Ordinary Decent Criminal OST

Damon Albarn is certainly keeping busy. Not content with helping Michael Nyman score the movie Ravenous, the Blur frontman embarks on his first solo work for Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Martin Cahill biopic: he makes a decent go of it, too.

It doesn't exatly open on its strongest suit, though. The almost dub 'One Day At A Time', from Damon and Massive Attack's 3D, lacks something essential, while Kevin Spacey's film dialogue only serves to highlight the dodginess of his attempt at a Dublin accent.

Damon makes amends though, on 'Kevin On A Motorbike', a simpler, more acoustic affair. And his closing track, 'Dying Isn't Easy' is quite wonderful gospel nostalgia.

Elsewhere, Lowfinger do their best Happy Mondays-as-Cockneys impression on 'Superfinger'; Bryan Ferry chips in with an updated 'Mother Of Pearl', which is turned into a super smooth, soulful pop tartlet; and Shack's 'I Want You' is a melancholic slice of shimmering guitar pop.

Ordinary Decent Criminal isn't the best soundtrack you're likely to hear this year, but there are enough standalone moments to make it worth shelling out a few shekels for.