Posted September 22, 200620 yr http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1707562.JPG Fergie - The Dutches 01. Fergalicious The first ever song on her first ever album and who opens it up for her? Will.I.am. Big mistake. The title & song is cheesy but is catchy with a beaty chorus. The song also experiments a bit with different genre of music which works well. Although the second mistake is that it is 5 minutes mistake about about 3 minutes of the song is filled with Will.I.am repeating himself over and over again. Good song although should be renamed Will.I.am feat. Fergie 8/10 2. Clumsy The same saddo opens the song again and Fergie experiments with her voice again as it sounds different to Fergalicious. Not an awful track but not a stand out track either 5/10 3. All That I Got (The Make Up Song) It's like a better follow up from Clumsy but with a beautiful chorus. It's a nice ballad for the near start of the album and also sounds like it has been influenced by Mariah Carey. Just when you think finally a song with Will.I.am he appears to demolish the song. Despite the fact Will.I.am is in the song, it's a lovely song! 8/10 4. London Bridge The song that finally starts the album going! Thank god this was the first release for a song. You think, oh god, Fergie rapping but YES it works perfectly! Plus near the end it's so funny with all those english accents going on! This song picks up the album and completly stands out from the past 3 songs 10/10 5. Pedestal As soon as I heard the opening I thought good grief. I dont know why Fergie is singing the tune of London Bridge is falling down in the voice of a 5 year old but then her vocals deffinatly change and sound more edgy which works perfectly with the song. Catchy and Edgy song, works for me. 9/10 06. Voodoo Doll The whispering in the begining sounds creepy, like vampires first for blood and then you expect it to all go rocky but it turns very classic like with the trumpets and that etc. The chorus is a let down though, but thanks to the beat and the classy side to the track makes the song good. 7/10 07. Glamorous It starts of sounding like a nice ballad but then Will.I.am makes a "lovely" re-appearance. The song sounds nice and mellow but the G,L,A,M,O,R,O,U,S bit just dosnt work for me. Alot of people like this song but it's not one for me 6/10 08. Here I Come Fergie opens the song with an uplifting beat but her voice sounds strange in the chorus, but maybe thats just the effect to the song, I dont know but then back to rapping she goes. It's just the cool beat that moves this song along. And oh yeah, did I forget to mention that HE is back in the song again?! 5/10 09. Velvet Hmm this song dosnt do it for me. I could listen to it and an hour later I'd hear it again and I'd still go, what was this song? The song is slow and laid back, although her voice picks up in the end 4/10 10. Big Girls Dont Cry At first you just think it's a follow up from the dismal Velvet but then a fast nice moving ballad starts to the chorus. So far it's the best ballad that has appeared on the album! Overall it's a beautiful song 9/10 11. Mary Jane Shoes It sounds very tropical and african which adds a nice feeling towards the song. About 2.40 through the song the song completly changes into a rocky song. It would sound alot better if it was rocky throughout the whole song 8/10 12. Loosing My Ground For some reason it reminds me of a song that Christina Aguilera would make. The genre also confuses me as I dont know what it is. It's a ballad but it's not the sort of gentle beautiful ballad. But It's a nice song that I like. Although I can tell that this will be very underatted 8/10 13. Finally The song opens up with a a piano and then when Fergie sings you can tell her voice is deffinatly on form! The song is lovely and in fact Is one of the best ballads on the entire album! I think the song is alot better then Big Girls Dont Cry. Her vocals are outstanding. Her voice works perfectly with the piano! 10/10 14. Get Your Hands Up It has a brilliant opening and the first time that Will.I.am has came into good use into the album! I cant really descrive the song, it's very unique to the album although it's the best hip hop song on the album! This song would make a brilliant concert song! 9/10 15. Wake Up It's Gritty and In your face, the type of songs I love! It's rocky to which adds a great effect to the song. Another one of the unique songs on the album, it's completly different to everything on the album. Gritty and In Your Face. Does it for me! 10/10 16. Paradise It's good, summery and troipical. Not much special though. I dont know how to describe it really except the word, good 7/10 17. Maybe We Can Take A Ride I dont really like this song at all. It's to laid back and it's very... sleezy. A bad way to end the album 5/10 Overall This album is completly different to all the albums that I already have. The album is different. I completly love the album but I know for a fact that this album wont appeal to alot of people. If you are not hyped up about London Bridge then you deffinatly will not like this album. But as I loved London Bridge it appealed to me. The album has a different mix and collection of songs, it's a really good debut album from Fergie but only get the album if you are desperate for it Overall Score (Scores taken from each album track) : 8.5
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