Wandering through Virgin Megastore yesterday, I came across two unlikely compilation albums – unlikely for very different reasons.
First there was Cained.

It’s a compilation of Michael Caine’s favourite chillout tracks. Yes – that Michael Caine.
According to Caine’s “blog” he truly did pick these tunes, with the idea coming when he had dinner at Elton John’s house and he showed himself to be very knowledgable about chillout music. Who knew?
And then, for a very different reason there’s The Saturday Sessions. This features tracks recorded live by artists who’ve appeared on Dermot O’Leary’s show. Now this album has a relatively eclectic collection of songs by some excellent artists, and I’ve no doubt that Dermot is a lovely guy who’d be great company down the pub. But seriously – look at the album cover:

Stop giggling at the back.
Come on. Leaning against a wall? With a guitar! He’s not playing himself on these tracks is he? I guess that at least if you downloaded this album via iTunes, you could elect to dump the album artwork.