Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dress For Excess (iTunes)

Of all the Sputnik releases to deserve only a digital re-promotion, this has to be the one. This was their second album, originally released in 1989, that soundtracked their crossover from subversive hyper-merchants into Stock Aitkin Waterman wannabes. Hiring Kylie and Rick Astley’s production trio would have made for an interesting press release, but it certainly didn’t deliver an album’s worth of material that was anywhere near as relevant and fascinating as their 1986 debut Flaunt It. The sleeves and titles – for singles like Albinoni Vs. Star Wars, Success and Dancerama - were still pretty cool but you don’t get any of that visual appeal when buying MP3s only, in this case, the most mediocre sounds of art pop. *