album where Madonna truly became Madonna the Superstar – the endlessly ambitious, fearlessly provocative entertainer who knew how to outrage, spark debates, get good reviews – and make good music while she's at it. To complain that True Blue is calculated is to not get Madonna – that's a large part of what she does, and she is exceptional at it, but she also makes fine music. What's brilliant about True Blue is that she does both here, using the music to hook in critics just as she's baiting a mass audience with such masterstrokes as "Papa Don't Preach," where she defiantly states she's keeping her baby.