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Mark Ronson - Versions

Airbrushed R&B big band arrangements of Radiohead's “Just” and the Jam's “Pretty Green” pretty much lick the decals off of James Brown and John Barry with their slap ‘n tickle soundtrack of bland brass and banal big band beat. Okay so giving The Smiths’ “Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This Song Before” an extreme UB40 style makeover is thinking out of the Beck box.

But come on – turning an easy target like Britney Spears’ “Toxic” into a cod-Carry On sexploitation soundtrack is a postmodern move too far. Ronson might have conceptualised Versions to be a master class in the art of post-cool covers. It isn’t. It’s refurbished muzak.

- Miles Keylock

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