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Eurovision vets Jedward were once again competing in the pop competition in 2012, right around the time their third album, Young Love, appeared in the summer. Despite its youthful title, Jedward exhibit some signs of maturity on this tight pop album although, to be fair, the slightly subdued tone could be due to the slightly tentative nature of producers Duck & Paddy and Trinity Music -- Deekay and DBH also helm some cuts -- or the band's creeping exhaustion. Jedward aren't quite men yet not quite boys, and the music is similarly caught between two worlds, touching on traditional Eurocheese and modern dance-pop. The best parts of Young Love arrive when all involved throw both of those concerns to the wayside and just make chewy bubblegum. Those are the cuts that stick -- the opening "Waterline," the big-booted thump of "What’s Your Number," the Brit-pop skip of "All I Want Is You," the Farifisa-spiked beach pop of "A Girl Like You" -- and they could have been given different arrangements in any era from surf to glam to Total Request Live and been hits. Of course, it would also have helped if Jedward were just slightly more charismatic -- now that they're not ridiculous, they're settling for workmanlike, which means they can't rescue the bland product from its textureless self but they don't stand in the way of the really hooky, trashy, irresistible pop that peppers this album just enough to give it some spice. So call it a draw: at its best, Young Love has the best music Jedward have yet made but none of that is really their fault.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sharon Vaughn, ComposerLyricist - Niklas Jarl, ComposerLyricist - Martin Larsson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Boström, Producer - Jedward, MainArtist - Daniel Priddy, Producer - Reuben Priddy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Lars Halvor Jensen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Larsson, Mixer, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tim McEwan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jess Cates, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DEEKAY, Producer - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Daniel Priddy, Producer - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Karen Poole, ComposerLyricist - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Mark Blackwell, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Paddy Dalton, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duncan Curtis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Mark Blackwell, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Paddy Dalton, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Claudia Mills, ComposerLyricist - Duncan Curtis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Strand, ComposerLyricist - Jedward, MainArtist - Sebastian Lundberg, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fredrik Häggstam, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johan Gustafson, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer - Sebastian Lunberg, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Sharon Vaughn, ComposerLyricist - Patric Sarin, ComposerLyricist - Veikka Erkola, ComposerLyricist - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Mark Blackwell, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Paddy Dalton, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan Curtis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Jorgen Elofsson, ComposerLyricist - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Sebastian Lundberg, Producer - Fredrik Häggstam, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johan Gustafson, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Liden, ComposerLyricist - Christian Holmstrom, ComposerLyricist - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer - Sebastian Lunberg, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Adam Argyle, ComposerLyricist - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Mark Blackwell, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Paddy Dalton, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duncan Curtis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Martin Michael Larsson, ComposerLyricist - Lars Halvor Jensen, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Larsson, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim McEwan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jess Cates, ComposerLyricist - DEEKAY, Producer - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Daniel Priddy, Producer - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Hillary Lindsey, ComposerLyricist - Steven Lee Olsen, ComposerLyricist - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Shimshack, ComposerLyricist - Jedward, MainArtist - Sebastian Lundberg, Producer - Fredrik Häggstam, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johan Gustafson, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer - Sebastian Lunberg, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Iain James, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hirst, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Dunne, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jedward, MainArtist - Daniel Baker, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Andreas Carlsson, ComposerLyricist - John Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jedward, MainArtist - Sebastian Lundberg, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fredrik Häggstam, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johan Gustafson, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Edward Grimes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Charlton, Producer, Executive Producer - Sebastian Lunberg, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Album review
Eurovision vets Jedward were once again competing in the pop competition in 2012, right around the time their third album, Young Love, appeared in the summer. Despite its youthful title, Jedward exhibit some signs of maturity on this tight pop album although, to be fair, the slightly subdued tone could be due to the slightly tentative nature of producers Duck & Paddy and Trinity Music -- Deekay and DBH also helm some cuts -- or the band's creeping exhaustion. Jedward aren't quite men yet not quite boys, and the music is similarly caught between two worlds, touching on traditional Eurocheese and modern dance-pop. The best parts of Young Love arrive when all involved throw both of those concerns to the wayside and just make chewy bubblegum. Those are the cuts that stick -- the opening "Waterline," the big-booted thump of "What’s Your Number," the Brit-pop skip of "All I Want Is You," the Farifisa-spiked beach pop of "A Girl Like You" -- and they could have been given different arrangements in any era from surf to glam to Total Request Live and been hits. Of course, it would also have helped if Jedward were just slightly more charismatic -- now that they're not ridiculous, they're settling for workmanlike, which means they can't rescue the bland product from its textureless self but they don't stand in the way of the really hooky, trashy, irresistible pop that peppers this album just enough to give it some spice. So call it a draw: at its best, Young Love has the best music Jedward have yet made but none of that is really their fault.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:13
- Main artists: Jedward
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Ireland Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2012 Planet Jedward ℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
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