Monday, 10 January 2011

Cheryl Cole – CD Review “Messy Little Raindrops”

Album release date: 1st November 2010

With the release of her second album Cheryl Cole’s solo career looks set to be going from strength to strength. From the success and high download ratings of “3 Words” “Messy Little Raindrops” looks set to be just as successful as the last.

It seems the second most beautiful woman of the twentieth century has had a hard time lately with her private life being aired and publicly splashed across newspapers and magazines daily, leading to a “messy” divorce from her former partner and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole. As well as a near brush with death when the singer contracted Malaria earlier this year it seems Cheryl Cole has had her fair share of upset leaving her with plenty to be sad about.

Her recent hard times can almost be seen as a reflection through some of the songs in which have been produced on the album. Songs such as “The Flood, Amnesia, Raindrops, Humming Bird and Happy Tears” can be identified that Cheryl has took inspiration from her recent experience as a means of getting over her hard year.

The album also produces a number of upbeat almost hip-hop tracks such as “Promise this, Yeah Yeah, Live tonight, Everyone, Better to lie, Let’s get down and Waiting” guaranteed to be popular in clubs. The tracks also reflect the Cheryl Cole we all knowingly fell in love with when we first met the ‘Geordie lass’ as a member of the well-known girl band Girls Aloud. Some of the tracks also include a number of collaborations with famous artists such as: Dizzee Rascal, Will I Am, August Rigo and Travie McCoy. Such collaborations enable Cheryl to establish the type of artist in which she is aspiring to be which can be identified as almost mainly hip-hop. Cheryl knowingly expressed her love for hip-hop on the Girls Aloud ITV 2 show a few years ago.

Quite simply the album can be seen as true reflection on Cheryl’s life at the moment but her infectious loveable personality leaves you wanting to carry on listening. This album is guaranteed to be as successful as her last amongst Cheryl fans and almost defiantly destined for number one hit singles as well as album charts. As for her establishment as a solo artist it looks set that Cheryl’s solo career is only just begging and she inevitably looks destined for a long successful one.

I would un-doubt-ably give this album 5/5.

No comments:

Post a Comment