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ALL SAINTS
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| Average Rating: 7.71 |
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Great British female R&B/pop
by "darkangel3030" England
Reviewed on June 13th, 2002
When British girl group All Saints first burst onto the scene they were seen as just another addition to the post-Spice Girls girl power craze. It wasn't until people heard their music that they began to hail them as the next big thing. And that they were, in Britain at least, achieving five number one hits, winning a Brit Award and producing two critically acclaimed and popular albums.This first one is an assured mix of dance, soul and funk. Although the singles are obviously the highlights, there's plenty else here as well to make it a very consistent album. Something like `Never Ever' is a genuine classic: soft, vulnerable and pleading without being sentimental or over-the-top. The key to this group is that they are as you see them, a group of mature young ladies singing about what's important to them - love and relationships. It's a mark of band member Shaznay Lewis' talent that she can write such universally accessible material whilst still keeping it personal. But even if there are plenty of personal moments on here there's also a lot of fun to be had, particularly in their stomping `I Know Where It's At' or their fantastic version of `Lady Marmalade', to which they've added a rap which surprisingly works exceedingly well. The underlying sauce to some of their tracks, nowhere so evident as on the breathy `Bootie Call', is equally impressive. The group even get close to a touching song, something unusual for a pop group, with `War Of Nerves', written about the death of Princess Diana, which is in one word `beautiful'. This is heaps more durable than the Spice Girls and a mature debut. Listening to this, it's a shame the group split after only two albums.
More "All Saints" reviews:
[2003-09-27] Music You Have To Buy (8)
[2003-09-06] They know where it's at. (6)
[2002-06-13] Great British female R&B/pop (8)
[2002-03-25] All classic (10)
[2002-02-12] Much better than you would think (10)
[2001-12-05] All Saints Rock (8)
[2001-12-04] Boring (4)
[2001-07-27] This is just not good. (2)
[2001-07-20] All Saints score high with this debut (10)
[2001-06-26] a really great cd!! (8)
[2001-01-01] Great new girl band (10)
[2000-10-15] hey sisters go! (8)
[2000-08-20] Richer Than The Spice Girls (10)
[2000-07-27] ALL SAINTS ALBUM (8)
[2000-07-23] All Saints? More like All SINNERS!!!!! (2)
[2000-07-13] never ever will i hate this cd (10)
[2000-06-14] good "nasty" fun (10)
[2000-06-12] NEVER EVER MISS GETTING THIS CD (10)
[2000-06-10] OK (6)
[2000-06-08] Heavenly debut from the Saints! (8)
[2000-06-01] OK CD (6)
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