Albums of the week

SOUL-POP

Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer (Warner)

With the possible exception of hits such as Tightrope and Cold War, soul-pop artist Janelle Monáe has belonged for years to that most isolating of musical realms: she is highly regarded by critics, but less loved by a commercial audience. That’s about to change. As signalled by the irrepressibly catchy recent single (and Prince love letter) Make You Feel, which borrows Prince’s guitar riff from Kiss, ...