SPEAK LOVE
Hugh Sheridan
Sony
* 1/2
Remember the late 1980s, when a cluster of male TV stars tried earnestly to follow Kylie into pop stardom? Well, two decades on, it's still happening. With this destined-for-bargain-basement debut, Packed to the Rafters' Sheridan shows that while his voice offers shards of masculine soul, as a package he's doomed to join the likes of Stefan Dennis in the cross-over junkyard (although Don't It Make you Feel Good? was a piss-take, wasn't it?).
Syrupy, coming-of-age sentiment dominate most of the 12 tracks, but more notably in the album's latter half, where Sheridan breaks the mid-tempo, R&B mould with an attempted replica of Cake's classic Short Skirt, Long Jacket. Caviar in a roadhouse warmer wouldn't be more out of place.
Key track: Those drawn to Sheridan's on-screen charm should start petitioning to Sony for the soulful Higher Love to be next single; it's clearly the best thing on here.
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