1. Beat Of My Drum (1st Single)
2. Lucky Day (2nd Single)
3. Yo-Yo
4. Cinderella's Eyes
5. Porcelain Heart
6. i
7. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
8. Say It Out Loud
9. Gladiator
10. Fish Out Of Water
11. Take A Bite
12. sticks + stones
HOLY MOLY's review of two album tracks from 'Cinderella Eyes'
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1. Yoyo
An 808 kick drum thumps to a dramatic, 50s girlpop pastiche. The word “shit” is sung in the second verse. Some brilliantly unhinged chorus vocals, as nicola wails: “don’t want to be the last to know-oh oh oh”, with “last” pronounced to rhyme with “gassed” - as you’d hope. The 50s feel goes completely out the window for an even more unhinged middle eight, accompanied by the classic club mix speeding up drum machine thing (you know the thing we mean). No need for a tony lamezma remix here. This is huge.
2. I
An odd sampled eastern intro, gives way to new romantic synth stabs. And... It’s a list song! A list of all the things Nicola Roberts fears, hates, and all the things she hopes. Be still our beating heart. “I’m scared to wake up one day and find out that my bubble’s burst”, “I hope that everybody loves my new direction.” “I don’t like the people that leave comments on the internet”... Every one could and hopefully shall be a t-shirt slogan. We’re not afraid to admit we cried at this one. And it isn’t even a sad song. It’s just a song you won’t believe you’re hearing. It’s so specific and personal. The closest comparison lyrically would be lily allen’s first album. Musically, we haven’t a clue; her voice is out of this world. I doesn’t sound like anyone else around. Completely original 21st century pop music. Who’d have thunk it?
No shade, really...im interested, who is she?
