Alright, Still
Artist(s):
Lily Allen
Label: Capitol Records
Publisher(s):
Capitol Records
Studio: Capitol Records
Manufacturer: Capitol Records
Binding: Audio CD
MPN: 75466
Format(s): Explicit Lyrics
List Price: $12.98
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Track Listing
1.
Smile
2.
Knock 'Em Out
3.
LDN
4.
Everything's Just Wonderful
5.
Not Big
6.
Friday Night
7.
Shame For You
8.
Littlest Things
9.
Take What You Take
10.
Friend Of Mine
11.
Alfie
12.
Nan You're A Window Shopper (US Bonus Track)
13.
Smile (Version Revisited) (US Bonus Track)
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese version of her debut album includes two bonus tracks, 'Cheryl Tweedy' and 'Absolutely Nothing'. Debut album by this critically adored British female pop vocalist. 13 tracks including the single 'Smile'. It's been a whirlwind couple of months for Lily Allen. After signing a low key deal with Regal, late last year, no one could have predicted how quickly she'd make an impression on the nation. Lily, like many artists, started posting tracks on her Myspace site in November 2005, so she could gauge what people thought. The response has been phenomenal. Listens on her Myspace site now are staggering, over 2 million and rising. The support from the press, radio and TV has been fantastic. She is already a 'red top' favorite with her honesty and sharp tongue, but also has fans across the digital world and within cult publications. Regal. 2006.
From Amazon.co.uk
Being, as she is, the daughter of prominent British actor Keith Allen, the cynics could easily dismiss the rise of Lily Allen as an act of backroom nepotism, a talent-free starlet helped to the stage by the right connections. But one listen to her debut album Alright, Still dispels any doubts about young Ms. Allen's star quality. Possessed of a feisty wit and taste for urban storytelling that should see her compared to Mike "The Streets" Skinner, these 11 tracks of sunshine-friendly reggae-pop cover topics including frustrating potential closing-time suitors ("Knock 'Em Out"), being happy when your ex is having a bad time ("Smile"), and having a little brother who likes a bit of a smoke--and not just of the tobacco variety ("Alfie"). Wisely, however, Allen doesn't let the grittiness of the subject matter tarnish the golden pop suss of the songs, a suite of gleaming productions by names including Mark Ronson and Gwen Stefani collaborator Greg Kurstin that take inspiration from the lighter end of reggae and vintage rocksteady. Doubtless some corners of the press will pillory her as a poor role model, but there's an engaging honesty to the likes of "LDN"--a love song to a city filled with teenage muggers, pimps, and crack whores, narrated by someone who's cycling because "the filth took away my license." Like father, like daughter. --Louis Pattison
Customer Reviews
Love This Album!
Lily is a rare talent! She infuses wit and humor in a variety or styles making it eminently enjoyable to listen to from beginning to end.
The current US mainstream acts are SO LAME, more about image and making a fast buck than any real substance. For this reason, I tend to look more into international acts such as Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman and Duffy, just to name a few. Even Amy Winehouse before rehab!
Surprisingly entertaining and hugely enjoyable
Being from the United States I didn't get blasted by the Lily Allen phenomenon that took over England after the "Queen of MySpace" debuted her first single "Smile" and debut album to the music world. Sure, MTV played the music videos and I heard occasional talk about the girl who came out of nowhere (well, the Internet is more like it), but I didn't really pay too much attention. But the infectious, albeit repetitive sounds of "Smile" permeated through my ears recently and I was drawn to the British pop star, and I ended up buying her CD. The album contains a good share of great songs, including the hilarious bro-bashing "Alfie" and "Not Big," and although Lily lacks powerful chops her sweet coo suits her individual style quite well. Lyrically, you can't get anything more entertaining - or, at times, odd - than here, but, again, that suits Lily's personality perfectly as an outspoken, unabashedly unique singer-songwriter with an excellent debut.
Amy Winehouse Clone
This is an Amy Winhouse clone and this sounds like fake rasta music. Save your money for a real artist with talent.
Oh Dang...
Considering when I heard Lily Allen's song LND, I found it quite impossible not to like it. I'm pretty much very wary with music these days, especially when it comes to more mainstream music. I thought that she could be a potential breath of fresh air. The results of the album are pretty mixed.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with any of these songs. But just because there's nothing wrong with these songs doesn't mean there good, and that pretty much is why this album isn't that great. WHile I could potentially overlook the fact she probably didn't compose the beats (I think it takes a special person to compose some of the background music, definitely more rich and entertaining than most crap that plauges today's pop).
But there are some very good tracks on here, that definitely are worth downloading. The first track "Smile", is a quite bittersweet sounding, with some great singing, and lyrics about watching other people suffer (cool!). Knock Em' Out is pretty funny, with a lively piano and horns, giving it a bar feel, you can only see the story happen in your mind, easily. LDN is a very breezy song, latin sounding, a very feel good hit, ironically with some lyrics about random acts of vices on the street. Not Big is another good one, though the lyrics are entertaining, it doesn't really interest me, but I love it anyway. And Alfie is hilarious, and the music is really quirky, another winner. Nan, Your A Window Shopper, is a fun song, with great music and beats. Her singing is catchy, too.
The rest of the album, however, isn't that great. IT's nothing that makes me want to smash things out of anger (bad music pisses me off, period), it's got some interesting ideas, some interesting lyrics, but nothing that memorable.
The music is very complimenting of the lyrics, and they work very well. Just listen to both and how they go together. Great work!
She can write better lyrics than most, even though people complain that she has no street cred. But hey, she knows that the world is dangerous. I'm from the sheltered middle class suburbs like most of the people writing reviews on this site (probably), and I know that the streets aren't a good place to be. Sure, it's a stereotype, but the world is simply not a pretty place. I hope those gangster wannabees get stranded in a bad area and get shot. She is sometimes biting, in her lyrics, but it's far from the fakeness that some idiots want you to believe. Hey, I could figure out that random acts of crime can happen on the streets, it's just common sense.
Alright, so I'll give credit for the rest of the songs I don't care about, after all, they are merely just not that interesting, nothing too cool, but mediocre. The six songs are worth listening to, but other than that, meh. Still though, better than Amy Winehouse (hate her).
5.0/10
Why oh why would I want to listen to anything else...
I had high expectations from this album due to all the praise. She has this amazing way of putting whimsical and upbeat melodies to lyrics which are anything but. She is a new part of my musical daily diet.
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