1. Cool Zombie – Adam Ant – Extraordinary song of drawl and whinge with the sort of clashing images that has you wonder what is going on, perhaps a reference to all the mood altering drugs Ant has used to try and level himself off – A-
2. More Than A Feeling – Boston – The definition of what rock and roll does when it goes to the middle of the road. It lies down and howls – A
3. Hunted Down – Soundgarden – From before they were signed, still more metal than grunge – B
4. (All Along The) Watchtower – Devlin and Ed Sheeran – Not the worst hip hop take on a classic – B
5. Soon Come Tomorrow – Beady Eye – The best song off their new one is a classic rock Oasis wannabe – B
6. It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel – Billy worries about market share in a post-New Wave world – B+
7. The Right Thing Right – Johnny Marr – A good song, but makes you wonder what Morrissey would’ve added – B+
8. I Love You Period – Dan Baird – We have a word for this nowadays, Americana – B+
9. Nice ‘N’ Easy – Frank Sinatra – Alan Bergman nails it down back in 1960, it swings with a sophisticated – A
10. Nice ‘N Sleazy – The Stranglers – Pervy rewrite by famous misogynists – B