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NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - N.B.
| Guardian | | Natasha Bedingfield is a pop star who constantly flirts with the ridiculous, which makes her something of a Marmite proposition. On How Do You Do?, she is backed by a brass band and sings the chorus as if she is Mark E Smith ("Is it wrong to be the - instigat-AH!"); the manic jauntiness of single I Wanna Have Your Babies is accompanied by a slight sense that Bedingfield has overdosed on fertility drugs; elsewhere, she indulges in extended pirate metaphors and off-kilter lyrical tangents which will charm some and grate on others....full text |
| | Dotmusic | | The greatest gift an older sibling can give is the chance to learn from their mistakes. Natasha Bedingfield, formerly known as the younger sister of one time pop star Daniel, will no doubt have been paying close attention, keen to ensure that her second album doesn't go the way of her brother's. Over confident to the point of arrogance, Daniel's "Second First Impression" staggered, floundered and ultimately plummeted like a stone under the sheer weight of its confused and bloated pomposity....full text |
| | Virgin | | First time around, Natasha Bedingfield managed to stand out from her peers due to the relative dearth of decent female singer-songwriters in the charts. Since her heyday, however, the likes of Lily Allen, Jamelia and Robyn have built on her strong, soulful summery songs formula and more than hogged the limelight, adding an extra element of intangible "cool" that Bedingfield somehow always lacked. Now Bedingfield is back with a new album, roping in Eve and a host of hot R&B producers like Rich Harrison to add an edge to her music. This new album is the fruit of the labour - is it any cop?...full text |
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