What really strikes me is that a lot of the tracks cover the same emotional territory as Gaga's Born This Way album, (bullying, being an outsider, individualism in the face of adversity etc) but with SO much more sincerity and none of the pretension. (plus ACTUAL DECENT TUNES) It makes me hate that awful woman ten times more. :Oi:
All I want to hear is Crash, the Richard X track now. I have such a MASSIVE HARD-ON for everything Dicky Kiss. I take it she's going to release Yo-Yo sometime in November. She's done a pre-record for Alan Titchmarsh (OH THE GLAMOUR) around then so I PRAY we get it as another outstanding b-side.
You'll get it for Wednesday. Universal are true ABYSMAL, deliveries take exactly 7 days to arrive. I wouldn't have went with them but I wanted a signed copy.
I've just noticed that the digital version on amazon is listed as explicit (with 4 songs being marked as so), but the CD version isn't. Are there two different versions, then?
The CD comes with a parental advisory sticker. I heard the word 'shit', but that was all I noticed. Nothing was bleeped out, anyway.
I haven't received my copy Seriously where do you have to dispatch something from for it to take seven days? I'm going to suggest they refund me and send me a digital download.
Maybe that DPD man you like is keeping it as part of a ROMANTIC (fuck) GAME - get on Grindr and ask him
Time 2 Rate: 10 Beat Of My Drum 09 Lucky Day 07 Yo-Yo 09 Cinderella's Eyes 08 Porcelain Heart 07 I 07 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 11 Say It Out Loud 07 Gladiator 07 Fish Out Of Water 08 Take A Bite 10 Sticks + Stones
Sorry to labour a point but Say It Loud is EVERYTHING Bad Kids and Born This Way try to be and FAIL MISERABLY.
07 Beat Of My Drum 06 Lucky Day 06 Yo-Yo 05 Cinderella's Eyes 06 Porcelain Heart 09 I 08 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 11 Say It Out Loud 06 Gladiator 09 Fish Out Of Water 11 Take A Bite 10 Sticks + Stones
I only heard the first four songs before falling to sleep last night (I wasn't hating it, but rather passed out involuntarily) and "Beat of My Drum" actually sounded fucking good and has been in my head all day as a result. I look forward to hearing the whole album properly later while fully conscious
me neither. and I'm OVERSEAS, it'll be WEEKS before I can join in with AMAZING's and 11/10's with the rest of you here
I'll RANK rather than RATE 1. Porcelain Heart 2. Lucky Day 3. Gladiator 4. Sticks And Stones 5. Beat Of My Drum 6. Yo-Yo 7. Cinderella's Eyes 8. Say It Out Loud 9. Fish Out Of Water 10.I 11.Take A Bite 12.Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime ALL FUCKING STELLAR though. Except maybe #12, which seems RIDICULOUSLY out of place...
I LOVE her cover of Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime. I don't think it sounds out of place at all really.
09 Beat Of My Drum 10 Lucky Day 07 Yo-Yo 09 Cinderella's Eyes 11 Porcelain Heart 06 I 08 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 07 Say It Out Loud 08 Gladiator 09 Fish Out Of Water 08 Take A Bite 09 Sticks + Stones
Up to #9 on Itunes. Getting some excellent reviews: (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.212426192115090.60923.200404653317244&type=1) Guardian 4/5 NME 7/10 Telegraph 4/5 The Times 4/5 Observer 4/5 Evening Standard 4/5 Glamour 5/5 Mail on Sunday 4/5 Moopy 16/5 Critical darling
Another 5/5 from Heat http://yfrog.com/g031428922j Although it would be genuinely nice for Nicola to have at least some moderate commercial success I honestly doubt she expected it in the first place. She got to write/release the album of her dreams which let's face it is a rare thing for a new (ish) artist on a major label and (some of) the gays are overjoyed with the finished thing (I know I am!) so it's not all bad Sheena. I assume she'll do a small tour as well which I'm guessing is where Nicola the solo artiste' will really shine/lay her roots (for 500 fags in Bolton town hall).
I had a VERY PROMISING first listen to this earlier. One or two of the earlier songs let me down a bit (particularly with the ear splitting vocals), but either i got used to it or things REALLY picked up in the second half. I can see me really liking it. I think Say It Out Loud is my early stand out. It's magnificent.
I loved it on first listen but it's just getting BETTER AND BETTER with every play (SORRY FASHIONABLE GAYS, the last album I had exactly this reaction with was "Aphrodite")- "I", "Say It Out Loud" and "Gladiator" are only JUST beginning to show their PROPER PROPER CHARMS AMAZE
Strange that none of the press mentions "Porcelain Heart", though...even as an aside. I find it genuinely the best thing on there- though I guess it's one of the most "generic" in terms of structure so not as interesting to review. Guess I've answered my own question THERE THEN
Still letting this sink in, but by fuck is some of it EUPHORIC The whole affair makes me think of Kate Bush, Lily Allen and Kylie all thrown in a blender which is clearly a very good thing
MR SHEENA thought it was Lily Allen when he walked in and it was playing yesterday...I can't say I see it MESELF, but it's no BAD COMPARISON...
It was "I" that made the comparison pop up in my mind, but it's more in her tone/delivery than anything I think. And sonically, some songs are like It's Not Me, It's You on steroids
After about three or four complete listens: 08 Beat of My Drum 10 Lucky Day 09 Yo-Yo 08 Cinderella's Eyes 09 Porcelain Heart 07 I 07 Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime 09 Say It Out Loud 07 Gladiator 08 Fish Out of Water 05 Take a Bite 08 Sticks and Stones Very strong album indeed, I really hope she can pull a solo career out of this but I somehow doubt it Top five moments: 1. End of middle eight in Porcelain Heart: "Please don't... break my porcelain HEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRTTTT!" 2. ALL of "Lucky Day" 3. middle eight lyrics/delivery in "Sticks & Stones" 4. "Say It Out Loud" chorus, epitome of feel-good pop music 5. the way she sings the middle eight in "Yo-Yo"
Wow. This is an incredibly strong album. A little bit taken aback by how well she's done to get this sounding as good as it does.
Have we all heard/seen the acoustic version of Yo-Yo? I think I actually prefer it to the album version - BEAUTIFUL <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sprEYJ28g4M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Same here am, same here. I definitely get the feeling this is going to live up to its promise. So far, so very, very good.
