She Wolf:  

She is one of the few pop stars who can be sexy without being excessively cheesy. Shakira, with the exotic voice, returns as a representative of the pop scene once again, but this time with plenty of disco, synth, post-punk and anything of fashion at the moment, even in the alternative music scene. Obviously the fact that she keeps company with Ladytron, has influenced her considerably. The Latina singer gains enough points because unlike other starlets who obviously follow their managers' and image-makers' orders, Shakira shows an authentic "craziness" with what she creates. Even if you are not a pop fan, She Wolf will make you shake your body.

If On A Winter's Night:

With an album dedicated to his beloved season, the winter, Sting returns. If On A Winter's Night contains an abundance of songs that reflect all aspects of winter, and the result is a soulful musical journey, full of recollections. Sting exhausts his creativity through the winter season filtering different types of music and the result vindicates him. His new album is classy and different. In the new album he has written two songs himself, Lullaby for an Anxious Child and The Hounds of Winter. The rest are traditional British songs, like Gabriel's Message, that comes from the 14th century, and the traditional ballads, The Snow it Melts the Soonest, Now Winter Comes Slowly by Henry Purcell, and an adaptation from the song by Schubert Der Leiermann.