This scuzz-loving English blues-punk duo were on hiatus while singer Alison Mosshart howled alongside Jack White in the Dead Weather. Now they're back with bad vibes to burn and an even freakier new sound. On "Satellite," corrosive guitar skronk rolls out over a wickedly loping dub-reggae groove as Mosshart, singer-guitarist Jamie Hince and a spooky goth-gospel choir turn lyrics about a bootycall thwarted by crappy cellphone service into an S.O.S. from hell.

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“The A Team”

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.