Posted July 22, 200915 yr As you may know, Kristinia DeBarge is releasing her début album 'Exposed' on th 17th August here in the UK (28th July in US). It will include the hit 'Goodbye' and the future singles 'Sabotage' and 'Future Love'. It is released on a tough week with competition from Calvin Harris, Tinchy Stryder and The-Dream. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Kristina_debarge_-_exposed_cover.jpg Track Listing 01 'Somebody' 3:26 (M Hough, R. Wouter, U. Yancey) 02 'Future Love' 3:23 (Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Ryan Tedder) 03 'Speak Up' 3:42 (E.K. Bogart, R. Tedder) 04 'Goodbye' 3:28 (E. Dawkins, G. DeCarlo, A. Dixon, D. Frashuer, P. Leka, A. Shropshire, D. Thomas) *Contains a sample from 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye' by Steam 05 'Sabotage' 3:12 (E.K. Bogart, M. Mani, E. Nuri, J. Omley, D. Quinones) 06 'Died In Your Eyes' 3:46 (D. Josiah, P. Sheyne, R. Westburg) 07 'Powerless' 3:41 (T. Johnson, T. Keli, M. Mani, J. Omley) 08 'Cried Me A River' 4:22 (K. DeBarge, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, R. Walton) 09 'Doesn't Everybody Want To Fall In Love' 3:40 (Babyface, D. Simmons, R. Walton) 10 'It's Gotta Be Love' 3:07 (Babyface, D. Simmons, R. Walton) *Contains a sample from 'I Need Love' by LL Cool J 11 'Disconnect' 4:01 (Babyface, R. Walton) Album Preview MvCequZxaNM Edited July 27, 200915 yr by SecondTheoAround
July 22, 200915 yr Well it IS 'One Step At A Time' renamed so I'm not surprised :heehee: (I love it too!)
July 22, 200915 yr Have to say I am super impressed. I've really liked every single song! Doesn't Everbody Want To Fall In Love :heart:, Future Love, Dies In Your Eyes, Sabotage, Speak Up probs my favs on first listen.
July 22, 200915 yr Author She looks EVIL on the album cover. I know what you mean :lol: Edited July 27, 200915 yr by SecondTheoAround
July 22, 200915 yr Thought id give this album a listen after really liking both 'Goodbye' and 'Sabotage'. Quick review on first listen; 07.0 Somebody - A pleasant enough fairly uptempo pop song to open the album with, nothing amazing but nice enough 08.5 Future Love - Originally sang by Varsity, i prefer this version though, its a great summery pop song :D 07.0 Speak Up - Starts rather bland but by the chorus it had improved immensely, a grower 08.5 Goodbye - Generic yes, but its very catchy and deserves to do well 08.5 Sabotage - Theres many songs this sounds like and Future Love would be the better 2nd single though this is still very good 06.0 Died In Your Eyes - Somewhat of a filler this, something JoJo would sing, infact she sounds like her on it aswell, its not bad though 05.0 Powerless - I thought this was gonna be a big electro-r&b stomper from the opening but its one of those 2002 sounding generic fillers 06.0 Cried Me A River - Another generic average song, its not awful but just passed by without having an effect on me whatsoever 08.5 Doesn't Everybody Want To Fall In Love - Finally another really catchy song, 3rd single please, great to blast out 04.0 It's Gotta Be Love - Heard this ages ago, found it bland as anything and still do 06.0 Disconnect - The album ends with another generic as anything slice of pop/r&b 07.0 - Overall - Certainly not a bad album at all, most of the songs sound like growers but theres nothing amazing on it on first listen.
July 22, 200915 yr Liking this album alot! :o 'Future Love', 'Sabotage' and 'Speak Up' being my favourites. Some parts of her vocals remind me of Keri Hilson (But nobody else seems to hear it :( - Especially on 'Speak Up')
July 22, 200915 yr 5.5 Somebody | What the crap is this? Decent verses but the chorus is 100% dull. Nice ish beat but done a thousand times before. 8.5 Future Love | Despite being a One Step snatch I do think this is cute. Might get old and the production is tinny but atm I approve. 6.5 Speak Up | You're alone Jon, Keri-esqe it ain't. I'm sad that it isn't an 'inspirational' song about abuse. Pretty but bland. 9.0 Goodbye | Brilliant pop song. Great sample (if decidedly uncool), massive hook. Quite the borderline-teeny anthem. 8.0 Sabotage | This is the mst impressive so far in production terms but it lacks a little something. Strong song though. 6.0 Dies In Your Eyes | Bit of a bore. I like the bittersweet vibe but it's not in the slightest bit memorable. 8.0 Powerless | So far this beat is the one which has most grabbed my attention but the song is a little TOO repetetive... 5.5 Cried Me A River | Q: How repulsive could one set of lyrics be? A: Not as repulsive as THESE. Brb while I harm myself. 5.0 Doesn't Everybody Want To Fall In Love | No they don't. More tinky piano beat blandness. Such a weak, dull chorus. 5.5 It's Gotta Be Love | I can't even know what to say at this point. 00s ballads don't work for her; why give her a 90s one? 6.0 Disconnect | It's OKAY. Blah. Disappointing overall. Too generic even for me!
July 22, 200915 yr 6.5 Speak Up | You're alone Jon, Keri-esqe it ain't. I'm sad that it isn't an 'inspirational' song about abuse. Pretty but bland. I didn't mean musically I meant vocally (Not too much but there ARE parts) :P But you probably knew that :drama: PLEASE let there be SOMEBODY who thinks the same :cry:
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