Justin Lee Collins to release lounge LP

Justin Lee Collins has recorded an album of original lounge music.

The comedian and TV presenter told BBC Newsbeat that the opportunity arose after he did a Tom Jones impression on Chris Moyles's Radio 1 show last year.

Collins said: "Some guys heard me singing Tom Jones, I think on Moyles, this was about a year ago.

"They asked to meet me and I thought, 'Well this is funny, they obviously want me to do some sort of novelty album like Justin Lee Collins Sings Tom'. I could picture the cover in my head."

He added: "I turned up with that in mind and they said, 'No, we want to do it properly'. I know it's absurd. No duets. There's just one voice on this album. My voice is my instrument and I love it.

"It's a mixture. Think sort of early Tom Jones, [Engelbert] Humperdinck, Tony Christie. It's totally straight, honestly. I think we might call it Another Side, but I'm not sure. Someone else said, 'Why don't you call it Too Long For The Bun', which I prefer but maybe it's too obscure."