Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
It's almost like I don't need to write an introduction. 2013 has spawned so much discussion - most of it negative and catty - about Miss Cyrus that I'm tempted to just gloss over the album and pretend she doesn't exist. The solid nature of We Can't Stop and Wrecking Ball - the songs, that is, not the videos (and I thought we stopped being "shocked" by music videos when Madonna appeared) - made me change my mind. I'm quite comfortable in saying they are excellently crafted pop songs, and she does have a history of it (even if her input is incredibly minimal). What has changed, though, is obvious; the shackles were loosely shaken off in 2009 with the release of the eyebrow-raising Can't be Tamed , and it's frankly bizarre that people are acting as if the whole Hannah Montana character has only just been put to bed. But the drastic change of appearance, costume and the addition of 2013's most bothersome quirk - the stuck-out tongue -...