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Winner of season eight of Deutschland Sucht den Superstar, Germany's answer to Pop Idol, 19-year old Pietro Lombardi's debut album Jackpot bears all the hallmarks of the brand's usual spin-off releases, with half of its 12 tracks consisting of cover versions, and the other half tentatively making steps away from the talent show with six brand new compositions. Like debut efforts from previous winners Mark Medlock, Daniel Schuhmacher, and Alexander Klaus, former Modern Talking vocalist and series judge Dieter Bohlen jumps on board for production duties, a situation which prevents the baseball cap-wearer from ever really differentiating himself from his predecessors. Indeed, while it's clear from the faithful renditions of Gary Jules' interpretation of "Mad World," and Elton John's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," that Lombardi possesses a pleasant if slightly unremarkable set of lungs, (although his English pronunciation needs some drastic improvement if he's going to continue singing in English), there's very little here to justify his victory over runner-up Sarah Engels who, incidentally, completely overshadows him on their acoustic R&B duet "I Need You." His covers of Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" and Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy" (inspired by the Hermes House Band versions), transforms the joyous pop classics into cheap and tinny beerfest singalongs; Jay Sean's "Down" starts out as an interesting candlelight mix before it disappointingly turns into a pure karaoke affair, while "Don't Cry These Tears" is a dated slice of schlager pop which would be lucky to get any points at all at Eurovision. And while "Call My Name" is, admittedly, a fairly decent offering compared to most of Deutschland's winners, its chiming guitar hooks and euphoric chorus sound suspiciously like OneRepublic's "Marchin' On," a slight plagiarizing tendency which also seems to apply to the LMFAO-aping electro of "Holiday" and the Madcon-esque ska-pop of "Crazy Like Me." Jackpot is by no means a disgrace, but Lombardi will have to work much harder if he wants to stand out from the growing army of Superstars next time round.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music GmbH
JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist - Sarah Engels, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Dwayne Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jay Sean, ComposerLyricist - Robert Larow, ComposerLyricist - JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist - J.L.Cotter, ComposerLyricist - J.D.Skaller, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Bobby Mcferrin, ComposerLyricist - JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
ROLAND ORZABAL, ComposerLyricist - JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Elton John, Composer - Tim Rice, Author - JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dieter Bohlen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
JEO, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Haas, Composer - Moses Pelham, ComposerLyricist - Dieter Bohlen, Producer - Pietro Lombardi, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Winner of season eight of Deutschland Sucht den Superstar, Germany's answer to Pop Idol, 19-year old Pietro Lombardi's debut album Jackpot bears all the hallmarks of the brand's usual spin-off releases, with half of its 12 tracks consisting of cover versions, and the other half tentatively making steps away from the talent show with six brand new compositions. Like debut efforts from previous winners Mark Medlock, Daniel Schuhmacher, and Alexander Klaus, former Modern Talking vocalist and series judge Dieter Bohlen jumps on board for production duties, a situation which prevents the baseball cap-wearer from ever really differentiating himself from his predecessors. Indeed, while it's clear from the faithful renditions of Gary Jules' interpretation of "Mad World," and Elton John's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," that Lombardi possesses a pleasant if slightly unremarkable set of lungs, (although his English pronunciation needs some drastic improvement if he's going to continue singing in English), there's very little here to justify his victory over runner-up Sarah Engels who, incidentally, completely overshadows him on their acoustic R&B duet "I Need You." His covers of Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" and Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy" (inspired by the Hermes House Band versions), transforms the joyous pop classics into cheap and tinny beerfest singalongs; Jay Sean's "Down" starts out as an interesting candlelight mix before it disappointingly turns into a pure karaoke affair, while "Don't Cry These Tears" is a dated slice of schlager pop which would be lucky to get any points at all at Eurovision. And while "Call My Name" is, admittedly, a fairly decent offering compared to most of Deutschland's winners, its chiming guitar hooks and euphoric chorus sound suspiciously like OneRepublic's "Marchin' On," a slight plagiarizing tendency which also seems to apply to the LMFAO-aping electro of "Holiday" and the Madcon-esque ska-pop of "Crazy Like Me." Jackpot is by no means a disgrace, but Lombardi will have to work much harder if he wants to stand out from the growing army of Superstars next time round.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:36
- Main artists: Pietro Lombardi
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
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