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Sad news: there is no Boys and Girls on this, Pixie Lott’s second album. Her one real smasheroo moment so far made the most of the singer’s dark, nosey rasp, churning on a delirious one-note chorus and creating a properly improper, devilish, bratty and rude pop song. But it’s a trick she has failed to repeat on Young Foolish Happy, which is odd, because Pixie is clearly working with songwriters who are capable of a finely tuned pastiche or two.
Kiss the Stars, for example, is essentially Firework by Katy Perry; when making Bright Lights (Good Life) Part 2, someone failed to clear the Bruce Hornsby piano sample they wish the song was based on (yep, that one); and the template for All About Tonight is clearly All Of The Songs In The Top Five (circa 2010). For her part, Pixie still sings as if she has wadded her cheeks with cotton wool and now has to retch the fluff out from the back of her throat. That’ll account for the occasionally shonky tuning, too.
Dancing on My Own boasts a Morse code vocal refrain made entirely from glottal stops – it’s like listening to a gag reflex sing an SOS message. And she does it again on the next song, the Sean Kingston-y Birthday, throwing in a bleeped out f-word for good measure. We Just Go On suffers particularly badly from Pixie’s delivery, where she staggers across the line between ‘pained’ and ‘in pain’ with alarming regularity. Then again, if you haven’t got used to that noise by now, you wouldn't be buying a Pixie Lott album in the first place.
The notable exceptions are Nobody Does It Better, which boasts the same kind of beat-enhanced Philly soul as a mid-90s Eternal hit, and You Win, this album’s sophisticated show tune. Oh, and hats off to the producer who managed to make an actual Stevie Wonder harmonica solo happen (over which Pixie has the nerve to giggle) and then chose to give the song in which it appears the title Stevie on the Radio, a pun her non-indie fanbase will possibly miss. --Fraser McAlpine
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Co-written by Pixie Lott herself, Young Foolish Happy was recorded in both Los Angeles and London and features guest appearances from John Legend plays piano on "You Win", Tinchy Stryder features on "Bright Lights (Good Life)" and the legend that is Stevie Wonder plays harmonica on "Stevie On The Radio". The album features the UK number one single "All About Tonight", as well as follow-up track "What Do You Take Me For" (featuring Pusha T).
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
On first listen, besides the singles, the ones that stuck out to me most were What Do You Take Me For? (Looking on Youtube it's not everyones cup or tea but I actually like it) Love You To Death, Bright Lights(Good Life)Pt.II and We Just Go On. The others just didn't stick in my head and I couldn't really tell them apart from eachother. But after a good couple of listens, Dancing On My Own, You Win, Everybody Hurts Sometimes and Nobody Does It Better stood out alot more for me than the rest.
1. Come Get It Now- 8/10; It's catchy , A good opening for the album.
2. All About Tonight- 9/10l (First single of the album, though I didn't really like it at first, thought Bright Lights would've been a better choice)
3. What Do You Take Me For? - Pixie Lott, Pusha T- 9/10 (Kind of prefer the remix on the Deluxe.)
4. Nobody Does It Better - 9/10
5. Kiss The Stars - 7/10
6. Stevie On The Radio - 7/10 (I was looking forward to this one, kind of disappointed.)
7. Everybody Hurts Sometimes - 9/10
8. Dancing On My Own - Pixie Lott, Marty James- 8/10
9. Love You To Death - 10/10 (With lyrics like "How am I s'posed to leave if you refuse to let me go? Don't know how I ever let you have so much control, every time you're feeling high you make me feel so low." And the chorus, this is easily my favourite song from the whole album.
10. Birthday - 7/10
11. Bright Lights (Good Life) Part II - Tinchy Stryder, Pixie Lott- 10/10
12. Perfect - 8/10
13. You Win - 9/10
14. We Just Go On - 10/10 ("And no one's scared of flying, we're just scared of crashing down, no one's scared of falling, we're just scared to hit the ground. Even if your heart gets broke, you're stronger than you'll ever know.") Favourite lyric from the song.
I'm a real lyric person so I pretty much like every genre, so on every record/album, whatever you buy, there are always songs that stand out to you individually, and one's that take a while to warm up to, but overall I really like the direction they took with this one. Obviously artists' change and grow throughout one album to the next, and to me this one sounds more mature and rightfully so. Definitely recommend.
-Kirsty M.
1. Come Get It Now- 8/10; It's catchy , A good opening for the album.
2. All About Tonight- 9/10l (First single of the album, though I didn't really like it at first, thought Bright Lights would've been a better choice)
3. What Do You Take Me For? - Pixie Lott, Pusha T- 9/10 (Kind of prefer the remix on the Deluxe.)
4. Nobody Does It Better - 9/10
5. Kiss The Stars - 7/10
6. Stevie On The Radio - 7/10 (I was looking forward to this one, kind of disappointed.)
7. Everybody Hurts Sometimes - 9/10
8. Dancing On My Own - Pixie Lott, Marty James- 8/10
9. Love You To Death - 10/10 (With lyrics like "How am I s'posed to leave if you refuse to let me go? Don't know how I ever let you have so much control, every time you're feeling high you make me feel so low." And the chorus, this is easily my favourite song from the whole album.
10. Birthday - 7/10
11. Bright Lights (Good Life) Part II - Tinchy Stryder, Pixie Lott- 10/10
12. Perfect - 8/10
13. You Win - 9/10
14. We Just Go On - 10/10 ("And no one's scared of flying, we're just scared of crashing down, no one's scared of falling, we're just scared to hit the ground. Even if your heart gets broke, you're stronger than you'll ever know.") Favourite lyric from the song.
I'm a real lyric person so I pretty much like every genre, so on every record/album, whatever you buy, there are always songs that stand out to you individually, and one's that take a while to warm up to, but overall I really like the direction they took with this one. Obviously artists' change and grow throughout one album to the next, and to me this one sounds more mature and rightfully so. Definitely recommend.
-Kirsty M.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Pixie Lott's debut album "Turn It Up" was okay - but nothing special - it spawned some alright songs and managed to get her into the spotlight and also a guest-judge spot on X Factor. Now it's time for album number two - the difficult second album - and here it is: the (awfully) titled "Young Foolish Happy", and it shows a marked improvement on her debut.
"Young Foolish Happy" is an... `interesting' album - it's quite confusing to place it- or compare it to anything else, because the whole album is awash with a mix of styles and sounds. What can be said is that this album is less girly and poppy, and more urban and attitude-fuelled- there's definitely a whiff of Jesse J about this album, and there are lots of big beats, strong bass and hip-hop influences to be found. But I find, at times with Pixie Lott that she sounds like she is trying too hard and a little bit lost in this mish-mash of styles- this album would be substantially better if she honed in on one particular style she likes and made an album around that: the soul and blues influenced tracks on this album are the best ones, if she could make an album of that calibre I would have so much more respect for her.
Lead single `All About Tonight' is one of the best singles of the year and is the highlight of the album- but there is a major assortment of great tracks on the album, in a vast range of styles: "You Win" and "We Just Go On" are both delectably delicate, blues-influenced ballads which are magnificently understated in the way that (some) of Adele's stuff can be. On the flip side, there is some proper-good pop on here- `Kiss The Stars' and `What Do You Take Me For' fall into this slot - great, hip-hop/r&b influenced pop with excellent beats and bass which are wonderfully addictive- particularly `Kiss The Stars', which sounds very Sugababes-meets-La Roux-meets-Nicole Scherzinger: i.e. PROPER GOOD.
Then there are two songs which fall into the AMAZING category- `Stevie On The Radio' - featuring Stevie Wonder - I know, AMAZING - The track is, as if it could be anything else, absolutely cracking. Soulfilled vocals, simple and effective melodies and a wonderful rhythm to it. Then the second AMAZING track is "Perfect" which is an urban-laced, lilting pop mini-anthem; fabulously constructed and performed, and wonderfully understated: very very amazing.
With the good, comes the bad - tracks like `Everybody Hurts Sometimes' is an example of when a simple and understated ballad can fall flat on its face and sound an absolute mess, and `Nobody Does It Better' shows the same thing for her hip-hop influenced pop.
If you have common sense you would go for the deluxe version of Young Foolish Happy (Deluxe Edition) - IT HAS TWENTY-ONE TRACKS ON IT (Yes, 21 tracks!) and every one of those is brilliant - the bonus material is 100% excellent and it's for this reason that I don't completely hate this album. In particular, I am loving `Till The Sun Comes Out' and `Black As Rain'. The bonus material continues wonderfully on from the direction (sound-wise) of the main album, but is executed in a much clearer way - so these final tracks are definitely worth the extra.
Not bad Pixie Lott; but I know you can do better!
"Young Foolish Happy" is an... `interesting' album - it's quite confusing to place it- or compare it to anything else, because the whole album is awash with a mix of styles and sounds. What can be said is that this album is less girly and poppy, and more urban and attitude-fuelled- there's definitely a whiff of Jesse J about this album, and there are lots of big beats, strong bass and hip-hop influences to be found. But I find, at times with Pixie Lott that she sounds like she is trying too hard and a little bit lost in this mish-mash of styles- this album would be substantially better if she honed in on one particular style she likes and made an album around that: the soul and blues influenced tracks on this album are the best ones, if she could make an album of that calibre I would have so much more respect for her.
Lead single `All About Tonight' is one of the best singles of the year and is the highlight of the album- but there is a major assortment of great tracks on the album, in a vast range of styles: "You Win" and "We Just Go On" are both delectably delicate, blues-influenced ballads which are magnificently understated in the way that (some) of Adele's stuff can be. On the flip side, there is some proper-good pop on here- `Kiss The Stars' and `What Do You Take Me For' fall into this slot - great, hip-hop/r&b influenced pop with excellent beats and bass which are wonderfully addictive- particularly `Kiss The Stars', which sounds very Sugababes-meets-La Roux-meets-Nicole Scherzinger: i.e. PROPER GOOD.
Then there are two songs which fall into the AMAZING category- `Stevie On The Radio' - featuring Stevie Wonder - I know, AMAZING - The track is, as if it could be anything else, absolutely cracking. Soulfilled vocals, simple and effective melodies and a wonderful rhythm to it. Then the second AMAZING track is "Perfect" which is an urban-laced, lilting pop mini-anthem; fabulously constructed and performed, and wonderfully understated: very very amazing.
With the good, comes the bad - tracks like `Everybody Hurts Sometimes' is an example of when a simple and understated ballad can fall flat on its face and sound an absolute mess, and `Nobody Does It Better' shows the same thing for her hip-hop influenced pop.
If you have common sense you would go for the deluxe version of Young Foolish Happy (Deluxe Edition) - IT HAS TWENTY-ONE TRACKS ON IT (Yes, 21 tracks!) and every one of those is brilliant - the bonus material is 100% excellent and it's for this reason that I don't completely hate this album. In particular, I am loving `Till The Sun Comes Out' and `Black As Rain'. The bonus material continues wonderfully on from the direction (sound-wise) of the main album, but is executed in a much clearer way - so these final tracks are definitely worth the extra.
Not bad Pixie Lott; but I know you can do better!
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Excellent CD.
This is a excellent cd by pixie lott. I really love this ablum as it has one of her current chart songs on it. I can't get it out of my head and hear it wherever i go x
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i love this alubum it is full of fun cachy pop songs and ok ballds but it relly has a feel good happy vibe to it. Read more
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Good Album
I purchased this for a friends young daughter who is well pleased with it. I've not heard it yet so cannot comment on the sounds but have her previous album which was great so I'm... Read more
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Fantastic!
I absolutely loved Pixie's first album, and when she said she'd be releasing a second, I was dying to hear it and see if she could top the first, and she has! Read more
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Brilliant!
Thought the album was really good, just as good as her first.
Best tracks are
1. Black as Rain
2. All About Tonight
3. Love You To Death
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Best tracks are
1. Black as Rain
2. All About Tonight
3. Love You To Death
4. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Rachel
The Education of Pixie Lott
If this is any indication of how Britain's pop stars are faring in 2011, all is well in the UK. Pixie Lott's sophomore effort is as fun as it is relevant to the genre she has... Read more
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