The indelible single “Uptown Funk” might still be Uptown Special’s deserved calling card, but it also belies the strength of the album overall. Ronson’s fourth solo outing, it’s also his most cohesive and strongest. “Uptown Funk” is a relative stylistic outlier; that and the Mystikal collab “Feel Right” are the funkiest tracks amongst a strange blend of coked-out late ’70s yacht-rock and psychedelia-tinged soul. For the record, “Daffodils,” featuring Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, is almost as earworm-y as “Uptown Funk.” But the whole album is a giddy, ultra-confident party, complete with the blissed-out comedown at the end. –Ryan

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