Listen Up: 7-3-12

1. Vacanze Romane – Gentri Noantri – Italian band who make sweet updates of mainstream Italian pop ballads. This is one is just lovely, it's like they recruited Samantha Urbani if she sang light opera to front a muzak band – Grade: B+

2. Wild One – Flo Rida – His best song since… er, his last one Grade: A

3. Number Of The Beast – Iron Maiden – Which is 666, the number of seconds I will give Iron Maiden before heading to the door, I'm guessing – Grade: B-

4. Same Jeans – The View – Scottish lads dressing down – Grade: B

5. I'm Eighteen – Alice Cooper – Nice harp at the start.

6. Lego House – Ed Sheeran – Sure, it's on my best tracks of the year list… go check, I'll wait – Grade: A

7. The World – Brad Paisley – Wait for the guitar solo – Grade: A

8. Baby You're Right – James Brown And The Famous Flames – A "Day And Night" steal – Grade: A

9. Out In The Street – Bruce Springsteen – The weekend starts here – Grade: A+

10. Am I That Lonely? – Justin Townes Earle – I don't know – Grade: A+

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