Barbra Streisand Partners (Sony Music) *

ALL the 71-year-old Streisand has done here is illustrate how some old performers don’t know when to stop. Diverse artists who duet rarely match up to the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell coupling as they ham it up to two sets of fans. The likes of Michael Buble might be good commercial bedfellows for Streisand, but it’s all middle-of -the-road rubbish. Only the fanatics will give this a second thought.

Reg Nelson, 62

Ventenner Distorture (Sonic Fire Records) ****

I’D NEVER heard of Ventenner before, it sounds like it should be a ladies’ product. This is seriously dark stuff and it took me a while to get into it. It really annoys me when any kind of industrial band gets linked to Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson but it goes with the territory. Distorture contains 13 songs in total some of which are more experimental than others.

Russ Petcher, 39, Springfield Terrace, Hightown.