Ronan Keating: 10 Years Of Hits

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Reviewed by REBECCA BARRY

Unlike Robbie or Justin, ex-boy band pin-up Ronan Keating has never bothered to reinvent himself or take his clothes off on stage. Yet somehow his slick, M.O.R. pap has seen him through a decade.

Only half of this re-recorded collection can justify the title; the rest has been padded out by unfamiliar, drippy ballads and soulless covers: Cat Stevens' Father & Son, the Bee Gees' Words and Tracy Chapman's Baby Can I Hold You, in which his voice almost reaches as low as hers. Keating needs another uplifting "na-na na-na naa" song if he wants to last another 10 years.

New tracks: I Hope You Dance and Somebody Else: slow, predictable, nice-guy schmaltz.

Key tracks: When You Say Nothing At All, Life Is A Rollercoaster, Lovin' Each Day, If Tomorrow Never Comes.