Another charity record! This tries something bizarre and ridiculous, a complete dedication to Noel Coward. But why!? The songs were perfectly fine on their own! Most are of dire quality that you indeed wonder about Neil Tennant’s taste. Marianne Faithfull is awful as she lurches into ‘Mad About The Boy’. Shola Ama manages some good with help from Craig Armstrong as she sings ‘Some Day I’ll Find You’. But there is nothing to redeem the rest of the volunteers. The worst is Robbie Williams’ effort which reeks of Neil Tennant’s ‘Absolutely Fabulous’. If you want to listen to Noel Coward, buy a Noel Coward record not this rubbish that passes for an album.
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Afraid I can't agree. I don't see this as a concept album in the progrock sense of the word. Somebdoy has had an idea to make it, yes, but that for me doesn't make it a concept album. I think many of the tracks are brilliant in their own righ and do not diminish the appeal of the originals. A great song has more than one interpretation possible.
Aug 9th, 2000
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