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Few starlets have ever had a name as fitting as Pixie Lott, the teenage thrush whose debut, Turn It Up, turned her into something of a European sensation in 2009. Lott does indeed possess no small measure of mischief, blatantly lifting phrasing from Beyoncé, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, and Joss Stone in equal measure but getting away with her magpie act through the sheer impish force of her personality. Of course, she’s assisted by a strong set of songs, several co-written by Lott herself, that walk a line between classic and contemporary, a divide reminiscent of Mark Ronson productions, sometimes bringing to mind a lighter, brighter Back to Black. Despite this fondness for swinging girl group sounds and Pixie’s predilection for belting out the songs, Turn It Up doesn’t play as a retro-soul throwback, the way Winehouse or Duffy do. Lott never attempts to seem wiser than her years, not even during the mellow funk vamp of “The Way the World Works” or the Carole King groove of “Jack,” and the production is wisely, slyly modern, playing with Auto-Tune on “Gravity,” allowing Pixie to mimic Beyoncé’s attack on “Band Aid” or groove on the irresistible “Shut Up and Drive” rewrite “Turn It Up.” Sonically, it’s just enough of a twist on tradition to be familiar, and fresh enough to be considerably appealing, as is Lott herself. Blessed with little of the showiness affectations of the X-Factor/American Idol generation, she can sell a song and inject it with age-appropriate enthusiasm that sustains her through the moments when Turn It Up glides by on its surface, while making the album -- at its best -- pretty damn infectious, too.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mads Hauge, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Greg Kurstin, Producer, Additional Producer - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Smith, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Thornalley, Producer, Drums, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sansom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anders Kallmark, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - John Thirkell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Pixie Lott, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Mercury Records Limited
Colin Campsie, ComposerLyricist - Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mads Hauge, Producer, Editor, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - David Tench, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Richard George, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Claire Orsler, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Norrie, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Herbert, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Thornalley, Producer, Glockenspiel, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sansom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Clare Finnimore, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Green, Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Calina de La Mer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Linehy, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Pesche, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TONY MASERATI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pixie Lott, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marc Burkhart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mich Hansen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cutfather, Producer - Jonas Jeberg, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ruth-Anne Cunningham, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Mads Hauge, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Pesche, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beatriz Artola, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Smith, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Thornalley, Producer, Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sansom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Additional Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - John Thirkell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Pixie Lott, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Ina Wroldsen, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lucas Secon, ComposerLyricist - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Davidsen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mich Hansen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cutfather, Producer - Julia Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Claire Orsler, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Herbert, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Harris, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Mo Hausler, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jonas Jeberg, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Natalia Bonner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Calina de La Mer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Davidsen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mich Hansen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cutfather, Producer - Jonas Jeberg, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ruth-Anne Cunningham, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Geoff Pesche, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Miklos Malek, Programmer - Peter Zizzo, Producer, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marion Raven, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jens Gad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kaci Brown, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Adam, Programmer - Geoff Peshe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Steve Kipner, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Pesche, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Severin, Editor, Engineer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Redone, Producer, Editor, Engineer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pixie Lott, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Geoff Pesche, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zizzo, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Ryan Laubscher, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Pesche, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mads Nilsson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pixie Lott, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Louis Odunoye, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Jared Followill, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Followill, ComposerLyricist - Al Shux, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Caleb Followill, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bishop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathan Followill, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Mads Hauge, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, Guitar, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Guetta, ComposerLyricist - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Miriam Nervo, ComposerLyricist - Liv Nevro, ComposerLyricist - Sally Herbert, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Thornalley, Producer, Glockenspiel, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Meadows, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Rowland, ComposerLyricist - Fred Rister, ComposerLyricist - Jon Green, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Harvey Mason Jr., Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Hey, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Rob Knox, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyd, Recording Engineer, Co-Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kara Dioguardi, ComposerLyricist - Angela N. Golightly, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Dabling Harward, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Russell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Daley, Co-Mixer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE Russell, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Bilal Hajji, ComposerLyricist - Kinnda Hamid, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Severin, Editor, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Redone, Producer, Editor, Vocal Arranger, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
L. Jensen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dicky Klein, ComposerLyricist - Johannes Joergensen, ComposerLyricist - Obi, Unknown, Other - Tim McEwan, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - DEEKAY, Producer, Mixer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Pixie Lott, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - M.M. Larsson, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Except, Unknown, Other
℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ruth-Anne Cunningham, ComposerLyricist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Pusey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Weeks, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 Mercury Records Limited
Nick Van Eede, ComposerLyricist - Jason DeRulo, Vocals, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Zach Hancock, Producer - Pixie Lott, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victoria Akintola, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sirach Charles, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James F. Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alani Gibbon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Braide, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cathy Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Tim Debney, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pixie Lott, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James F. Reynolds, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2010 Mercury Records Limited
Eve Nelson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Shanks, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Chase, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Barrett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shari Sutcliffe, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Rothschild, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bedingfield, ComposerLyricist - Pixie Lott, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Mercury Records Limited
Teemu Brunila, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fabien Waltmann, Programmer - Marli Harwood, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Pixie Lott, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Pusey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Canning, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fredrik Ball, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2010 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
Few starlets have ever had a name as fitting as Pixie Lott, the teenage thrush whose debut, Turn It Up, turned her into something of a European sensation in 2009. Lott does indeed possess no small measure of mischief, blatantly lifting phrasing from Beyoncé, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, and Joss Stone in equal measure but getting away with her magpie act through the sheer impish force of her personality. Of course, she’s assisted by a strong set of songs, several co-written by Lott herself, that walk a line between classic and contemporary, a divide reminiscent of Mark Ronson productions, sometimes bringing to mind a lighter, brighter Back to Black. Despite this fondness for swinging girl group sounds and Pixie’s predilection for belting out the songs, Turn It Up doesn’t play as a retro-soul throwback, the way Winehouse or Duffy do. Lott never attempts to seem wiser than her years, not even during the mellow funk vamp of “The Way the World Works” or the Carole King groove of “Jack,” and the production is wisely, slyly modern, playing with Auto-Tune on “Gravity,” allowing Pixie to mimic Beyoncé’s attack on “Band Aid” or groove on the irresistible “Shut Up and Drive” rewrite “Turn It Up.” Sonically, it’s just enough of a twist on tradition to be familiar, and fresh enough to be considerably appealing, as is Lott herself. Blessed with little of the showiness affectations of the X-Factor/American Idol generation, she can sell a song and inject it with age-appropriate enthusiasm that sustains her through the moments when Turn It Up glides by on its surface, while making the album -- at its best -- pretty damn infectious, too.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:22
- Main artists: Pixie Lott
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2010 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2010 Mercury Records Limited
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