ED SHEERAN Vinyl & CDs

Review: Cynics would say that the high-profile copyright court case Ed Sheeran won on the eve of the release of his new album won't have harmed its sales any, but then again when has anything Sheeran has made suffered from lack of interest? He is a behemoth of our time, a songwriter who never misses whether working with grime acts or pop royalty. He said himself that seven of the new tunes on this record were written in just 2.5 hours, and it's not hard to believe him given his natural ability for big hooks and emotional narratives. None are more emotional than this one which came during a challenging time for Sheeran when his friend Jamal Edwards died and his wife was diagnosed with a since-cured cancer.