Take equal parts Sputnik, Shampoo, Transvision Vamp, Garbage, Age Of Chance (who?) and mix well. Add storming sequencers and power guitars and release at 45rpm. This is the kind of thing I love. A baggy piano riff is hidden deep inside an electro storm of effects and amped-up riffs over which some classic pop-punky vox belt out an anthemic tune. Ace. Unoriginal and cliched it might be but, hey - that's rock n roll.

B-sides comprise the original mix of "Ready To Go" (no more than an extended version of the a-side), "Bloke" - an amphetamine put-down surrounded by massive electro shapes and a pounding rhythm, and "Holly (Club Mix)" which is a tranced-out slab of techno.

Rating: 9/10

Her just-got-out-of-bed breathy vocals work well over what is really a pretty straight cover of a nigh-perfect song, which should do well. The chorus is a particularly fine thing; all pomp and bombastic production and "sha-la-las".

On the B..."Consolation" is another Ray Davies-penned number (although Cathy also takes some of the songwriting credit) and is a catchy little number, as they say. Another Kinks classic - "Sunny Afternoon" - follows, to which she gives the same kittenish treatment as "Sunset". "West End Pad" closes the single, being a dated-sounding dance-round-yer-handbag stomp.

As an aside, this reinforces Ray Davies' genius. Songs such as "Waterloo Sunset" and "Sunny Afternoon" are amazing pieces of pop writing, showing up the "Parklife"-era Blur (supposedly inspired by the Kinks) for the embarrassing pastiche they were. Parochial and as English as morris dancing, the Kinks' songs are right up there with the Beach Boys in my book of pop wonder. Lovely.

Rating: 7/10

"Oh" is a Brel-like spoken torch song let loose on the streets after dark. "Cold Breath '79 (Craze)" is an unsettling snowfall of arhythmic dance, with a ghostly female vocal mantra over the top. "Ghetto Belief", the last track, is a dark and cavernous electronic version of "Believe", totally different from the original.

File under "we are weird"

Rating: 6/10