Bruno Mars: Doo-Wops & Hooligans – review

Bruno Mars's pop nous is spoiled by some unfortunate vegetable metaphors, says Alexis PetridisThe path from star producer to pop phenomenon is traditionally a tricky one to navigate, but no one seems to have told 25-year-old Hawaiian Bruno Mars. He currently sits at No 1 in the UK singles chart with Grenade. Its predecessor, Just the Way You Are, somehow contrived to reach No 1 twice: the second time replacing Cee Lo Green's Fuck You, one of a multitude of hits Mars co-wrote and produced befor...

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