Paloma Faith: Fall to Grace

Vogue recently named this well-rounded singer/songwriter/fashionista/actress its “artist of the week,” and why not? Her full, open, power-packed voice is rivaled in its uniqueness only by her sometimes chrysalis-like hairstyle. The opener, “Picking Up the Pieces,” deftly combines Adele’s anger with Lana Del Ray’s comatose apathy. Epic (epicrecords.com). — Nancy Ford