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Shontelle's second studio album, No Gravity contains the singles "Impossible" and "Perfect Nightmare". It was recorded with producer Rodney Jerkins
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Shontelle Layne's 2008 debut 'Sontelligence', despite its dreadful title,
was a cracking little album and the single 'T-Shirt' was an absolute hoot!
Sadly Ms Layne's second outing 'No Gravity', steers far closer to the middle
of the road and never quite allows her to deliver the sparkling chutzpah
and energy of which she is eminently capable. The nine new songs and a
laid-back re-take of 'T-Shirt' (featuring The-Dream) attempts to conjure
a coherent feel-good pop-soul hybrid sound but is ultimately scuppered by
the overbearing numbers of writers and producers involved.
The mood is mainly up-beat and dancefloor-friendly and Ms Layne manages
to survive with her talent and dignity largely intact despite guest
appearances from Pitbull on 'Take Ova' (nothing to do with stealing eggs!)
and Asher Roth (doing his dweeby best/worst) on 'DJ Made Me Do It' but to
be honest it's a close call on these two tracks!
There is a rock-chick moment or two on power-ballad 'Say Hello To Goodbye'
(look out Ms Lavigne!) which for my money turns out to be one of the album's
highlights by virtue of its considerable difference from the rest of the set.
She also trys out Alicia Keys' shoes for size on 'Kiss You Up' but sounds totally
constrained by the stiff arrangement and production. (The Choos are too tight!!)
All in all 'No Gravity' is a bit of a mixed bag. Ms Layne has a fine voice
which is never really given a true opportunity to shine within the formulaic
parameters of this decidedly lacklustre musical material. She sounds a like
a caged bird yearning to fly!
What a shame!
was a cracking little album and the single 'T-Shirt' was an absolute hoot!
Sadly Ms Layne's second outing 'No Gravity', steers far closer to the middle
of the road and never quite allows her to deliver the sparkling chutzpah
and energy of which she is eminently capable. The nine new songs and a
laid-back re-take of 'T-Shirt' (featuring The-Dream) attempts to conjure
a coherent feel-good pop-soul hybrid sound but is ultimately scuppered by
the overbearing numbers of writers and producers involved.
The mood is mainly up-beat and dancefloor-friendly and Ms Layne manages
to survive with her talent and dignity largely intact despite guest
appearances from Pitbull on 'Take Ova' (nothing to do with stealing eggs!)
and Asher Roth (doing his dweeby best/worst) on 'DJ Made Me Do It' but to
be honest it's a close call on these two tracks!
There is a rock-chick moment or two on power-ballad 'Say Hello To Goodbye'
(look out Ms Lavigne!) which for my money turns out to be one of the album's
highlights by virtue of its considerable difference from the rest of the set.
She also trys out Alicia Keys' shoes for size on 'Kiss You Up' but sounds totally
constrained by the stiff arrangement and production. (The Choos are too tight!!)
All in all 'No Gravity' is a bit of a mixed bag. Ms Layne has a fine voice
which is never really given a true opportunity to shine within the formulaic
parameters of this decidedly lacklustre musical material. She sounds a like
a caged bird yearning to fly!
What a shame!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Shontelle has a good voice & good music but it doesn't stand out
2 Dec 2010
Format:Audio CD
I bought Shontelle's first album and I had high hopes for her second album. Her debut was good, it had variety but no real personality.
It's easy to like Shontelle, she is pretty and she has a good voice. But it just seems like she hidden in her music. There just isn't any personality or uniqueness in many of the songs. The production and the beats are really good.
The album is a good listen, but it's just rather bland and if you heard it in the clubs or in the mall you probably wouldn't recognize who it is.
The most unique songs are "Impossible","Perfect Nightmare", and "Take Ova". Shontelle's vocals seem the most engaged in these songs, even if the lyrics aren't anything amazingly special.
Other than that, the rest of the music is standard pop that will go through one ear and out the other. It blends in perfectly today with today's music scene. And that can be both a good thing and a bad. She is relevant but not unique. Like say Beyonce has her trademark diva vocals, Ke$ha has her rebelliousness, Katy Perry has her cutesy innuendos, Rihanna has her girl power, Britney has her breathy/sexy vocals, and Taylor Swift has her unabashed honesty. Shontelle doesn't really have any special characteristic to make her own & market in the industry. To be a successful artist you have to have something to trademark.
I enjoyed this album for its dance-ability, nice beats and good vocals. I would only recommend this album as something to listen to in the background or to dance to.
It's easy to like Shontelle, she is pretty and she has a good voice. But it just seems like she hidden in her music. There just isn't any personality or uniqueness in many of the songs. The production and the beats are really good.
The album is a good listen, but it's just rather bland and if you heard it in the clubs or in the mall you probably wouldn't recognize who it is.
The most unique songs are "Impossible","Perfect Nightmare", and "Take Ova". Shontelle's vocals seem the most engaged in these songs, even if the lyrics aren't anything amazingly special.
Other than that, the rest of the music is standard pop that will go through one ear and out the other. It blends in perfectly today with today's music scene. And that can be both a good thing and a bad. She is relevant but not unique. Like say Beyonce has her trademark diva vocals, Ke$ha has her rebelliousness, Katy Perry has her cutesy innuendos, Rihanna has her girl power, Britney has her breathy/sexy vocals, and Taylor Swift has her unabashed honesty. Shontelle doesn't really have any special characteristic to make her own & market in the industry. To be a successful artist you have to have something to trademark.
I enjoyed this album for its dance-ability, nice beats and good vocals. I would only recommend this album as something to listen to in the background or to dance to.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
what a great voice
26 Oct 2010
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i think her voice is truly amazing and i love her song impossible it almost makes me cry how amazing that song is and it reminds me of someone i use to care about so much (JP) and i wish that babyface would wright songs for her because Shontelle has the kind of voice that i will always love and support so please keep up the good work i love you and i love your voice very well done
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Crashing Down to Earth
24 Sep 2010
Format:Audio CD
There are a few catchy beats here and there, a passionate vocal once or twice, sometimes a tuneful melody, but that is all. Shontelle's "No Gravity" is positively earthbound.
The great majority of these tracks sound like Rihanna B-sides. The beats sound almost identical throughout, and the lyrics are repeatedly bland and canned.
Only formulaic lead single "Impossible" has an above-average melody that is worth more than one or two spins. The problem is that, like much of the album, it feigns originality and real emotion. Through the lyrics, the singing, the production and the videoclip, the song has been manufactured to appear serious and passionate when it is, in actuality, totally calculated. A close listen reveals there is no emotional pulse or punch inside it. It has no inner life, only outer life - ideal for mainstream acceptance in 2010.
In spite of her chosen occupation and her hard work and luck, Shontelle is a totally unremarkable singer. "Say Hello to Goodbye" is the best example - when she sings "'cause it's gone forever/no more try, you and I, not now not ever" is when her voice sounds its weakest.
Her vocals run ragged pretty quickly because her vocal range is clearly very limited. In the 70s neither she nor Rihanna would have ever gotten past the front door of a record company's corporate offices.
When she tries to display passion on the likes of the bouncy, flighty, paint-by-numbers "Helpless," the Darkchild-helmed "Perfect Nightmare" and even the somewhat pleasing "Love Shop," she sounds more like an inexperienced high school girl who fantasizes about real love and emotions rather than a grown woman who has actually experienced these feelings. It is simply because she is not emotive enough to be a substantial singer. She sounds the most invested in the title track, the song she co-wrote.
The-Dream is certainly talented, but everything he has been churning out for the last two years has sounded irritatingly similar no matter who he is working with, and his "T-Shirt" collaboration here fits that mold perfectly. He has a nice, sonically-pleasing trick up his sleeve, but that trick has run its course. It's time for any - any - change in his sound.
"No Gravity" is an oxymoronic album because it is absolutely defined by gravity. It takes no risks and offers no passion, grit or soul. It is just another grab-bag of songs tossed off by a record company sung by a mediocre talent.
The great majority of these tracks sound like Rihanna B-sides. The beats sound almost identical throughout, and the lyrics are repeatedly bland and canned.
Only formulaic lead single "Impossible" has an above-average melody that is worth more than one or two spins. The problem is that, like much of the album, it feigns originality and real emotion. Through the lyrics, the singing, the production and the videoclip, the song has been manufactured to appear serious and passionate when it is, in actuality, totally calculated. A close listen reveals there is no emotional pulse or punch inside it. It has no inner life, only outer life - ideal for mainstream acceptance in 2010.
In spite of her chosen occupation and her hard work and luck, Shontelle is a totally unremarkable singer. "Say Hello to Goodbye" is the best example - when she sings "'cause it's gone forever/no more try, you and I, not now not ever" is when her voice sounds its weakest.
Her vocals run ragged pretty quickly because her vocal range is clearly very limited. In the 70s neither she nor Rihanna would have ever gotten past the front door of a record company's corporate offices.
When she tries to display passion on the likes of the bouncy, flighty, paint-by-numbers "Helpless," the Darkchild-helmed "Perfect Nightmare" and even the somewhat pleasing "Love Shop," she sounds more like an inexperienced high school girl who fantasizes about real love and emotions rather than a grown woman who has actually experienced these feelings. It is simply because she is not emotive enough to be a substantial singer. She sounds the most invested in the title track, the song she co-wrote.
The-Dream is certainly talented, but everything he has been churning out for the last two years has sounded irritatingly similar no matter who he is working with, and his "T-Shirt" collaboration here fits that mold perfectly. He has a nice, sonically-pleasing trick up his sleeve, but that trick has run its course. It's time for any - any - change in his sound.
"No Gravity" is an oxymoronic album because it is absolutely defined by gravity. It takes no risks and offers no passion, grit or soul. It is just another grab-bag of songs tossed off by a record company sung by a mediocre talent.
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