The month's best music: Bjork, Jessica Pratt, Rae Sremmurd and more

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in January.1. Bjork, "Vulnicura"Bjork's superpower: Delivering highly abstract vocalizations that simultaneously obey specific feelings, melodies and lyrics. Another one: Mapping out the margins of human emotion like a cosmonaut cartographer (who might actually be lost). Another one: Making existential dread feel like raw beauty. Another one: Reminding us that to be alone is to be alive.