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Texas

It may have a hint of the Orient about it, but quite frankly it could have a hint of Leyton Orient about it and it'd still sound like dull middle-aged rock. Avoid.

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Geri Halliwell

Last summer, everyone wondered how the Spice Girls would get by without her. Now, after hearing her first solo outing, I'm wondering how the Spice Girls got by with her. She can't sing. Simple as that. Normally, by this stage you'd be expecting me to launch into a hatchet job on everybody's favourite UN ambassador but no. Not this time because she's obviously enjoyed herself during the making of this single, which (and it might just be me) seems to pay a huge homage to History Repeating, the old Propellerheads / Shirley Bassey number. Add to this the massive bonus of Ginger Spice being buried (literally) in the video, if you will, and you end up with a pretty creditable debut. So, to recap, that's Mel B, Geri and Mel C gone solo. When are we going to hear from Victoria and Emma? Come on you two, I dare you.

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Fatboy Slim

Norman Cook is a frustrating little man and no mistake. Every time he releases a single, the first few times I hear it I think "This is pants" and move on to something much more interesting. Then, a few weeks after release when the offending article is tumbling down the table faster than a lemming carrying a concrete filled rucksack, I slowly discover the tune's growing on me. By the time it's dropped out of the chart and been repriced at £5, I decide I actually quite like it, though not enough to buy it. Until now, that is. This is fantastic. Why should I describe it to you? It's the song from the adidas advert, so you know it already. However, I still can't find any room in my heart for adidas but that's another story.