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Track Listings
| 1. Mama Do (uh oh, uh oh) |
| 2. Cry Me Out |
| 3. Band Aid |
| 4. Turn it Up |
| 5. Boys And Girls |
| 6. Gravity |
| 7. My Love |
| 8. Jack |
| 9. Nothing Compares |
| 10. Here We Go Again |
| 11. The Way The World Works |
| 12. Hold Me In Your Arms |
| 13. Weblink |
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Pixie Lott is probably the biggest new British female act of the year after La Roux, but of course she couldn’t be more different from the new siren of synth-pop, even if Elly Jackson’s self-titled debut and the first release from 18-year-old Essex girl Lott are both albums about late-teen female heartache.
Turn it Up seems less like it was wrenched from the guts than La Roux, and more like a quality piece of product from an artist who is being primed for worldwide success. She’s no major label cipher, though: like Lady Gaga, Lott has already proved herself as a songwriter, collaborating since her mid-teens with the likes of Teddy Riley and Rodney Jerkins. The songs on Turn it Up do indeed sound as though they could be farmed out to other RnB starlets. That’s a compliment as much as it is a criticism: from the 1960s soul stomp of her number one hit Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) to new single Boys & Girls with its brassy Mark Ronson-esque production, some of the material here lacks character. Similarly, the titles – Nothing Compares, Hold Me in Your Arms – feel familiar, suggesting Lott is less pop literate than she is over-reliant on cliché.
And yet she has tremendous promise. Cry Me Out, already earmarked as the third single, is a superb ballad, as affecting as it is accomplished. From its opening line – “I get your emails, you just don’t get females, now do you?” – it’s witty and wise, a master class in how to put contemporary language to the service of a sublime melody.
You can’t fault her voice, either, an instrument capable of cooing softly or belting out a ballad. Her ambitions are obvious: the former Italia Conti stage-school kid isn’t going to be a behind-the-scenes tunesmith-for-hire, and she isn’t just a high-street honey with a powerful, flexible voice. A writer, singer and dancer, she’s one of those all-round types that America regularly exports, and her intention is to be a British version of Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey or Beyoncé.
Right now, though, her talents are spread a little thin. Turn it Up is classy, if not a classic – but there’s no denying Lott’s potential. --Paul Lester
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
You really will want to Turn It Up,
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This review is from: Turn It Up (Audio CD)
I purchased this album off the back of hearing Cry Me Out and Turn It Up performed live in a concert a few weeks back, and it is a brilliant debut album. I am in love with Turn it up and Cry me out, both songs have such mesmerizing features about them. As well as having the hit singles mama do and boys and girls on it, this album is packed with songs that could well be future hits. If you like what you've heard of Pixie's so far, you'll like the rest of the album too.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
No surprises,
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This review is from: Turn It Up (Audio CD)
No surprises here as so many of the tracks have been released as singles, so if you liked the singles you'll like the album. Great voice, good variety.
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pixie Lott's The Next BIG Thing,
By Karen (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Turn It Up (Audio CD)
I bought this for the daughter of a friend, after we'd listened to Lady GaGa, sitting in the sun with the roof down on the mini. We both liked GaGa and as she had never heard Pixie Lott before I decided to send her a copy for her birthday as I knew she would love it. My daughter then bought me a copy for my birthday and it's on constantly. This is a really fantastic first album and it can only get better for Miss Lott...she is amazing.
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