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Ronson is no ghostly Phil Spector hanging back in the distance, though – he's an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who bounds around between guitars and keys, only sometimes settling on just producing and arranging. He even sings on the title-track. The songs are written in teams containing everyone from pop machine Cathy Dennis to ex-Libertine Anthony Rossomando and Phantom Planet man Alex Greenwald – the latter sang Version's take on Radiohead's Just.
Some of the collaborations fizz with the combination of energies and experiences. Boy George sings Somebody To Love Me which, despite being written by – count 'em – eight people who are quite specifically not Boy George, finds the former Culture Clubber pouring his heart out about his troubles of the last few years. It's great. Also fun is RnB crooner D’Angelo taking the logical next step towards sounding like he's auditioning for TV on the Radio on the gaudy pop synths of Glass Mountain Trust.
The problem with having so many different voices writing and performing is that Record Collection sounds like just that – a lot of different things plonked on a shelf that have their time and place but sound distractingly disparate when grouped together. And this feeling even distils down to individual songs – variety is the spice of life, but you wonder if the world needs a song as over-flavoured as Record Collection, written by (and sounding like it) one of the Kaiser Chiefs with an intro by Wiley, a chorus by Simon Le Bon and Ronson himself doing his best to keep up vocally during the verses.
Despite that, Record Collection is an infinitely more likable record than Version – even if The Bike Song makes you want to go and kick in some spokes. The cast list is great and some of the songs are excellent. Ever the businessman, Ronson must get props for his abilities to bring so much talent together; he's probably the only pop star you'd trust to organise a booze-up in a brewery.
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The 80's influenced sound is very much in evidence although this does make some tracks sound like Mark just dug out his childhood Bontempi. Contributions from Boy George on the excellent Somebody To Love Me and Simon LeBon on the not so impressive title track add to the retro vibe (Ronson "sings" on it too - yikes !).
Other tracks such as the quirky first single Bang Bang Bang and the singalong Bike Song are interesting contributions but the stand out for me is You Gave Me Nothing with Rose Elinor Dougall and Andrew Wyatt providing the vocals.
Overall this is a mixed bag of guests and styles which doesn't quite gel - but you get the strange impression that was what Mr Ronson wanted anyway.
I just love 'someone to love me' featuring Boy George and the Bicycle Song is so much... Read more
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A real hommage to the 80s.
I loved it - some fantastic individual songs, and the album hangs together brilliantly.
Another classic by Ronson.
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