Notting Hill OST

The soundtrack to this, the latest vehicle for Hugh Grant to bumble his way into our affections, is just what you'd expect. The movie, from the Four Weddings . . . team, may well be funny but the soundtrack is anything but.

Another Level get proceedings under way with a typically slick, smooth and soul-less ballad. Ronan Keating proves that he can survive without the rest of the Boyz on 'When You Say Nothing At All' but it's still more middle of the road than a traffic island, and even has a bit of Oirish thrown in for good measure in the shape of a whistle and aCORRdion.

Ditto the offerings from 98 Degrees and Shania Twain. The inclusion of Pulp's brilliant 'Born To Cry' is a welcome relief, Jarvis singing with more genuine emotion than most of the rest of these crooners put together.

The undoubted high point, though, is Al Green's masterful 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'. Including such a classic soul track here is like watching Rivaldo playing Sunday League football in the Phoenix Park and serves to highlight just how pointless most of this soundtrack is.