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Alexandra Burke's winning of 2008's X-Factor competition instantly made the young starlet a household name, thanks to her immaculate cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Her cover, which contorted Cohen's masterpiece into a soulful gospel record, instantly drew comparisons between Burke and the television's program winner three years earlier; another young British beauty named Leona Lewis. The two ladies' equally spectacular voices and ranges were all too comparable. However, post X-Factor, it's clear that Simon Cowell, the masthead to both of their lucrative careers, is doing a terrific job of musically distinguishing the two up-and-coming divas; Lewis' debut, Spirit, was poised and perfected, much in the vein of Celine Dion. Contrarily, Burke's debut album, Overcome, seems to pull away from much of the preppy glamour that comes with Lewis' overreaching ballads. Burke's debut is brimming with a vocal charm and characterization that Lewis' releases lack. In other words, if Lewis is Dion, Burke is Whitney Houston; an equally compelling vocalist whose imperfections are masked by the kind of charisma that ears crave. Alongside a team of A-List producers (who came with an A-List price tag), Burke delivers a bold and brazen soul-pop album that's so perfected that a quarter could bounce of the shine of the final product. Because of this overproducing, however, Burke unfortunately misses the mark a few times; the forced retro R&B sounds that have been bludgeoned to death in 2009 make their presence here, on numbers like "Bury Me" and "You Broke My Heart" (co-written by a retro contemporary, Pixie Lott). Not to mention, there is more than one track that seems to be stuck in the footsteps of pop groups like Girls Aloud or Sugababes; not necessarily in a bad way, but "Dumb" and "Nothing But the Girl" only perfect the electro-pop formula, they don't glorify it. However, the album is more than saved by some of the best ballads that any new-millennium diva has ever released: "The Silence," a storming, RedOne-produced number, is easily one of the most engaging vocals any singer has recorded for pop radio (yes, including "Bleeding Love") in quite some time. Other songs like "Gotta Go," "They Don't Know," and "Overcome" vary in level of formula and appeal, but all have the chops necessary to sell them. Not to mention, the album is laden with cross-Atlantic appeal. The album's lead single, "Bad Boys," is the most brilliant, perfect mainstream pop single of 2009; its thrashing, synthesized beat and larger-than-life chorus make Burke the prime U.K. import for the North American market, and a little guest chorus from Flo Rida only helps the situation. The album has the aforementioned charisma all the way through (ironically, see "All Night Long"), and Burke's bombastic voice is to be applauded -- not many soulful, booming types like her can even think of true mainstream pop success in 2009, but she stands a real chance. Songs like "Bad Boys" or "It's Over" -- a beautiful, midtempo pop tune probably best geared of all the songs for radio, even as a bonus track -- present a real vocalist who delivers phenomenally while being supported by modern-day beats and hooks. While this album is sometimes too generic and polished for its own good, it is the first record in years that offers us a vocalist like Christina Aguilera who can compete with the present-day Auto-Tuned Britney Spears of the world, and that in itself makes Burke's debut a hit.
© Matthew Chisling /TiVo
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Kristian Lundin, Composer, Lyricist - Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist - Julian Bunetta, Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadir Khayat, Composer, Lyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Laza Morgan, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Redone, Producer, Editor, Engineer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandra Burke Feat. Laza Morgan, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Muzzy, Editor, Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist - Bilal Hajji, Composer, Lyricist - Andreas Romdhane, Recording Engineer - Josef Larossi, Recording Engineer - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Nadir Khayat, Composer, Lyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Johnny Severin, Editor - Redone, Producer, Editor, Engineer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Performance Arranger - Erik Arvinder, Recording Engineer, Performance Arranger - Martin Cooke, Engineer, Recording Engineer - LJ Singers, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Alexander James, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Larry Summerville Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke Feat. Flo Rida, AssociatedPerformer - James Busbee, Producer - Melvin Watson Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Flo Rida, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer - Mike Busbee, Composer, Lyricist - The Phantom Boyz, Producer
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Sam Watters, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Louis Biancaniello, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Michael Biancaniello, Guitar - Jim Jonsin, Keyboards, Programmer - Samuel Watters, Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Alexandra Burke Feat. Pitbull, AssociatedPerformer - Pitbull, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - Ravaughn Brown, Background Vocal - James Scheffer, Composer, Lyricist - Rico Love, Producer - Rob Marks, Engineer, Recording Engineer - Richard Butler Jr., Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
James Fauntleroy II, Composer, Lyricist - Ari Levine, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Lawrence, Composer, Lyricist - Bruno Mars, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Smeezingtons, Producer - Marco Marinangeli, Orchestrator
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist - Bilal Hajji, Composer, Lyricist - AJ Junior, Composer, Lyricist, Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadir Khayat, Composer, Lyricist - Cobra Starship, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Saporta, Composer, Lyricist - Ryland Blackinton, Background Vocal - Redone, Producer, Editor, Engineer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, Performance Arranger - Robert Orton, Mixing Engineer - Alexandra Burke Feat. Cobra Starship, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Muzzy, Editor, Engineer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocal
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Steve Mac, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Piano, Performance Arranger - Ina Wroldsen, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Laws, Drums, Engineer, Programmer - Dave Arch, Performance Arranger - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isobel Griffiths, Contractor - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - John Bradbury, Director - Dan Pursey, Engineer, Bass
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Bilal Hajji, Lyricist - Howard New, Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Nadir Khayat, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Johnny Severin, Engineer, Guitar - Redone, Producer, Engineer, Programmer
(P) 2010 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Tor Erik Hermansen, Composer, Lyricist - Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Composer, Lyricist, Recording Engineer - Philip Lawrence, Producer - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Alexandra Burke Feat. Ne-Yo, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Houghkirk, Mixing Engineer - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Shaffer Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Carlos Oyanedel, Engineer - StarGate, Producer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Ne-Yo, Co-Producer, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Tor Erik Hermansen, Composer, Lyricist - Kim Ofstad, Composer, Lyricist, Recording Engineer - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Hitesh Ceon, Recording Engineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - Andrea Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer, Background Vocal - Element, Producer - Marianne Pentha, Background Vocal - Rikke Norman, Background Vocal - Helgi Mar Huebner, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Bilal Hajji, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Kierszenbaum, Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Nadir Khayat, Composer, Lyricist - Johnny Severin, Editor - Redone, Producer, Editor, Engineer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocal, Performance Arranger - Robert Orton, Mixing Engineer - Martin Cooke, Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Louis Biancaniello, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Richard Butler, Composer, Lyricist - Tamyra Gray, Background Vocal - Samuel Watters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Background Vocal - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - Wayne Wilkins, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist - Herbie Crichlow, Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aeon Manahan, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Programmer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - Ravaughn Brown, Background Vocal - Wayne Wilkins, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Derrick McKenzie, Drums - Dave Williamson, Trombone - John Metcalfe, Viola - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Niara Scarlett, Composer, Lyricist - Jon Kelly, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Hale, Performance Arranger - Richard George, Violin - Chris Worsey, Cello - Steve Booker, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Warren Zielinski, Violin - Simon Willescroft, Saxophone - Alessandro Destefanis, Assistant Producer - Dan Carpenter, Trumpet - Sarah Ozelle, Background Vocal - Pixie Lott, Composer, Lyricist - Natalia Bonner, Violin - Kate Robinson, Violin
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Tor Erik Hermansen, Composer, Lyricist - Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Composer, Lyricist, Recording Engineer - Philip Lawrence, Producer - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Kennard, Composer, Lyricist - Saul Milton, Composer, Lyricist - Josh Houghkirk, Mixing Engineer - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Shaffer Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Carlos Oyanedel, Engineer - StarGate, Producer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Ne-Yo, Co-Producer - Chase & Status, Co-Producer
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
James Fauntleroy II, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Larry Gold, Performance Arranger - Brian Kennedy, Producer - Brian Seals, Composer, Lyricist - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Mazzochi, Violin - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Christian Plata, Assistant Engineer - Erik Madrid, Assistant Engineer - Rob Kinelski, Recording Engineer - Jeff Chestek, Engineer - Olga Konopelsky, Violin - Emma Kummrow, Violin - Gregory Teperman, Violin - Davis Barnett, Viola - James Cooper III, Cello - Peter Nocella, Viola - Igor Szwec, Violin - Charles Parker, Violin - Eliza Cho, Violin - Michelle Bishop, Violin - Rick Friedrich, Assistant Engineer - Glenn Fischbach, Cello
(P) 2009 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Josef Larossi, Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joy Malcolm, AssociatedPerformer - Henrik Janson, Conductor, Arranger - Alexandra Burke, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ulf Janson, Conductor, Arranger - Julie Costello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Agate, Recording Engineer - Bryon Jones, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Beetham, Mastering Engineer - Peter Ljung, Keyboards, Piano - Neil Tucker, Engineer - Leonard Cohen, Composer, Lyricist - Lawrence Johnson, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esbjorn Ohrwall, Guitar - Priscilla Jones, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Johnson, AssociatedPerformer - Stockholm Session Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Riley, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Scott, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Wiborn, Assistant Engineer - Ladonna Peters, AssociatedPerformer - Candice Johnson, AssociatedPerformer - Pearl Jarrett, AssociatedPerformer - Patricia Fashanu, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Orr, Background Vocal
(P) 2008 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Chronique
Alexandra Burke's winning of 2008's X-Factor competition instantly made the young starlet a household name, thanks to her immaculate cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Her cover, which contorted Cohen's masterpiece into a soulful gospel record, instantly drew comparisons between Burke and the television's program winner three years earlier; another young British beauty named Leona Lewis. The two ladies' equally spectacular voices and ranges were all too comparable. However, post X-Factor, it's clear that Simon Cowell, the masthead to both of their lucrative careers, is doing a terrific job of musically distinguishing the two up-and-coming divas; Lewis' debut, Spirit, was poised and perfected, much in the vein of Celine Dion. Contrarily, Burke's debut album, Overcome, seems to pull away from much of the preppy glamour that comes with Lewis' overreaching ballads. Burke's debut is brimming with a vocal charm and characterization that Lewis' releases lack. In other words, if Lewis is Dion, Burke is Whitney Houston; an equally compelling vocalist whose imperfections are masked by the kind of charisma that ears crave. Alongside a team of A-List producers (who came with an A-List price tag), Burke delivers a bold and brazen soul-pop album that's so perfected that a quarter could bounce of the shine of the final product. Because of this overproducing, however, Burke unfortunately misses the mark a few times; the forced retro R&B sounds that have been bludgeoned to death in 2009 make their presence here, on numbers like "Bury Me" and "You Broke My Heart" (co-written by a retro contemporary, Pixie Lott). Not to mention, there is more than one track that seems to be stuck in the footsteps of pop groups like Girls Aloud or Sugababes; not necessarily in a bad way, but "Dumb" and "Nothing But the Girl" only perfect the electro-pop formula, they don't glorify it. However, the album is more than saved by some of the best ballads that any new-millennium diva has ever released: "The Silence," a storming, RedOne-produced number, is easily one of the most engaging vocals any singer has recorded for pop radio (yes, including "Bleeding Love") in quite some time. Other songs like "Gotta Go," "They Don't Know," and "Overcome" vary in level of formula and appeal, but all have the chops necessary to sell them. Not to mention, the album is laden with cross-Atlantic appeal. The album's lead single, "Bad Boys," is the most brilliant, perfect mainstream pop single of 2009; its thrashing, synthesized beat and larger-than-life chorus make Burke the prime U.K. import for the North American market, and a little guest chorus from Flo Rida only helps the situation. The album has the aforementioned charisma all the way through (ironically, see "All Night Long"), and Burke's bombastic voice is to be applauded -- not many soulful, booming types like her can even think of true mainstream pop success in 2009, but she stands a real chance. Songs like "Bad Boys" or "It's Over" -- a beautiful, midtempo pop tune probably best geared of all the songs for radio, even as a bonus track -- present a real vocalist who delivers phenomenally while being supported by modern-day beats and hooks. While this album is sometimes too generic and polished for its own good, it is the first record in years that offers us a vocalist like Christina Aguilera who can compete with the present-day Auto-Tuned Britney Spears of the world, and that in itself makes Burke's debut a hit.
© Matthew Chisling /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 17 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:00:16
- 6 Clip vidéo
- Artistes principaux : Alexandra Burke
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Syco Music UK
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
Tracks 1, 2, 4-8, 20-23 (P) 2010; Tracks 3, 9-16, & 19 (P) 2009; Tracks 17 & 18 (P) 2008 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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