Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons to Be Learned
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Artist: Gabriella CilmiEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Import
CD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Music Label: Island UK
Soundtracks:
- Save the Lies
- Sweet About Me
- Sanctuary
- Einstein
- Got No Place to Go
- Don't Want to Go to Bed Now
- Messy
- Awkward Game
- Safer
- Cigarettes and Lies
- Terrifying
- Sit in the Blues
- Echo Beach [UK Bonus Track]
- [CD-Rom Track]
Free Music Notes for Lessons to Be Learned
Free Music Review: Upping the irritation level to new heights
Hit: 1 Stars
I've been subjected to this album many times in my workplace now and I would like to say a few words about. I don't like it one little bit. The songs and their lyrics are trite, trivial and bleedin' obvious. The vocal approach is undisciplined and "whiney" - think sub-Duffy. The melodies of the songs are very average.
The whole thing is rather tedious and juvenile, which is to be expected from a girl of Ms Cilmi's tender years, I suppose. If she kept quiet for a few years and perfected her art away from the public, she might develop into an interesting performer. The way she is going, however, in two years she will be "Gabriella who?".
This one gets my "Sandi Thom" award for the month.
Dare I say it, 'kill me' if I ever have to hear this trashy album again!
Lessons to Be Learned Poster
It's hard to imagine someone even younger than 19-year-old Laura Marling making a splash on the music scene, but 16-year-old Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi is doing a pretty good job. Having smashed apart stereotypes of innocence with her killer single "(There's Nothing) Sweet About Me", Cilmi (pronounced "Chill Me") now offers a debut that's not only lyrically and emotionally mature, but boasts the kind of potent musical content guaranteed to propel you towards the dancefloor. Lessons To Be Learned is a diverse bag. Produced by Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugababes) it's seemingly influenced by everyone from Stevie Wonder to the Kings of Leon, though it'll inevitably draw the most comparisons to Amy Winehouse, thanks to Cilmi's soaring vocals, the record's modern-Motown feel and Xenomania's bright, punchy production. Opener "Save The Lies", though, is nothing like Winehouse--a big, in-your-face disco-stomper with a massive irrefutable chorus. The record drops from there into sultry soul territory with tracks like "Sanctuary", "Einstein", and "Safer", and more upbeat fare such as the electronic "Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now", rocky tracks like "Messy," and the bluesy "Cigarettes And Lies". These stylistic diversions set Cilmi apart from the rest of the 'new soul' brigade, and help give her a voice of her own. -- Danny McKennaUK pressing of the 2008 debut album from the gorgeous Aussie singer/songwriter featuring one bonus track: 'Echo Beach'. Lessons To Be Learned was produced by the ever-popular Xenomania, also responsible for acts like Sugababes and others. Often compared to Amy Winehouse without any addictions, Cilmi (pronounced 'chill me') is a young talent with Pop hooks to match her good looks. Already wowing the UK and Europe with her sophisticated Pop, Cilmi is one of the few artists assured for world domination in 2008. If not, then we'll just have to come over to your house and destroy your drapes...and you wouldn't want that, would you? 13 tracks including the single 'Sweet About Me'. Island.
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