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JESSE MCCARTNEY
Right Where You Want Me
 Hollywood Records
**

With a surname like that, this ex-boyband member from NY has a lot to live up to. Luckily, he's capable of being just as schmaltzy as his legendary namesake, although, judging from this tune, he'd prefer to be a powerpop version of Trousersnake.

CASSIUS
Toop Toop
Virgin
****

France's answer to Basement Jaxx (Downstairs Louvre, perhaps?) make a rockin' return to the dancefloor with skankin' guitars, Popcorn-poppin' synths and an infectious chant. This is from their long-awaited second album, 15 Again, and should bring you straight back to the school disco.

THE WEBB SISTERS
Still the Only One
Mercury
**

They may look like Dixie chicks, but Charley and Hattie are actually from Kent, although their Fleetwood Mac-meets-Shania sound should go down well in the southern US states. One of them plays the harp as well, so that's the Riverdance demographic sorted out.

ANN SCOTT
Mountain
Raghouse Records
***

The Irish singer shares many influences with her mate, Gemma Hayes, but here she carves out her own style, with help from star sidekicks David Kitt, Katell Keineg and Mark Geary.

ELTON JOHN
The Bridge
Mercury
**

Meat Loaf had Bat Out of Hell 2, but Elt is going one better with The Captain & the Kid, the sequel to his 1975 album, Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy. This one sounds a bit like his ancient hit, Your Song, but the subject matter's not a little bit funny.

AXWELL
Sunrise
Positiva
***

Summer holidays are over and it's back to work - time to release all those big Ibiza anthems and relive those hot days and hotter nights. This latin-flavoured anthem features vocals from Steve Edwards, and should keep the carnival going right up to Christmas.

WOLFMOTHER
Love Train
Modular
***

Now boarding at platform 1970s, here's a breakneck Hammond-and-guitar groove from the Aussie retro rockers. Because it's not by The Raconteurs, it'll probably get slagged off as old hat.