In recent times, Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage, broken up with her long-time boyfriend from Chemical Brothers, caught half naked a few too many times and put her two cents into everything. Hands down, Lily Allen is one of the mouthiest girls to have come out of the UK in a while now, and her new album certainly lives up to that tag. Everyone should know this - Lily Allen is still as ballzy as ever.
From the beginning you can see how Allen is more than happy to say whatever she wants and not caring if it might offend anyone. 'Everyone's At It' is a clear statement that everyone from both rags to riches are munching on something illicit. 'The Fear' launches into an attack on the messed up state of the world today. The fun, toe tapping hillbilly song 'Not Fair' seems like a dig at a possible ex-boyfriend of her, especially when says "i lie here in the wet patch in the middle of the bed, im feeling pretty darn hard done by, i spent ages giving head".
After the first three songs, Lily begins to show glimpses of maturity. '22' explains how partying too hard too early could cost you dearly in life ahead, and 'I Could Say' talks about the saddness of relationships coming to an end. 'Back To The Start' drifts from the lollipop sucking sounds to a more energetic and edgier attitude to the album. However, just when you think Lily is starting to take her music to a new level, she comes back to her old school ways with the lame 'Never Going To Happen'. Summed up with the line from the actual song "how on earth can i be more obvious".
'Fuck You' is probably one of the better songs on the album. This time, Lily decides to have a go yee old ex prez G Dubya. 'Who'd Have Known' disappointingly allows Lily to turn the volume notch on the album down to a melancholic, boring level. On 'Chinese', Lily once again talks about relationships, which by now the listener should be bored of listening too. With 'Him', Lily decides to question God and as to whether "he's skint, or financially secure?" or "ever taken smack or cocaine>?". Somehow Lily Allen thinks that God's "favourite band is 'Creedance Clearwater Revival". We don't how she got that. For the final song "He Wasn't There", it sounds like you're listening to Lily on a vinyl. The crackle in the background, coupled with the piano, actually makes it feel like Lily's performing in a little jazz bar in the 1930's. It's actually nice and freshing, but just a little too late.
So, overall, this album is nice. That's probably it. It definitely has its great moments, but there's also a lot of dull moments. The kids at Music Universe love Lily because she's cute, provocative and beddable, and that's exactly what 'It's Not You, It's Me' is.
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--- Contributed by Jase S.
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