gavin said:
It's actually fantastic!
Without a hint of sarcasm or irony, I swear, it's one of the best pop albums I've heard in ages. Excellent stuff.
It's alright, the opening song surprised me after hearing the utterly-crap 'Swagger Jagger'. She's got a nice style, I followed her on The X Factor and thought she had something special going on there, and this album is exactly what I was expecting from seeing her back then. It's a heavily produced album, so I always take that with a pinch of salt, but it's executed fairly well, not riddled with auto-tune but you can hear it's there. It's a surprisingly overall sweet melodic album, if cheesey as hell, the lyric-work isn't
that bad at all either. There is some real suckers on this album however, as said, Swagger Jagger is just absolutely dreadful, and Want U Back should've definately been the chosen debut single.
I gave the album a 5/10, I can't wait to hear what else she has in store, but as a pop album it stands relatively enjoyable. There will be haters, mind...
^If you enjoyed Sticks + Stones, I'd definately recommend 'Siberia' by LIGHTS, which in my opinion a much better album. I also gave Siberia an 8/10, which is probably the highest rating I've ever gave an album of this genre.
Check it!:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXGAKg1o-4[/youtube]
And just to let you know what something sounds like off a
10/10 album for me is this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHPYmEtgrkU[/youtube]
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me is such a stellar album, I demand you either download or pick the real thing up!