Album Review: Bobby Fox - The Fantastic

The swing is the thing on this jazzy album of covers from the Irish expat star of Jersey Boys. Like Robbie Williams' forays into big band croonerism, Fox plants his tongue in several cheeks, boozily deconstructing songs by The Style Council, The Coasters, Dean Martin and Prince (I Wanna Be Your Lover, in which video Fox is puppeteered through the innards of an alarm clock to bumptious effect). He's got the looks and moves that make for an eye-popping live show, but The Fantastic Mr. Fox comes across like a comedy album without any punchlines.