CD - Rock of Ages: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

As with Mamma Mia, Rock of Ages is a feel-good box-office smash, with a cringeworthy soundtrack featuring Hollywood heavyweights tearing some of the most memorable songs from one of the most fashion-forward decades to pieces.

Highlights include Tom Cruise delivering a helium-fuelled Paradise City and Catherine Zeta-Jones flattening Pat Benetar’s Hit Me with Your Best Shot.

The beauty of the record is in the commemoration of the original songwriters’ talent, whose euphoric key changes and anthemic lyrics survive the A-lister cast’s squawkings.

If you’re precious about your beloved 1980’s stadium anthems, steer clear of this, although you might just be able to stomach the original Broadway cast’s recording, at least they’ve some classically trained, powerful lungs to throw behind the tunes.