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Here we go again. A review of a selection of singles out this week. And they will be judged against the following ratings:

***** Heathcliff
**** White Cliffs Of Dover
*** Cliff Lazarenko
** Cliff Barnes from "Dallas"
* Cliff Richard

"Inner Mer Syngur Vitleysingur" - Sigur Ros
As with any of their songs, when I listen to this it's like I've been dropped in an ocean of sheer loveliness and happiness and beauty.
A departure from their back catalogue but still uplifting, magical and well, truly stunning. Single of the week, month and probably the year.
*****

"Bat Cat" - Mogwai
Brilliant! Crunching guitars are the main feature of this sheer sonic, heavy metal-ish onslaught.
An excellent way to spend five minutes. Or 10 if, like me, you play it again immediately after listening to it the first time!
****

"C-Lebrity" - Queen
Now, for me, if there is no Freddie Mercury then there is no Queen. But I have to say Paul Rodgers is an excellent stand in and this, well, it rocks.
Sounds like they are having a blast and this will sit neatly next to any classic Queen rocker. Good on them.
****

"Lies" - McFly
How good a footballer is McFly's Danny Jones?! I only watched around 20 minutes of the charity football thing last week and he looked pretty handy. I'll give them a bonus point for his footy skills.
This song is ok I suppose. Certainly better than most of their sugary, annoying singles of the past. Although, they seem to be desperately trying to come up with something like "Shine" by Take That. But fail.
***

"Thank You For A Lifetime" - Cliff Richard
There should be a cull of all those nutters (Cliff fans) who are buying van loads of copies of this just to make it go to number one. And the song is just embarrassing. I don't care if he is a "national institution".
And too right he should thank all those idiots who have kept his career going beyond the 70s. I'm going to put Sigur Ros back on to stop me headbutting a wall.
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