1st November:

It may just be me (always a dangerous opening gambit) but do record companies now automatically include a clause in their artist contracts requiring a “Best Of” compilation after the third studio album, followed at a later date by a “Greatest Hits” singles package, a “Very Best Of” album and the end-of-career death-knell “Ultimate Collection”?

I suppose I can understand the lucrative appeal of annually flogging the dead (literally) horses that are Elvis, Hendrix, The Beatles et al, but the Sugababes?? Do me a favour….