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Like most British pop, Lily Allen's debut album, Alright, Still, overflows with impeccably shiny, creative productions. However, Allen attempts to set herself apart from the likes of Rachel Stevens, Natasha Bedingfield, and Girls Aloud with a cheeky, (mostly) amusing vindictive streak in her lyrics that belies the sugarcoated sounds around them. You know exactly what she means when she says her ex is "not big whatsoever" on "Not Big"; later, she revels in being the one that got away on "Shame for You." However, this nice-then-naughty approach is at its best on Alright, Still's singles, which open the album in a one-two-three punch. Another ex-boyfriend kiss-off, "Smile," has a silky verse melody that just barely conceals her spite, which finally spills over on the chorus: "At first, when I see you cry/It makes me smile." But even here, Allen keeps her revenge sweet -- she sounds like she's singing about how ice cream or puppies or being in love makes her smile, which gives the song an extra sting. "Knock 'Em Out" is an even sassier, more stylized battle of the sexes than the Streets' "Fit But You Know It" (and could very well be the response from the girl in Mike Skinner's song). And "LDN" is a glorious summer confection, even if "it's all lies" underneath the Lord Kitchener sample and "sun is in the sky" chorus. Alright, Still's production and arrangements, courtesy of Greg Kurstin, Mark Ronson, and Futurecut, balance Allen's tart observations with a backdrop of pop-grime beats and freewheeling, feel-good ska that makes her sound playful and kittenish instead of just catty. While the album doesn't exactly go downhill after its opening salvo, it does lose some steam, particularly with "Take What You Take," a song that feels out of character with the rest of Alright, Still because it's uncharacteristically dull, and "Alfie," which falls especially flat as the album's final song. Allen softens her tough-girl pose more successfully on "Little Things," a ballad that celebrates the mundane moments of a dying relationship ("You'd take me out shopping and all we'd buy was trainers/As if we ever needed anything to entertain us") and "Everything's Just Wonderful," where "bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage" are the targets of her ire instead of a previous (or soon-to-be previous) boyfriend. As with Nellie McKay (another young, opinionated woman eager to make herself the maverick in her chosen style of music), the dichotomy between Allen's sweet sound and ironic lyrics could be seen as either witty or clever-clever. Still, enough of Alright, Still works -- as pure pop and on the meta level Allen aims for -- to make the album a fun, summery fling, and maybe more. [The U.S. version of Alright, Still includes a remix of "Smile" and the 50 Cent parody "Nan You're a Window Shopper" as well as U-MYX software, which allows listeners to make their own remixes of "Smile" and "Knock 'Em Out" -- not an essential addition, but a surprisingly fun one nonetheless.]
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Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Iyiola Babalola, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Future Cut, Producer, MixingEngineer - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - John Ellis, Keyboards - Michael Rose, Saxophone - JACKIE MITTOO, Writer - Dan Porter, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Paul Farr, Guitar, Guitarra - Mike Pelanconi, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Paul Powell, Drums - Eddie Thornton, Trumpet - Trevor Edwards, Trombone, Sackbut - Clement Dodd, Writer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Earl King, Writer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Iyiola Babalola, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Future Cut, Producer, MixingEngineer - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - John Ellis, Keyboards - Michael Rose, Saxophone - Dan Porter, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Mike Pelanconi, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Eddie Thornton, Trumpet - Trevor Edwards, Trombone - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Iyiola Babalola, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Future Cut, Producer, MixingEngineer - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - John Ellis, Keyboards - Michael Rose, Saxophone - Dan Porter, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Paul Farr, Guitar, Guitarra - Mike Pelanconi, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Arthur 'Duke' Reid, Writer - Eddie Thornton, Trumpet - Trevor Edwards, Trombone, Sackbut - Jan Kincaid, Drums - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Writer, All Instruments, MixingEngineer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Future Cut, MixingEngineer - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Mike Pelanconi, MixingEngineer - Pablo Cook, Producer, Writer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer - Jonny Bull, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Future Cut, MixingEngineer - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - Dan Porter, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Blair Mackichan, Producer, Writer - Mike Pelanconi, MixingEngineer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mark Ronson, Producer, Harp, Percussion, Writer, Drum Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer - Santi White, Writer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - Rob Smith, Audio Recording Engineer - Vaughan Merrick, MixingEngineer - Pierre Bachelet, Writer - Hervé Roy, Writer - Kieran Panesar, AssistantEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Iyiola Babalola, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Future Cut, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dan Porter, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Mark Nichols, Guitar - George Atkins, Audio Recording Engineer - Mike Pelanconi, MixingEngineer - Jonny Wimbolt-Lewis, Drums - John Waddington, Bass Guitar - Oliver Bayston, Keyboards
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Chris Jasper, Writer - O'Kelly Isley, Writer - Marvin Isley, Writer - Ernest Isley, Writer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Iyiola Babalola, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Future Cut, Producer, MixingEngineer - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - John Ellis, Keyboards - Ronald Isley, Writer - Dan Porter, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Paul Farr, Guitar - Mike Pelanconi, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer - Rudoph Isley, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Clive Hunte, Bass Guitar - Tim Debney, MasteringEngineer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Mixer, All Instruments, Performed by - Lily Allen, MainArtist - Jeff Lynne, Writer - Mo Hausler, Engineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Dan Carey, Producer, Writer, All Instruments, Performed by - Mr. Dan, Mixer, Recorder, Recording - Karen Poole, Writer - Mr Dan, Mixer, Recorder
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Curtis Jackson, Writer - Lily Allen, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocals, Writer - Iyiola Babalola, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Bob Marley, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Vocals, MainArtist - Jerry Dammers, Writer - John Bradbury, Writer - Terry Hall, Writer - Lynval Golding, Writer - Horace Panter, Writer - TMS, Producer - Neville Staple, Writer - Roddy Radiation, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Darren Lewis, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocals, Writer - Iyiola Babalola, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Future Cut, Producer - Dan Carey, Mixer, Programmer - George Atkins, Engineer - Mike Pelanconi, Mixer - Mark Nicholls, Guitar - Jonny Wimbolt-Lewis, Drums - John Waddington, Bass - Oliver Bayston, Keyboards
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lily Allen, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Donovan, Writer - Darren Lewis, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer - Iyiola Babalola, Writer - Michael Rose, Saxophone - I. Babalola, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Bass - Eddie Thornton, Trumpet - Trevor Edwards, Trombone
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Richard Hughes, Writer - Lily Allen, Vocals, MainArtist - Tim Rice-Oxley, Writer - Alexander Shuckburgh, Guitar - Tom Chaplin, Writer - Ben Walker, Producer - Simon Ward, Producer - Gary Parker, Engineer - Shannon Harris, Keyboards
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Murfia Productions for BBC Radio 2
Lily Allen, Vocals, MainArtist - Andy Rogers, Producer - Luke Pritchard, Writer - Max Rafferty, Writer - Paul Garred, Writer - Hugh Harris, Writer - Guy Worth, Engineer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 BBC
Albumbeschreibung
Like most British pop, Lily Allen's debut album, Alright, Still, overflows with impeccably shiny, creative productions. However, Allen attempts to set herself apart from the likes of Rachel Stevens, Natasha Bedingfield, and Girls Aloud with a cheeky, (mostly) amusing vindictive streak in her lyrics that belies the sugarcoated sounds around them. You know exactly what she means when she says her ex is "not big whatsoever" on "Not Big"; later, she revels in being the one that got away on "Shame for You." However, this nice-then-naughty approach is at its best on Alright, Still's singles, which open the album in a one-two-three punch. Another ex-boyfriend kiss-off, "Smile," has a silky verse melody that just barely conceals her spite, which finally spills over on the chorus: "At first, when I see you cry/It makes me smile." But even here, Allen keeps her revenge sweet -- she sounds like she's singing about how ice cream or puppies or being in love makes her smile, which gives the song an extra sting. "Knock 'Em Out" is an even sassier, more stylized battle of the sexes than the Streets' "Fit But You Know It" (and could very well be the response from the girl in Mike Skinner's song). And "LDN" is a glorious summer confection, even if "it's all lies" underneath the Lord Kitchener sample and "sun is in the sky" chorus. Alright, Still's production and arrangements, courtesy of Greg Kurstin, Mark Ronson, and Futurecut, balance Allen's tart observations with a backdrop of pop-grime beats and freewheeling, feel-good ska that makes her sound playful and kittenish instead of just catty. While the album doesn't exactly go downhill after its opening salvo, it does lose some steam, particularly with "Take What You Take," a song that feels out of character with the rest of Alright, Still because it's uncharacteristically dull, and "Alfie," which falls especially flat as the album's final song. Allen softens her tough-girl pose more successfully on "Little Things," a ballad that celebrates the mundane moments of a dying relationship ("You'd take me out shopping and all we'd buy was trainers/As if we ever needed anything to entertain us") and "Everything's Just Wonderful," where "bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage" are the targets of her ire instead of a previous (or soon-to-be previous) boyfriend. As with Nellie McKay (another young, opinionated woman eager to make herself the maverick in her chosen style of music), the dichotomy between Allen's sweet sound and ironic lyrics could be seen as either witty or clever-clever. Still, enough of Alright, Still works -- as pure pop and on the meta level Allen aims for -- to make the album a fun, summery fling, and maybe more. [The U.S. version of Alright, Still includes a remix of "Smile" and the 50 Cent parody "Nan You're a Window Shopper" as well as U-MYX software, which allows listeners to make their own remixes of "Smile" and "Knock 'Em Out" -- not an essential addition, but a surprisingly fun one nonetheless.]
© Heather Phares /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 2 Disc(s) - 19 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 01:04:22
- Künstler: Lily Allen
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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