We trawled through the site logs to find the top 50 album reviews accessed most during April, May and June 2009. It's a list that features hyped newbies showing strongly amongst established giants.

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Pink sheep and woodlands play host to Grace Jones, Pet Shop Boys and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, who top a bill that also features the first UK festival appearances for The Duckworth Lewis Method and Fever Ray. Hell, even Thom Yorke's playing a noonday slot. And that's just the music.

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Michael Jackson, the man long dubbed the 'King Of Pop', has died at hospital in Los Angeles following a cardiac arrest.
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The great outdoors in summer. Four days of banging electro, headed up by Underworld, Freeland and Femi Kuti. Oversized sunglasses optional.
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Jack White tries on another hat with his new supergroup. Should he focus on the day job?

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Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh devote an entire album to cricket. The result is a sublime rout.

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