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The colossal success of Amy Winehouse's seminal 2006 breakthrough, Back to Black, not only transformed the troubled singer into a headline-grabbing transatlantic megastar, but also appears to have spawned an entire sub-industry. Following its producer Mark Ronson's journey from behind the mixing desk to frontman status and her own father cashing in on her notoriety with an album of big-band covers, her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield, is the latest in line to ride on the coattails of her star power. Not that Amy is objecting, as she has not only signed the 13-year-old vocalist to her Lioness Records label, but has also performed with her on Strictly Come Dancing and lent her Back to Black's producer Jon Moon and her own touring band for her debut album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield. Unsurprisingly, it echoes the old-school R&B, Phil Spector-esque production and Brill Building girl group sound of her mentor's opus, but while the aforementioned's occasional hip-hop leanings and heart-achingly raw lyrics provided a contemporary edge to proceedings, Bromfield plays it straight with 12 largely faithful cover versions of some of the most enduring soul classics of the '60s. On songs that play to her strengths, such as Millie's "My Boy Lollipop" and "Oh Henry," Stevie Wonder's "With a Child's Heart" (later covered, of course, by a young Michael Jackson), and the Chiffons' "He's So Fine," her infectious enthusiasm and cutesy but strong vocals almost match the unbridled joy of the originals, while her Lily Allen-ish ska reworking of the Shirelles' "Foolish Little Girl" is an admirable attempt at making the doo wop classic her own. However, when tackling songs originally performed by such iconic and much older singers as Aretha Franklin ("Until You Come Back to Me") and Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (a duet with Zalon Thompson on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), she resembles a schoolgirl singing into her hairbrush along to her mother's old record collection. While Introducing Dionne Bromfield is undeniably a byproduct of the age-old tradition of nepotism, there's enough potential here to suggest that she could have made it on her own merits in the future. Whether she has the ability to produce an album as universally loved as her godmother's remains to be seen, but this is a respectable first offering, which with better A&R could have been the perfect introduction to a charming and youthful vocal talent.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Karlos Edwards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Williamson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Carpenter, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlton Black, ComposerLyricist - Richard Beasley, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Ray Biggin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ade Omacayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexi Elenfinbien, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Luther Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Winehouse, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Willie Denson, ComposerLyricist - Dale Davis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Zalon Thompson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Dawodu, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Dupree, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ade Omacayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Helen Miller, ComposerLyricist - Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Greenfield, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, Producer, Guitar, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Dawodu, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Dupree, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Robert Spencer, ComposerLyricist - Morris Levy, ComposerLyricist - Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, Producer, Guitar, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jennifer Dawodu, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Dupree, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - The London Telefilmonic Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Kemp, ComposerLyricist - Dionne Bromfield, Tambourine, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Dawodu, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Dupree, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ade Omacayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Mack, ComposerLyricist - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, Additional Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, Producer, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sam Beste, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Dawodu, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Dupree, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The London Telefilmonic Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vicki Basemore, ComposerLyricist - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The London Telefilmonic Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Dawodu, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Coco Dupree, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ade Omacayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Troy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - The London Telefilmonic Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Zalon Thompson, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Walden, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, String Arranger, Glockenspiel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Eugene Record, ComposerLyricist - Troy Miller, Drums, Tambourine, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Xantoné Blacq, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beste, Glockenspiel, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Millie, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hawi Gondwe, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Dionne Bromfield, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moon, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Walden, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Ray Biggin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Alexi Elfenbien, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Asher Elfenbien, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
The colossal success of Amy Winehouse's seminal 2006 breakthrough, Back to Black, not only transformed the troubled singer into a headline-grabbing transatlantic megastar, but also appears to have spawned an entire sub-industry. Following its producer Mark Ronson's journey from behind the mixing desk to frontman status and her own father cashing in on her notoriety with an album of big-band covers, her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield, is the latest in line to ride on the coattails of her star power. Not that Amy is objecting, as she has not only signed the 13-year-old vocalist to her Lioness Records label, but has also performed with her on Strictly Come Dancing and lent her Back to Black's producer Jon Moon and her own touring band for her debut album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield. Unsurprisingly, it echoes the old-school R&B, Phil Spector-esque production and Brill Building girl group sound of her mentor's opus, but while the aforementioned's occasional hip-hop leanings and heart-achingly raw lyrics provided a contemporary edge to proceedings, Bromfield plays it straight with 12 largely faithful cover versions of some of the most enduring soul classics of the '60s. On songs that play to her strengths, such as Millie's "My Boy Lollipop" and "Oh Henry," Stevie Wonder's "With a Child's Heart" (later covered, of course, by a young Michael Jackson), and the Chiffons' "He's So Fine," her infectious enthusiasm and cutesy but strong vocals almost match the unbridled joy of the originals, while her Lily Allen-ish ska reworking of the Shirelles' "Foolish Little Girl" is an admirable attempt at making the doo wop classic her own. However, when tackling songs originally performed by such iconic and much older singers as Aretha Franklin ("Until You Come Back to Me") and Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (a duet with Zalon Thompson on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), she resembles a schoolgirl singing into her hairbrush along to her mother's old record collection. While Introducing Dionne Bromfield is undeniably a byproduct of the age-old tradition of nepotism, there's enough potential here to suggest that she could have made it on her own merits in the future. Whether she has the ability to produce an album as universally loved as her godmother's remains to be seen, but this is a respectable first offering, which with better A&R could have been the perfect introduction to a charming and youthful vocal talent.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:58
- Main artists: Dionne Bromfield
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Lioness Records Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal-Island Records Ltd
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