Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Bring It on ~ Alistair Griffin  (54)
£8.99
|
Ready To Run ~ Sinead Quinn (36)
|
Dive In ~ Darius (26)
£6.98
|
Malachi ~ Malachi (13)
|
Introduction ~ Alex Parks  (87)
£4.98
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
See all 44 customer reviews...
Track Listings
| 1. Best Of Order |
| 2. Time To Fall Down |
| 3. Stop Living The Lie |
| 4. All My Life |
| 5. Follow Me |
| 6. Don't Let Go |
| 7. The Bluebird |
| 8. Lazy |
| 9. OK |
| 10. Without You |
| 11. Neverland |
| 12. Long Time Coming |
| 13. I Love You |
| 14. Stop Living The Lie (video) |
| 15. Don't Let Go (video) |
David Sneddon's Seven Years - Ten Weeks represents the final calling card for that strange bedtime liaison of reality TV and manufactured pop. Regardless of its protracted gestation in the eyes of its creator (as the title suggests), the judgement of the Fame Academy winner by both the record buying public and the shady marketing operatives of his record company will be swift. The question is, now that an ostentatiously manufactured pop act is finally given free rein to write his own material, will it cut the mustard? Or, despite that most revered of things--a performer who writes--will we conclude in our collective subconscious that, actually, we don't care who writes the material because the results aren't as good when someone tries it themselves? There's more riding on his young shoulders than any of his flailing predecessors.
The good news is that what's good is very good--witness the hypnotic and immediately memorable descending piano of single "Don't Let Go". He also has a nice line in unexpected falsetto. "Without You" and rocky opener "Best of Order" are equally as impressive, the latter owing more to Bon Jovi than to anything produced by the legion of washed up former pop stars currently peddling their dire wares as songwriters. Indeed, forget any Elton-based parallels; comparisons can only rest on the doorstep of the New Jersey rockers. "Stop Living the Lie" is a fusion of "Bed of Roses" and "This Ain't a Love Song" and on "All My Life" he talks of working through the night to pay the rent in the mid-tempo, piano-driven lament that has served John Bon Jovi so well over the years.
On the downside, a decade's worth of constipation has given way to musical diarrhoea as Sneddon tries to cram as much into his debut as possible (witness the tragic "Follow Me"). But who can blame him in this age where everyone must prove themselves in one album, one single; where the chorus must be reached within the first 20 seconds. Working within the constraints, this is a magnificent effort. --Ben Johncock
Description
Debut album by the Glasgow-born winner of the BBC's Fame Academy competition. The title of the album refers to the seven years of songwriting and ten weeks of appearances on the BBC1 show that preceeded its release. The singles, 'Stop Living The Lie' and 'Don't Let Go' are included.
Tag this product( What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |