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Natasha Bedingfield
 Pocketful of Sunshine $11.94 I love listening to this CD, its so uplifting and makes you happy. A lot of music these days is written about bad relationships and bad times, and this focuses on the great things in life and I love that. Great album, really awesome.  Angel $0.99 Natasha Bedingfield has shown herself to be a very savvy pop artist. When her second CD ("N.B.") underperformed critically and commercially in Europe, she scrapped its planned U.S. release and quickly recorded a new CD ("Pocketful of Sunshine") that she thought would do better. The first two singles from that new CD fit seamlessly into current American pop radio: "Love Like This" peaked at #11 and "Pocketful of Sunshine" went all the way to #5. The third single, "Angel," is a beautiful ballad-tinged song likely to become a big U.S. hit. "Angel" is a bit more R&B leaning than her usual single; producer Darkchild has produced numerous hits for R&B artists like Destiny's Child, Mary J. Blige, Pussycat Dolls, and Beyonce. The single starts as an atmospheric piano-driven jam, somewhat reminiscent of Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right." The song becomes progressively more up-tempo, culminating in a rap-style bridge by Natasha. What I like most about the song is that the production sounds so current yet it really incorporates Natasha's style as well - she sounds really great vocally here. A real winner that likely will vie for the top 10. |
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