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Before we even begin, consider your own expectations for this, the first solo album from a member of Girls Aloud. Its lead single Fight For This Love might be breaking sales records at the time of writing, but surely nobody’s fooling themselves into thinking 3 Words will stand up to much scrutiny.
Cole might be something of a national treasure these days, a bona-fide celebrity beyond her music career, but few would ever single her out as the driving vocal force in Girls Aloud. The Newcastle-born singer can’t compete with the natural ability of bandmate Nadine Coyle – soon to follow in Cole’s solo deal footsteps– so has wisely surrounded herself with fine collaborators here, most notably will.i.am of global superstars the Black Eyed Peas. Also on board are Taio Cruz and a spread of hugely successful writers including Chris Braide (Kylie Minogue, Will Young) and Steve Kipner (Christina Aguilera, Kelly Rowland).
Producer and rapper will.i.am – real name William Adams – appears on three tracks here, and his own Cole-featuring single Heartbreaker is tagged on as a closing bonus track. His vocals complement Cole’s well, most effectively on the title track, soon to be released as a single. The lyrics might leave much to be desired – essentially the whole album is concerned with love: finding it, winning it, embracing it and losing it – but the surprisingly restrained arrangement, where heavy beats are balanced with light piano-style motifs and acoustic guitar elements, is a treat. Heaven isn’t as engaging, its sickly sweet vocal lines sure to elicit a chuckle or two, but at least the sentiments don’t stray over the album’s course.
Stand Up is a Cruz co-write, and it shows – the track’s smooth synth lines and sparkly production are echoes of the singer’s own Rokstarr album – and Boy Like You, another will.i.am collaboration, lifts a loop from Fleetwood Mac’s Little Lies to good effect. Parachute’s military percussion is similarly memorable. Mid-section numbers Rain On Me and Make Me Cry – Cole makes out like she does that a lot – are relative throwaways, but honestly: there was no way this was going to be a success from start to finish. The main ingredient is simply too imperfect to be polished to a flawless shine.
But 3 Words does exceed pessimistic predictions, and easily so, packing enough peaks to make Coyle’s inevitable follow-up very much the uphill struggle. --Mike Diver
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Paul Cook
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I bought this after much nagging from my four year old daughter. She loves it! Although the radio singles do get played the most - she has learned most of the words - the other songs are so simple and poppy that she is quickly learning them too. Only one bad word spotted so far, and as she doesn't know this it gets skipped.
Anything that can get them singing and dancing has got to be good.
Anything that can get them singing and dancing has got to be good.
75 of 97 people found the following review helpful
By S. Halbert
Format:Audio CD
As a Cheryl Cole fan who so wanted to love this album, I write this review with disappointment oozing from my pores. It took me about 10 listens to like Fight For This Love. I then loved it. With this in mind, I gave the album a few good listens. Perhaps the repetitiveness of songs like Parachute "I don't need a parachute baby if I've got you, baby if I've got you, I don't need a parachute" and Make Me Cry "are you trying to make me cry? are you trying to make me cry? (repeat approximately 87 times) where in fact brilliant and I was somehow missing the point. I decided to gloss over the less than impressive lyrics because even the lyrics to Fight For This Love are terrible. Perhaps she will show off her brilliant voice and impress me. Nope! Not since the release of Victoria Beckham's self-titled debut album have vocals been so bland and uninteresting. In fact, this album has absolutely nothing going for it. Nothing! If you own the single Fight For This Love then you'd be as well just not buying it. There isn't one redeemable song to be found - not one!!! Stand Up puts up a good fight, but Cheryl sings the song with such a lazy droll that she manages to make a dance song send the listener to sleep. The chords used throughout the album are really depressing too. The worst song by far on the album is the absolute drivel that is 3 Words - a song that I can only imagine ever being played at 5am at a house party when everyone is lying on the couch feeling the comedown of the alcohol euphoria they felt a few hours previously. The fact that she's releasing this as the next single is astonishing. But then is it? I have no idea what else she could possibly release as a single from this dire album. With all the money that was thrown at this, she could have come up with something a lot better.... Read more ›
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By S. W. Taylor
Format:Audio CD
First of i should say this album is not the pop album you would expect from a artist like Cheryl. A bunch of the songs are slow but the lyrics prove meaningful and her voice manages to suit the songs chosen for her. Cleverly we all know she cant pull of big ballads but she defintly shows potential in this album and to me the album hits the spot.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By E. Payne
Format:Audio CD
Hmmmm! I don't know who shoved the cattle prod in Mrs Coles back this year and told her to take over every available inch of the entertainment and advertising market? Because judging by the lack of expression here, she clearly didn't want to do it. The result is that she's spread her limited talent so thinly that the whole venture has exposed her as just an ordinary Joe with no real star quality. Not to say I don't love you Chez but the reason I love my mother all the more is because I don't see her all the time! And so we get this: Three Words which should have been the perfect pop album. We knew that she would be working with the best in the business, she couldn't afford not to, and we know that it would be a sudden departure from the Girls Aloud sound. I even had a sneaky suspision/dread and horror that she would attempt to become Britains new R'n'B act. Instead, its all a bit of a grey area. There are some absolute genuine pop gems on this album but they are unfortunately not carried out with any passion, conviction or guts. Just, if you will, three or more words being sung. Words which, quite frankly could have been sung by anyone, not excluding my next door neighbour who would quite happily bash any of these out with more fervour if offered Cheryl Coles commission! This is certainly a trait picked up from years of sounding non plussed in Girls Aloud hits but with one difference: when you've got Nadine Coyle backing you up, you're in business! That said we get a slightly disengaged Cheryl not really putting much effort in and the producer struggling to gloss over this with impressive backing. And so, as is custom in many reviews, I shall give each song my star rating:
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Roby Cian
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I don't like Girls Aloud group...but I must say that this first album as a soloist of Cheryl Cole is very good! They are catchy songs and pleasant for listen! My favourite are: Fight For This Love, Make Me Cry and Boy Like You!!!
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If you like Girls Aloud then you have to have Chery stuff. Buy It and sit back. Some really catchy stuff.
By Karl Cox
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Cheryl Cole, debuted in 2009 with her no.1 hit single 'Fight For This Love', following her split from Girls Aloud. The debut album '3 Words' was released in October 2009 and went straight to number 1 on the album charts, following the success of the lead single, Cheryl then went on to release the title track '3 Words' featuring rapper will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas. Cheryl first teamed up with will.i.am in 2008 and featured on the remix of 'Heartbreaker'. The 2nd single reached no.4 in December 2009, but Cheryl didn't stop there in early 2010 she then went on to release the album's 3rd and final single 'Parachute' which peaked at no.5 in the UK charts giving her her 3rd consecutive top 5 single. The album is heavily influenced by will.i.am and this is refelected in the R'n'B vibes, but Cheryl also does what she does best and has some real pop hits on this album.
Overall I rate this album: 09/10
01. 3 Words (feat. will.i.am) 10/10
02. Parachute 09/10
03. Heaven (feat. will.i.am) 08/10
04. Fight For This Love 10/10
05. Rain On Me 10/10
06. Make Me Cry 07/10
07. Happy Hour 10/10
08. Stand Up 09/10
09. Don't Talk About This Love 10/10
10. Boy Like You (feat. will.iam) 10/10
11. Heartbreaker 09/10
Overall I rate this album: 09/10
01. 3 Words (feat. will.i.am) 10/10
02. Parachute 09/10
03. Heaven (feat. will.i.am) 08/10
04. Fight For This Love 10/10
05. Rain On Me 10/10
06. Make Me Cry 07/10
07. Happy Hour 10/10
08. Stand Up 09/10
09. Don't Talk About This Love 10/10
10. Boy Like You (feat. will.iam) 10/10
11. Heartbreaker 09/10
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Chery what a sweet heart
This album was secon hand and cost me about £1.271p for the album and the rest was postage it was abit grubby but played ok and is now in my archive I only wanted it for the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Linnaeus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Feedback for my recent order
5 star rating as this album is awesome
I love listening to cheryls music. its very lyrical and tells a story in most of it. Read more
I love listening to cheryls music. its very lyrical and tells a story in most of it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lynne Spittles
1.0 out of 5 stars
did i have to give it one star
i'm not a fan of girls aloud , after hearing over 50 songs i only like 'biology' .
this cd was a gift and looking at the credits it seemed like it would be good. Read more
this cd was a gift and looking at the credits it seemed like it would be good. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Paul Bradley
1.0 out of 5 stars
3 words
No Talent Whatsoever
Cheryl cole an absolute load of rubbish just soaking up more of the publics money
Not happy being loaded.. Read more
Cheryl cole an absolute load of rubbish just soaking up more of the publics money
Not happy being loaded.. Read more
Published 11 months ago by dave
3.0 out of 5 stars
3 Words...
Not All That. There are a few good track and I love Will-I-Am. Looking forward to hearing her new stuff though.
Published 12 months ago by CriticalMissy
5.0 out of 5 stars
why?
three little words ? pile of s**t ,writing this in the hope that one of our cheryls fans can explain why they buy this cack ,the lyrical content of a jeremy kyle show sung with all... Read more
Published 13 months ago by A. M. Barsby
1.0 out of 5 stars
got the benefit of the doubt with some fans
Toss of a coin whether 1 or 2 stars. Another CC album available for 1p with some dealers.
With all her coverage, non stop advertising and a lot of public sympathy, this... Read more
With all her coverage, non stop advertising and a lot of public sympathy, this... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Red Rose
1.0 out of 5 stars
crapperooney, tripe, rubbish
This album is an appalling load of first degree crapperooney. Please do not waste your money on this tripe, even at the almost give-away price that Amazon is offering it to you. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Hambletta-Maud
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good
This first album of Cheryl's is very good and her collaboration with Will.i.am on three of the tracks is an added bonus. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Lin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
i dont think there is a poor song on this album. one of my top 10 pop albums from the past few years. well done cheryl :)
Published 20 months ago by KH
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