Alexandra Burke - Heartbreak On Hold

[sambo9]

Good cover!

I hope the album is pop-dance throughout. The two singles from this era so far are far better than the stuff she released from her debut (in my opinion!).

[Dior]

Fabulous cover!

I have very high hopes for this album!

[IrishLamb]

Love the cover, Hate the Title, Not really sure about the tracklisting you can’t know until you hear the music but I hope she has at least a couple of high profile features. Wasn’t she supposed to be on Swizz Beatz album maybe he produced a couple of tracks could be interesting. I’d love a kanye or Jay-Z feature and a big duet with a male R&B singer Not Ne-Yo, The-Dream, Rico Love or Chris Brown Maybe Usher or John Legend. OH and the complusory Nicki Minaj Feature

[theArmy]

the cover is ok to me, I love the album title

[Noahh]

Amazing cover!

Tracklist looks good, but I just hope it won't be full of pop/dance songs. I need some urban gems too!

[Supernatural]

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3128373 ... fer=search

Signed Edition !!!

[Benjamin BanZai]

Good cover!

I hope the album is pop-dance throughout. The two singles from this era so far are far better than the stuff she released from her debut (in my opinion!).

+1

[musiclover22]

If the track 'Tonight' on the album is the one that was put on youtube ages ago, I will be so p****d off. Firstly, it would be a bit cheeky to do that knowing it's been around for ages and secondly, it's a crap song anyway. 'More', also on youtube, is much better and I would have preferred that to Tonight. She's been working on this album for over a year, surely there must have been stronger and unheard tracks which could have been put on the album?? If this album doesn't have at least 5 tracks I like I will be annoyed!! oooh, I wonder which track the ballad is?

[musiclover22]

excited

[musiclover22]

OK... putting it out there... I'm 99% certain that 'Fire' is an Usher collab. If it's the track I've heard, it's a BIG tune and you should all be excited!

[Star]

Hot cover and HOT title!

[LJC123]

OK... putting it out there... I'm 99% certain that 'Fire' is an Usher collab. If it's the track I've heard, it's a BIG tune and you should all be excited!

Wouldn't it say if he was featured? :\

[jpguy]

May this leak please! LOL

[musiclover22]

"Wouldn't it say if he was featured?"

I think she's going to release collaboration details nearer the release date to build up hype (instead of releasing details all at once) She has said that there is a male collab on there (aswell as Erick Morillo) so hopefully we'll get full details soon! I hope I'm right haha

[king_oxymoron]

I've heard rumours of an Usher collab a long time before now... we can but hope!

[Rock_Steady]

I doubt Usher will be on Alexandra's album... Usher is too major for Alexandra. So to speak.

Ne-Yo was only on her first album because they only added her vocals over the top of Brandy's original. No studio time together.

Flo Rida is a popular collaboration with artists. He's major, but not on the same reputable level as other R&B/Rap artists.

[Jesper]

I doubt Usher will be on Alexandra's album... Usher is too major for Alexandra. So to speak.

Usher appeared on Ciara's album, I mean Ciara had her succes years back but in the time they collaborated, Ciara was everything but major.
So i would not be suprised if Usher ends up to be a feature on Alexandra's album, with the right contacts with producers and stuff, every collabo could be possible.

[musiclover22]

"I doubt Usher will be on Alexandra's album... Usher is too major for Alexandra. So to speak."


Alexandra has been in the studio with Rico Love who has worked with Usher a lot before. Usher and Alex are both with RCA so that makes getting a collab MUCH easier. It's highly likely and I think it's happened. Watch the beginning of this < http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14904400 > and tell me that doesn't sound like Usher. If it's not Usher then my second guess would be Trey Songz. This track will be the song 'Fire' on her album. If this song IS on the album I will be very happy indeed pls lord let it happen!

[Fan]

Brilliant cover. Wasn't expecting that as her artwork is usually not very good

[SG1401]

Is their even any anticipation for this?

[UKMusicLova]

Tracklisting

1. Heartbreak On Hold
2. Elephant-Feat. Erick Morillo
3. Let It Go
4. This Love Will Survive
5. Fire
6. Between The Sheets
7. Daylight Robbery
8. Tonight
9. Love You That Much
10. Oh La La
11. Sitting On Top Of The World
12. What Money Can't Buy

Source

DELUXE EDITION (iTunes):

13. Devil In Me
14. Beating Still
15. Heartbreak On Hold (Acoustic Version)
16. Let It Go (Acoustic Version)

[Jesper]

deluxe tracks sound good

[Thriller]

Is their even any anticipation for this?

There is with me but there doesn't seem to be generally. I'm hoping with album sales really low at the moment she'll manage a top 5 debut just from fan sales.

[Dino]

Here's the Amazon review of the album. Sounds like its going to be great.

Like all great pop music Heartbreak On Hold effortlessly wraps lyrical sadness in songs that make you want to dance. It's not by accident. “I'm that person who always wants to turn a negative into a positive because it's just the way I think,” explains Alexandra. From the frustrated stomp of first single "Elephant", a song written about a relationship that was slowly stalling and an immediate favourite of Alexandra's because it 'it just felt right', to the exuberant throw-your-cares-away dance rush of second single "Let It Go", Heartbreak On Hold is an album that acknowledges the hard times but offers a window of opportunity for people to forget about it all.

“Yes it's upbeat and uptempo and I want to get you dancing but I want people to understand the deeper meaning behind the album.”

While "Elephant" and "Let It Go" both slot nicely into the pop trend for dancefloor stompers, Heartbreak On Hold also displays Alexandra's love for 90s dance, specifically the emotional house music of Robin S or the soul-inflected dance of Soul II Soul, as heard most obviously on the heart-burstingly bittersweet title track. Featuring a vocal that almost erupts with emotion (“I tried everything to get over you, trying to make it through but nothing ever seems to work”) it's the kind of song that makes you want to dance while tears stream down your cheeks.

Elsewhere the “very sexy” "Between The Sheets" and "Daylight Robbery" bear a stronger R&B influence, whilst the fluttering synths and four to the floor beat of "This Love Will Survive" marries Alexandra's survival extinct (“Sometimes if you really want something you've got to fight. It's telling the other person 'we will survive'”) to a beat that Alexandra rightfully says you'd have to be dead not to dance to.

Then there's the ballad. Of course there's a ballad, that closes the album and features a lone piano and Alexandra's raw emotion speaking directly to the listener.

[Wolfsmagik]

The album sounds very good.