The month's best music: Ellie Goulding, Young Thug, Eric Church and more

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in November.1. Ellie Goulding, "Delirium" No contemporary pop singer sounds more contemporary than Goulding does on her third and finest album -- a collection of high-spirited, high-tech singalongs that refuse to flinch in their pursuit of sentimental ecstasy.