So one of my favorite English Artists of the modern times released her second album a few weeks ago; and while it is a good album, it falls into the Sophomore Slump category. It just isn’t as good as her first release, though it does have some high points, and is true to her musical form. One thing that always attracted me to Lilly was her clever and witty lyrics and well this album does just that. “Fuck You” might sound like a bitter song to an Ex - well kind of, how about to Americas Ex-President Bush! The first few songs on the album are the best, then it kind of goes downhill from there; however, it never hits rock bottom…just not a full album of hits like her last release was. It is very apparent that she is growing older and thinking about leaving the party life of the young pop star. The album is full of how we judge age and party too much and how she just wants to live a low key life most of the time. Track 3, “Not Fair,” might be my favorite track of the album and has great Lilly Vocals and that upbeat Euro Electro Pop beat that we have learned to embrace over on this side of the pond! It is one cleverly written song with double meanings that presents the understandable needs of this woman in a relationship. Also, the amped up banjo is a nice touch. Like most second albums I am afraid this has been over produced with too many sounds and beats over laying each other. “Back to the Start” is a good example of this; it could be a great song, but the tempo and the overlays are too much. I don’t ever see how she might be able to do this song live, but if she can pull of the vocals live, then I stand corrected. You get lost in the trance of that techno beat; it’s like 3 bad gay bars mixed songs together and didn’t know how to stop!
So I would suggest burning this album from a friend. It might be good for when company is over and getting ready to go out on the town or for keeping you awake on the drive to where ever you might be going.
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