The first single from Paul Oakenfold’s latest CD A Lively Mind, Faster Kill Pussycat, featuring Brittany Murphy on vocals, is scorching hot. It puts Murphy’s sexy vocals on top of a great electro beat.

Unfortunately, the rest of the CD doesn’t come close to rising up to the level of the first track. Oakenfold brings in a collection of well-known names, ranging from Pharrel Williams to Grandmaster Flash, but none of them adds the visceral energy that Murphy delivers.

In fact, the best we can say for A Lively Mind is – check out the single for Faster Kill Pussycat:

You can always get the single on iTunes.

Tracks:

• Faster Kill Pussycat — Featuring Brittany Murphy
• No Compromise — Featuring Spitfire
• Sex ‘N’ Money — Featuring Pharrell Williams
• Switch On — Featuring Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic
• Amsterdam
• Set It Off — Featuring Grandmaster Flash
• The Way I Feel — Featuring Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic
• Praise The Lord
• Save the Last Trance for Me
• Not Over — Featuring Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic
• Vulnerable — Featuring Bad Apples
• Feed Your Mind — Featuring Spitfire