1993, but still very much rooted in the eighties. Straight off the bat though into Rubberband Girl it is clear we have not entirely left the world of the hit. And who is this on the list of personnel? Our old pal Prince. Incredible stuff. It's another star-studded outing, there's no doubt about that. Even the dead hand of Clapton getting an outing - for shame.

Once again the tracklisting has been hugely front-loaded toward the hits, perhaps hoping by now that people will just stick to side 1 if they want the bangers and the flip will be left to the nodders and chin-strokers. Eat the Music has a kind of Paul Simon thing going on? And it's interesting that after the hit-filled years, there are none of these singles that I recognise at all. All top 30 mind, and Rubberband got to 12, so perhaps I just wasn't paying attention. Too busy with whatever it was I was doing in 1993. Up to no good.

Every old sock needs an old shoe. There's something quaintly poetic about that, almost hokey, but I think she saves it. I know this was one she revisited as she felt it was a bit too - polished? Too digital. But that was just the way things happened back then, wasn't it. The dream of the 1990s. A jumped up, cut up excitement.