Alicia Keys
"Fallin'"
(J Records)
review by Ruth
Hip hop prodigy Alicia Keys makes her bid for soul diva status with this tale of
bad relationships. Combining an Aretha Franklin-esque lyrical take on love with
solid beats and swinging harmony, it's nice to see an honest soulful tune which
doesn't bang on about how strong and empowered we're supposed to be. If this is
just a hint of the new album, then the omens are good for 'Songs in A
minor'.
3.5/5
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King Adora
"Bionic"
review by Ruth
When the single chart format switched to a limit of three tracks only, the
debate
over value for money singles raged hard. But were we really expecting the day of
the
six minute CD? King Adora's latest clocks in at 5 minutes 53 seconds, including
B-sides
"Don't trust the ones you love" and the Absolute Zero remix of
"Big Isn't Beautiful".
Come one lads, surely we deserve a bit more for four quid, eh? But as the guy on
the
car advert said, size doesn't matter, it's what you do with it that counts. So
King
Adora serve up 2 minutes of glam spunk-filled pop about how Matt Browne is your
absolute
starfuck. Which is fair enough if you're a 13 year old girlie, but how does it
fair with
the rest of us? Well, it's another grinding slice of pop rock with extra cock,
with King
Adora once again bringing back the concept of the Wam Bam thank you ma'am
popblitz to the
indentikit charts. Hurrah!
That remix is a pile of pants though!
3/5
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Mo*Ho*Bish*O*Pi
"Names (for nameless
things)"
(V2)
review by Ruth
After the chugging effort of 'Playboy' comes this Mansun-esque effort. And now
I'm
coming to understand why the Mohos were chosen to support King Adora in their
recent
jaunt aroudn these isles, as in many ways they're the perfect compliment. Both
are lost
in a shimmering hazy view of the world, but unlike King Adora, it's not due to
showbiz
glamour and "boning too hard". Mo*Ho*Bish*O*Pi have a perspective of
the world wich echoes
Mercury Rev and the Flaming Lips at their most star-struck. A beautifully
innocent
bemusedly bewildered child looking up at a burning plane descending from a
starlit sky.
4/5
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