Heather Mills is probably the most reviled public celebrity of the year, followed by Jade Goody, and not far behind, for one reason or another, is Mick Hucknall.

Why pick on Mick? All right, he may not be the prettiest boy in the playground, but his music hits the spot and touches the heart.

The likes of So Not Over You and Stay (Just The Way You Are) articulate, simply and succinctly, complex adult emotions in one shot.

Not that there is a dull track on Hucknall's self-financed latest tour de force, but as ever it is the token cover version that ticks every box.

However, rather than raiding yet another slice of Philadelphia, Red tackles Ronnie Lane's Debris to devastating effect, and audiences are further stretched on the Santana-style Money TV and on the folksy Little Englander, complete with a school choir stolen from Pink Floyd's The Wall.