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Sharleen Spiteri - Melody

Jul 21 2008 By Paul Cole

WHEN she first surfaced as the voice of Texas, we all fell in love with Sharleen Spiteri’s bluesy soul voice. But as the band waded further and further into the mainstream, she got lost in no man’s bland.

Happily, her solo debut finds her paying homage to the songbirds of the 60s with new songs nestling amid musical memorabilia. Hence Stop I Don’t Love You Anymore beams with Motown magic, I Wonder nods to Diana Ross, and the title track is an orchestral swoon worthy of Serge Gainsbourg. Finally she’s in a lone star state.

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WHEN called upon to write the soundtrack to the darkest Batman movie yet, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard decided to dispense with a hummable hero theme, instead building densely layered cellos and double basses to reflect the complex character of the caped crusader and his Joker nemesis. Read

CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Brotherhood

ODDS are you’ll already have most of this compilation, either on the original albums or the Singles 93-03 collection. Galvanize, Block Rockin’ Beats, Star Guitar and Hey Boy Hey Girl are among familiar faces as Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons play this weekend’s V Festival. Read

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