CLASSY pop that doesn't demand too much from its listeners will always have a home, especially around Christmas when you're not quite sure what to buy your mate who used to be really picky about their music until they got a few promotions at work. (Oh, c'mon, you know what I'm on about!)
Sharleen Spiteri and her lone star cohorts have fashioned a perfectly serviceable album of hopeful, articulate, engaged pop songs.
You'll detect minor suggestions of U2, Madonna, the Manics and - crickey - even Yazoo (Just Hold On is shockingly close to mid-80s synth pop tripe).
It's not that Red Book is a bad record - far from it - it's just that it doesn't really satisfy.
A burger then when what's required is a slab of thick, juicy Texan Longhorn.
Nick Churchill
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