1. Flourescent Adolescents – This is the one one where he used to do her in her fishnets- Grade: B+
2. Snow White – Hoagy Beats – Those howls kill me every time. Grade: A
3. Addicted To You – Shakira – More of the same – Grade: B+
4. The Ruler And The Killer – Kid Cudi – The beat is killer – Grade: B
5. Eyes Open – Taylor Swift – Pretty good second tier Taylor Grade: B+
6. The Show's Almost Over – Merle Haggard – Slow waltz to the finishing line – Grade: B+
7. September – The Shins – Bland but not bad – Grade: B+
8. Crowned And Kissed – Esperanza Spalding – She reminds me of Badu, a jazzier Badu. Grade: B+
9. Abraham's Daughter – Arcade Fire – And here am I all ready to hate the soundtrack – Grade: B+
10. 88 – Diggy – This is as good a hip hop song as you'll hear this year – Grade:A
Comment: So it looks like the Hunger Games Soundtrack won't be the dog I was hoping… er, expecting! Sometimes Burnett gets it right. Remember his work with Costello in the 1990s.