Original Soundtrack - Chicken Little (EMI)

I'm off reviews at the moment while I concentrate on my book, but the sight of Chicken Little and his three-eyed puffball friends on the sleeve is difficult to resist. Besides, this new Disney soundtrack is also probably the oddest placement of an early REM track ever…

The song in question is It’s The End Of The World As We Know It. The second REM track I've done this week after a drought of quite a few years. The first was Trout - Michael Stipe's duet on Neneh Cherry's Homebrew, when I reliased (admittedly rather belatedly) that it was built around a massive sample from the Easy Rider soundtrack.

And there’s also a nice dose of the long-missed Barenaked Ladies. But it’s got electric guitars on it unfortunately. Barenaked acoustic is best.

There’s a track from Joss Stone here - the first time I’ve knowingly put her through my hi-fi. It’s a duet with Patti Labelle of Stir It Up which leads me to think Joss should do a full-on disco album next. That would be far more palatable than her current blues throwback style.