Pixie Lott - Encino
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This takes me back to the Pixie Lott I've always loved: the soulful one! <3
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The album is available to pre-save on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/0BCkMrzYmDDKneukWGJi3P?si=mtO2Ca8iTfWfe3AURu1viQ
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/0BCkMrzYmDDKneukWGJi3P?si=mtO2Ca8iTfWfe3AURu1viQ
Wasn't really a fan of hers in the past but I'm really impressed with this campaign. She's clearly made a record she wants to but it slots perfectly into what would be catnip for Radio 2/adult stations right now (which BMG seem to be doing a good job of faciliating, since Midnight Trash is playlisted).
It's just great to see a label understand how to support and market these releases now, it makes such a change from a few years ago when artists like this wouldn't have been touched with a bargepole. It's obviously a bit budget, but at least it's happening. Good for her.
It's just great to see a label understand how to support and market these releases now, it makes such a change from a few years ago when artists like this wouldn't have been touched with a bargepole. It's obviously a bit budget, but at least it's happening. Good for her.
I've just heard it. Not a great record, but very cohesive indeed.
A review: https://retropopmagazine.com/album-review-pixie-lott-encino/
A review: https://retropopmagazine.com/album-review-pixie-lott-encino/
PIXIE LOTT: Encino (BMG)
Verdict: Unexpected reinvention
Rating: 3 stars
Pixie Lott was one of several female singers who emerged in the slipstream of Amy Winehouse in the late 2000s. Her first two singles, Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) and Boys And Girls, both topped the UK charts in 2009 by channelling
a retro-soul sound clearly inspired by Amy. She reached No. 1 again, two years later, with All About Tonight, cementing her status as one of the era's leading party girls.
Now making a musical comeback after a decade that has seen her pivot to the stage and TV, the Essex-raised singer has taken an unexpected turn, edging away from dance to something more classic and band-orientated. Maybe we shouldn't be quite so surprised, though: when I spoke to her in 2009, Lott confessed she was a pop princess who often felt 'more hippy, vintage and indie' — and she gleefully explores all those traits on Encino.
Co-writing every track here, the maturing Pixie Lott also exorcises a few of her demons in the album
Made in Los Angeles with producers Dave Gibson and Jeeve, the 33-year-old's first album since 2014 makes the most of her naturally versatile, expressive voice. There's an Adele-like richness to Further From Love, while the acoustic-based Show You Love, all strummed guitars and mandolin, taps into this year's country-pop trend. Co-writing every track here, the maturing Lott also exorcises a few of her demons, addressing online bullying on Somebody's Daughter and her battles with insomnia on Midnight Trash. The bruised piano ballad Say So, sung in a fragile falsetto, was inspired by what she says was an emotionally draining, three-month stint playing Holly Golightly in the 2016 West End adaptation of Breakfast At Tiffany's.
But the overall mood is buoyant. The nostalgic Blockbuster Video harks back to a time when watching a film at home meant a rented VHS tape rather than a digital stream. Another country-ish tune, Happy, has taken on fresh meaning for Lott since she gave birth to a son, Albert, last year. The album closes with Comes Back Around, an acoustic song about learning from mistakes that takes inspiration from T. S. Eliot's war-time poem Little Gidding. If that doesn't banish Pixie's frothy image, surely nothing will.
Rating: 3 stars
Pixie Lott was one of several female singers who emerged in the slipstream of Amy Winehouse in the late 2000s. Her first two singles, Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) and Boys And Girls, both topped the UK charts in 2009 by channelling
a retro-soul sound clearly inspired by Amy. She reached No. 1 again, two years later, with All About Tonight, cementing her status as one of the era's leading party girls.
Now making a musical comeback after a decade that has seen her pivot to the stage and TV, the Essex-raised singer has taken an unexpected turn, edging away from dance to something more classic and band-orientated. Maybe we shouldn't be quite so surprised, though: when I spoke to her in 2009, Lott confessed she was a pop princess who often felt 'more hippy, vintage and indie' — and she gleefully explores all those traits on Encino.
Co-writing every track here, the maturing Pixie Lott also exorcises a few of her demons in the album
Made in Los Angeles with producers Dave Gibson and Jeeve, the 33-year-old's first album since 2014 makes the most of her naturally versatile, expressive voice. There's an Adele-like richness to Further From Love, while the acoustic-based Show You Love, all strummed guitars and mandolin, taps into this year's country-pop trend. Co-writing every track here, the maturing Lott also exorcises a few of her demons, addressing online bullying on Somebody's Daughter and her battles with insomnia on Midnight Trash. The bruised piano ballad Say So, sung in a fragile falsetto, was inspired by what she says was an emotionally draining, three-month stint playing Holly Golightly in the 2016 West End adaptation of Breakfast At Tiffany's.
But the overall mood is buoyant. The nostalgic Blockbuster Video harks back to a time when watching a film at home meant a rented VHS tape rather than a digital stream. Another country-ish tune, Happy, has taken on fresh meaning for Lott since she gave birth to a son, Albert, last year. The album closes with Comes Back Around, an acoustic song about learning from mistakes that takes inspiration from T. S. Eliot's war-time poem Little Gidding. If that doesn't banish Pixie's frothy image, surely nothing will.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...3-album-review-adrian-thrills-pixie-lott.html
Picked this up from HMV the other day to support her. Been listening to the first half today and it's quite nice, both singles are great and so is Anybody Else.
Apparently Amazon messed up and a bulk of her orders won't be counting towards this week's chart, any idea what her midweek is?
Apparently Amazon messed up and a bulk of her orders won't be counting towards this week's chart, any idea what her midweek is?
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Oh that's a shame if true.
She is currently just inside the Top 70. Not sure if this a shock or not, I thought she might have managed a Louise or Emma Bunton and get to just outside the Top 10.
Has she done much promo at all?
I saw clips of her singing at Radio 2 in the park earlier in the year and her voice is in really, really rough shape. I don’t know what happened.
I think she just aged, she’s now a mom and hasn’t done regular live shows in almost 10 years. That kind of break can affect vocal stamina, so it’s not surprising if her voice isn’t exactly the same as before. She’s just getting older and her priorities have shifted, totally natural