MUSIC REVIEWS

Let’s cut to the chase here – no one is buying this record to hear Bradley Cooper sing. Sure, he’s great to look at but if you’re gaga for Gaga then this album gives you plenty – five duets between the movie leads and eight solo songs by the lady herself (including Whitney-lite ballad I’ll Never Love Again). Briskly skip past Bradley’s five solo cuts. For our money, we’d have liked more of Drag Race’s Shangela in the movie, but perhaps she’ll get a deserving sequel (A Wig Is Worn?) Having acquitted herself rather nicely as a leading lady, let’s now see Gaga get back to what she did best ten years ago – glossy, polished pop few could better.