An impassioned second album from the Grammy- and Golden Globe-winning singer/actress, this neatly deviates from the throwback orientation of the debut.
What could have been just another overearnest, post-Coldplay collection that fell to the wayside like so many others, this debut is a stone-cold 2000s classic. Celebrating 20 years of era anthems "Somewhere Only We Know" and "Everybody's Changing," this set is a no-skips, perfect ten of piano-backed, soaring pop-rock, elevated by Tom Chaplin's distinctive vocals and unabashed big feelings. Check out "Bedshaped" if you need to tap into that well of said emotions. - Neil Z. Yeung