Cute as can be......... - ....and she can actually sing. And you can understand the words. And that s OK, because they re all clean. This album is the pop debut of English Gospel star Natasha Bedingfield, and is the British import version of another album of the same name. They are NOT identical. Eight of the eleven songs are the same. But in addition to being Single, Mad, and Unwritten, here she s a Bomb, and is worried about Frogs and Princes. There s a different version of Drop Me In The Middle, which I must confess I prefer on the American version.Natasha is a very pretty young girl, and is, indeed, Unwritten...a work in progress. She has a very pleasant voice, and rocks, but not too hard. This is a fine album, and Natasha should only get better. Well recommended.
Great but not stellar - I bought this album ages ago, when it first came out in NZ. Back then, I LOVED it. If I d written this review then, it would look a lot different. I probably would have given it 5 stars.But time has passed, and today I give this album 3 stars. Why? Because a lot of the songs haven t held up over time. I know it hasn t been that long, but it feels like it.I will just say, I don t like Natasha s ballads. Her fast songs are awesome... her ballads? Not so much. In fact, on this album the only slower song I like is I Bruise Easily - which incidentally is my one of my favourites. I don t know what it is, but I couldn t get into the other ones. But I Bruise Easily is gorgeous. It s heartfelt, tender and the lyrics are very meaningful. Natasha may not have the strongest voice but you can hear the emotion in her voice on this.Onto the upbeat tracks. If You re Gonna... is another firm favourite. I just loved this track on the first listen and I still feel the same way now. This song is so full of attitude, I just love the lyrics! Natasha rocks her way through this track, complete with smashing guitars and all. A great track, it would have made a good single.Drop Me In The Middle is a bit of a strange one. I hated it at first, I thought it was too weird and Bizarre was out of place on the song. But over time, I came to appreciate it and now it s one of my favourites on the album. Bizarre s rap makes me giggle now and Natasha sounds cool. Pretty cool lyrics too.We re All Mad is another great one. I don t consider this a ballad, it s more midtempo. It s pretty long, but has the most meaningful lyrics I ve ever seen. Quirky, cool and interesting.Single is a always a lot of fun. It was Natasha s debut single and it s become my mantra (as I am single lol). I love this one because you can relate to it and it s really catchy.I m A Bomb is another attitude filled song and another favourite. If you listen to it too much, it gets slightly boring, but I still like it.These Words and Unwritten are sorely overplayed, but both great in their own ways. I think These Words is better though, the lyrics are interesting. Unwritten is a bit preachy for me, but is still good.Silent Movie is similar to We re All Mad - midtempo with interesting lyrics. I like the subject of this one, it s intriguing.Frogs & Princes is a cute track but a little bit too cheesey for my liking.My favourites are:If You re Gonna...Drop Me In The MiddleI Bruise EasilySingleWe re All MadI think the problem with this album is, if you listen to it all in one go, the songs seem to blend together and it just sounds like one big long track. The songs are better on their own, where you can appreciate them.I do like this album though, and although I haven t picked up NB yet, I think I might now I ve relistened to this.
enjoyable debut - From Ms. Bedingfield.Had already heard These Words and Unwritten before buying this. It did take awhile longer before i actually purchased the cd. There were only a couple of songs that i didnt really enjoy Frogs & Princes and If You re Gonna. I just didnt really get into them like i did on other songs. I enjoyed I Bruise Easily (always have enjoyed ballads and this no exception), These Words, Single (liked that a lot as well the beat and theme behind the song make it good), Drop Me in The Middle w/Bizarre(D12) (dont how to describe it other than an odd pairing that really works), Unwritten and Silent Movie.They all make for what is a great debut from a talented singer and songwriter (on every track Natasha writes). Nice one.
Wild Horses - Impressive Ballad! - I was drawn to Natasha s album from the lead song - These Words. However, I felt three tracks were worthy of stand out performance: power ballads - Wild Horses and I Bruise Easily and gospel feel - Unwritten. This is an excellent album and scores a perfect 5!
Great Choice! - My wife has been enjoying this CD like there s no tomorrow! Not only can this artist sing, her lyrics are actually pretty good too! I recommend it highly to anyone with their foot in the doghouse!