Alright Still

Lily Allen is the type of pop star you either love or hate. On the one hand she seems to have few redeeming features as a singer, her voice, while slightly destinctive, is hardly the strongest and she doesn't seem to have a kind word for too many of her peers and contempories. Yet one listen to this album and you'll be whistling the tunes on it for months to come. Most people will know her huge number one hit 'Smile' and it still stands as one of the best songs on the album, along with LDN and Alfie.
Most of the songs seem to have a vindictive tone when it comes to the lyrics, which are surprisingly witty and sometimes genuinely funny, which offset the sugar-coated sounds all around them.
Often compared to Mike Skinners, The Streets, the resemblance musically, is pretty obvious although Lily is slightly more poppy and is obviously trying to appeal to a slightly more teen audience, she's managed to make an album which has much wider appeal than even she probably thought it… more »

Lily Allen is the type of pop star you either love or hate. On the one hand she seems to have few redeeming features as a singer, her voice, while slightly destinctive, is hardly the strongest and she doesn't seem to have a kind word for too many of her peers and contempories. Yet one listen to this album and you'll be whistling the tunes on it for months to come. Most people will know her huge number one hit 'Smile' and it still stands as one of the best songs on the album, along with LDN and Alfie.
Most of the songs seem to have a vindictive tone when it comes to the lyrics, which are surprisingly witty and sometimes genuinely funny, which offset the sugar-coated sounds all around them.
Often compared to Mike Skinners, The Streets, the resemblance musically, is pretty obvious although Lily is slightly more poppy and is obviously trying to appeal to a slightly more teen audience, she's managed to make an album which has much wider appeal than even she probably thought it would.
At first glance it may not be an album that will appeal to everyone, but give it a chance and you may just find yourself pleasantly surprised. I know I did.