Sugababes
Three
It’s hard to know what to make
of this album, whilst it may not be the typical girl band
rubbish, it’s still rather polished despite the bags
of attitude that the girls clearly display. Not all the
songs are like current single, ‘Hole in the Head’,
that is dancefloor fillers. Of course there are definitely
some instant winners, ‘In the Middle’ and’ Twisted’ being
two of them. ‘In the Middle’ is even about
being on a night out and finding a man. On the other hand, ‘Sometimes’ is
a slow, jazzy, soulful ballad
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that does get a bit bland but is recovered
by the bluesy undercurrent. ‘Caught in a Moment’ is
promising, also soulful hovering between melancholy and hopeful-ness.
There’s something missing though, it’s just hard
to know what.
Then there’s the tracks that fall in between those two extremes. These
tend to be quite dark and brooding with patches of light coming through; both ‘We
Could Have it All’ and ‘Situation’s Heavy’ are about
lessons learnt and how they deal with things. Million Different Ways starts
to seem like typical R&B then the chorus kicks in, and it’s actually
not bad. Echoes of All Saint’s ‘Pure Shores’ on ‘Caught
in a Moment’ and ‘Conversation’s Over’. The strangest
moment is the last song, ‘Maya’, which is about a person (real
or not it’s hard to tell) and is the only other truly upbeat song on
the album (apart from ‘Whatever Makes You Happy’).
It’s not a bad album, it’s just not a great album. Jury’s
out on this one, I think.
Natasha Perry |
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