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Sweet. It's a bit Vickers. I take it that's not a single (really wouldn't work as one) - video is cute - not your usual lyric video.Originally posted by UKMusicLova
Album sounds good, espec I (the Joe Mount song) and Say It Out Loud (80's electro-pop!!). Gladiator has
lyrics! Fish Out Of Water (the other Mount collab) has an amazing alien sound to it. The fact that a member of a mainstream pop group has made a track like that is fantastic!
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It's very British sounding isn't it? Very Lily Allen at times too, just with crazier vocals. I doubt it will, but I hope it's a success for her. Top 20 probably, but top 10 would be great (and top 40 just to piss Nadine off!).I have a bad feeling about this.Comment
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I think Sticks + Stones is my favourite so far. Wow.Comment
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The chorus of "Gladiator".
Isn't that Britney's "I Wanna Go"?!
It's a solid pop album, glad that there aren't too many ballads. Every song has a massive hook, if radio warmed up to her she wouldn't have a problem picking a hit single.
Despite that, I'm a bit disappointed by how safe her sound is. Aside from Beat of My Drum, I, Gladiator, Fish Out of Water, Take a Bite and Sticks & Stones, the rest of the album has pretty much regular arrangements. The use of 8-bit sounds work amazingly well especially on songs like Beat of My Drum, Say It Out Loud and Take a Bite, I wish more were employed.
She seemed so promising from the reviews.
I'm not saying she isn't, but I do wish she took more chances musically. I really wanted her to go Siobhan Donaghy-crazy with this album. Unless she manages to score a hit and land a Top 10, I don't think it is worth playing it safe.
Stan of: Devendra Banhart / Taylor Swift / Grimes / Utada Hikaru / Tori Amos
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stick + stones is amazing, loving the lyrics soooo much!And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in those years.Comment
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S+S is so lovely! Reminds me about Siobhan Donaghy style (which is something good to me
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Christ almighty, 'Stick + Stones' just hit me directly in the chest.The alternative to the real world.Comment
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"Sticks + Stones" needs to be a single!!Comment
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I heard this for the first time yesterday and - I swear to God - I don't think I've ever cried as much listening to a song!Originally posted by UKMusicLova
It's just so captivating and straight from the heart. I hated the early years of Girls Aloud when the general public and media used to bash Nicola for being 'different' by the other girls' standards. It was so horrible, and you just knew that it must have been ripping up Nicola inside, having to endure that when she was merely an adult and still growing. Despite the obvious hardship she would have suffered to get through those particular years, it's fantastic that we got such a beautifully written song out of it.
'Sticks + Stones' is definitely my favourite song of Nicola's yet.LONG LIVE GIRLS ALOUDComment
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I personally think we'll only get 3 singles out of this era with how badly its selling
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this really sucks -.-" this album is probably going to be in the top 5 quality album of this year and nobody cares -.-"Originally posted by Tom92I personally think we'll only get 3 singles out of this era with how badly its sellingComment
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I looooove Fix Me!!!Comment
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WowOriginally posted by jamesssxD
Fix Me got me all teary eyed So beautiful
“B**** come here! B**** come here! B**** come here!”
“I’m staying right here.”Comment
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Omg sticks + stones So sad!!!
"sticks & stones they hurt just a liittttleeee"
Real touching!!
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Sticks & Stones is such a beautiful and emotional song. It's really touching.
The lyrics are so personal and you can hear the emotions in her voice. I think it's quite an emotional song for the other girls aswell.without any meaning, we're just skin and bones
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The album mini mix is great! I can't wait for this album!!!
I'm holding off listening to sticks + stones though.Comment
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I'm so glad she's just putting an album out that she personally loves, without thinking about the chart success. She knows it's not very commercial, that she's not going to have success like Cheryl but she is just enjoying herself and doing what she likes to do.But Nicola hasn’t played it to the rest of the girls. ‘I was afraid to play anything to too many people. Because this is different. And not a lot of people are in to different. I didn’t want to be swayed. I didn’t want to put it on and think, “I need it to be more commercial because the girls weren’t smiling.’”without any meaning, we're just skin and bones
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I suppose it's bye bye 3rd single?I have a bad feeling about this.Comment
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I gave in and listened to sticks + stones
It's gorgeous
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That interview was touching, she's such a beautiful person, both inside and out, and so genuine. I'm not holding my breath for the album to do anything big but I'm just so glad she's made an album that's so close to her heart. Wonderful, gorgeous woman.
<3
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+1Originally posted by YoshimoThat interview was touching, she's such a beautiful person, both inside and out, and so genuine. I'm not holding my breath for the album to do anything big but I'm just so glad she's made an album that's so close to her heart. Wonderful, gorgeous woman. <3Comment
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I'm dying for this to leak
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My album's been sent for packing from Play.com!
"This time I'm gonna get it right. I'm gonna paint my face like the Guggenheim!"Comment
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