More summer 2014
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Bibliotekernes vurdering
d. 8. dec. 2014
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Thomas Tiedje
d. 8. dec. 2014
Cheryl Ann Fernandez-Versini har passeret de 30, men er stadig en af de største kändisser i England. Hun slog igennem via Pop Stars i 2002, var en del af den succesfulde pigegruppe Girls Aloud, har været gift med fodboldstjernen Ashley Cole, været dommer i X-faktor og figurerer også som reklameobjekt og modeikon. Musikken er nu om stunder blot en del af brandet Cheryl, og måske derfor har den britiske sangerinde haft behov for at brande sin originalitet, sin normalitet - at hun kun er et menneske. "It feels so fucking good to say I swear/that I don't care", lyder det således på singlen "I don't care". Så er det bare ærgeligt, at personligheden ikke slår igennem i musikken, der mestendels er lette, auto-tunede og standardiserede popsange fra den anonyme hitfabrik. Undtagelsen er singlen "Crazy stupid love" (feat. Tinie Tempah), som henter en god del inspiration fra Beyoncés "Crazy in love".
Daily Mail
d. 6. nov. 2014
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Adrian Thrills
d. 6. nov. 2014
"Her vocal limitations are exposed on ill-advised detours into R&B. All In One Night demands a swagger that Cheryl doesn't possess, while Stars is one of several generic dance-pop tracks. The appealingly strange Coming Up For Air, with label-mate Compass a potent presence, and the hypnotic Goodbye Means Hello are far more suitable vehicles, as is the Eighties-style ballad Fight On, co-written by Lowe. 'I'm now a woman, and not so unsure of myself any more,' says Cheryl, 31. And these songs certainly reflect a renewed self-belief. It might pale in comparison with the year's benchmark pop album - Taylor Swift's towering 1989 - but Only Human shows that Cheryl can still cut it when she plays to her strengths".
The guardian
d. 6. nov. 2014
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Caroline Sullivan
d. 6. nov. 2014
"On the breezy, 80s discoesque song It's About Time, she announces: "All the time I was so scared of flying... I'm not running any more." More power to her, but there's a frustrating lack of distinctiveness to the music that is exacerbated by generic, Auto-Tuned vocals. Exceptions are Goodbye Means Hello, an intriguingly arid co-write by ex-Girls Aloud Nicola Roberts, and the hit Crazy Stupid Love, which has the best horn motif since Beyoncé's Crazy in Love".
Gaffa [online]
d. 14. dec. 2014
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Malena Salvado
d. 14. dec. 2014
Et ganske udmærket og varieret popalbum, der både er velskrevet, velsunget og velproduceret. Bevares, (...) ikke særligt dybt eller originalt ... Cheryl er blevet mere moden siden sidst, i hvert fald vil hun gerne undervise os udi, at livet skal leves (Live Life Now), og at et knust hjerte altid heler igen (It's About Time). Jeg giver fire stjerner for det gode budskab og for - trods alt - at overraske positivt".
