Caw-Caw Music

One tries to keep an open mind in this game, but honestly, Sharleen Spiteri doing covers of classic movie soundtrack songs? Why not just turn up on the NME CD pile with a big ‘KICK ME’ sign Sellotaped to your back? The sheer scale of the delusion of a woman whose name is a byword for MOR mediocrity, in thinking that she can reinvigorate classics like ‘If I Can’t Have You’ and ‘Windmills Of Your Mind’, defies the very furthest limits of human belief. The latter is a particularly ghastly desecration as Sharleen plays it all kittenish, and Berlin’s ‘Take My Breath Away’ translated into Spiteri’s signature country-lite snooze is similarly awful. Stick to making Tannoy music for upscale supermarket chains, love.

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