Rating:Three star

Five tracks into Nina Persson's debut solo effort, you start wondering whether this is the same Nina Persson of cool Cardigans fame.

Then you realise she's trying do to something a bit different, which isn't a wholly bad idea.

Then you wonder why she bothered.

But after four nondescript sighs of pain that wash over you like air, the breathy sultress finally hits home with a couple of slinky rockers.

Then she promptly stops again and returns to schmaltzy meandering pathos that doesn't work and finishes off with a mish-mash of more of the same.

Produced by Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous, most tracks feature some weird and wonderful sound effects which were never going to cover up for some half-hearted song-writing which leaves half an album of dead wood.

Although not a complete calamity, A Camp never really gets going and fans of melody will be left yearning.

The Swedish bombshell certainly flounders without a strong tune to work with.

Nina says it herself in the single - Can Buy You: 'I can't make you care.'

More rock and less schlock please.

The CD release also features an 'exclusive' UK film to accompany I Can Buy You.

JS