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Fresh from departing the Sugababes, Mutya Buena released her debut album, Real Girl in June 2007. It reached the Top Ten on the strength of the title track, which samples the background music from Lenny Kravitz's "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" in the same way that her previous hit with the Sugababes, "Freak Like Me," used the music from "Are Friends Electric." There is a mixture of danceable R&B songs, like the album opener "Just a Little Bit," "It's Not Easy," and the collaboration with Groove Armada, "Song for Mutya (Out of Control)," which was also included on their Soundboy Rock album. There are also soulful ballads "Suffer for Love" and "This Is Not (Real Love)," a duet with George Michael on which they sing alternate verses; the track first appeared on his album Twenty Five. "Breakdown Motel" and "My Song" chug slowly along and Buena raps the verses on "B Boy Baby" before launching into a chorus consisting of a slowed down version of the Ronettes/Phil Spector '60s masterpiece which even Amy Winehouse couldn't save from dreary boredom. The latter singer, however, would have been proud to record "Strung Out," which opens with a solo piano and appears to be building into a minor key melodramatic ballad before breaking into a beat led R&B number.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
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Pam Sheyne, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Guy Barker, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Barnaby Dickinson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Eg White, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Elmhirst, Programmer - Mutya Buena, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Niara Scarlett, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Terefe, Producer, Additional Producer - Lenny Kravitz, ComposerLyricist - Kristoffer Sonne, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Olsson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Iain Hill, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gita Harcourt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Gillard, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Ward, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nikolaj Torp, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Mutya Buena, MainArtist - Marcellus Fernandez, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeni Saint, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Hegedus, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Coster, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Craigie Dodds, Producer, String Arranger, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Dollar, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mutya Buena, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Tim Hawes, ComposerLyricist - Brio Taliaferro, Programmer - Jeremy Shaw, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Obi Mhondera, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Producer, Additional Producer - Pete Craigie, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jony Rockstar, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Kirtley, ComposerLyricist - Chris Elliot, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mutya Buena, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Paul Simm, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - felix Howard, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Frank, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mutya Buena, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Ali Tennant, Producer, Additional Producer, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - G. Lally, ComposerLyricist - DEXTER SIMMONS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Guz Lally, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mutya Buena, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Federico Conti, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Brownlee, ComposerLyricist - Gus Redmond, ComposerLyricist - Lowrell Simon, ComposerLyricist - Marc Wieland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Gita Harcourt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Glover, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Gillard, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Ward, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Hunt, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mutya Buena, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Nichol Thomson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Marcellus Fernandez, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeni Saint, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Gandalf Roudette-Muschamp, ComposerLyricist - Josh Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Guy Sigsworth, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Fiora Cutler, Violin, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mutya Buena, MainArtist - Redeye, Producer - Jeremy Parsons, Engineer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jono Buchanan, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Angela Hunte, Author - PHIL SPECTOR, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Henry, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Salter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Franklin Socorro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mutya Buena, MainArtist - Gleyder Disla, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Phil Palmer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ruadhri Cushnan, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Jackman, Producer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE MICHAEL, Producer, Recording Producer, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dave Clews, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Douglas, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mutya Buena, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Gandalf Roudette-Muschamp, ComposerLyricist - Josh Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Wilkins, Producer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mutya Buena, MainArtist - Hugh Burns, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Redeye, Producer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Album review
Fresh from departing the Sugababes, Mutya Buena released her debut album, Real Girl in June 2007. It reached the Top Ten on the strength of the title track, which samples the background music from Lenny Kravitz's "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" in the same way that her previous hit with the Sugababes, "Freak Like Me," used the music from "Are Friends Electric." There is a mixture of danceable R&B songs, like the album opener "Just a Little Bit," "It's Not Easy," and the collaboration with Groove Armada, "Song for Mutya (Out of Control)," which was also included on their Soundboy Rock album. There are also soulful ballads "Suffer for Love" and "This Is Not (Real Love)," a duet with George Michael on which they sing alternate verses; the track first appeared on his album Twenty Five. "Breakdown Motel" and "My Song" chug slowly along and Buena raps the verses on "B Boy Baby" before launching into a chorus consisting of a slowed down version of the Ronettes/Phil Spector '60s masterpiece which even Amy Winehouse couldn't save from dreary boredom. The latter singer, however, would have been proud to record "Strung Out," which opens with a solo piano and appears to be building into a minor key melodramatic ballad before breaking into a beat led R&B number.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:40
- Main artists: Mutya Buena
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. ℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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