Actors who like to make albums are nothing new, and might even be welcomed if it had not been for William Shatner’s unholy late ’60s album “The Transformed Man,” which still makes actors making music seem laughable.

Fortunately, that album did lower the bar so much that any thespian looking to flex their vocal cords can make a good impression on a listener, and respected actors like Hugh Laurie and Jeff Daniels have produced some cool records.

Now legendary “Brat Pack” actress Molly Ringwald steps into this niche, best known for her roles in “Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club.“

Ringwald’s debut, “Except Sometimes,” is a collection of jazz standards. When I say “jazz,” I am talking about the jazz you expect to see sung by women sitting on pianos wearing cocktail dresses, with the audience presumably made up of old-school gangsters. Apparently Ringwald has a background in jazz music that stems from her father.

Ringwald has a great voice, and the backing band sounds impressive, though there is not a whole lot of stretching out, except on the cover of “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” which you might recognize as the signature song of “The Breakfast Club.”

I think this album is great to relax to and enjoy, especially if you are a Brat Pack fan, but if you are expecting a revolutionary jazz work or a shining example of musicianship, look somewhere else, because you are missing the point.

I do not think that Ringwald had any ambitions to write a hit album and just wanted to have some fun recording the music of her childhood. I can totally get with that. And it is the best Molly Ringwald music since Danny Brown’s “Molly Ringwald.”