Listening through the whole album once, twice and thrice i was convinced this was a gooooood album. As expected and more actually. Easy to listen to, nice song, cool and angry texts, much like early Alanis. A few more listenings started to unveil that perhaps it was too easy to listen to an quite simple and childish? Maybe a bit naive as well with regards to what you expect from the listener. Are we really this simple. Shouldn't we have higher demands?
But still there was SOMETHING that appealed to me. So i continued to listen. After another 10 times the conclusion is: Yes, this is indeed simple, childish and naive. With two exceptions. "Fuck You" still sits with me after listening to it a 100 times. And the tune "He wasn't there" is simply fantastic with its baseline picked straight out of an old movie. It´s easy to picture an old Victor Victrola gramophone turning Lily Allen on vinyl while the owner of the house walks around, puffing his pipe in a blue bathrobe and a scarf around his neck neatly tucked inside the robe while Lily performs her convincing tune in the setting of an english library.
Be it that this record will not stand the test of time, but maybe we shouldn´t have higher demands for a measly 10 bucks on iTunes?
From me to you: Buy " He wasn't there" and skip the rest.
Listen to Lily Allen – He Wasn't There on Spotify!
Enjoy :)
