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| Alright, Still | 
 enlarge | Artist: Lily Allen
Label: EMI/Regal
Category: Music
List Price: $12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 140701
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 094637173923
EAN: 0094637173923
ASIN: B000GW8S10
Release Date: July 17, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Smile | | • | Knock 'Em Out | | • | LDN | | • | Everything's Just Wonderful | | • | Not Big | | • | Friday Night | | • | Shame For You | | • | Littlest Things | | • | Take What You Take | | • | Friend Of Mine | | • | Alfie |
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From Amazon.co.uk
Being, as she is, the daughter of prominent British actor Keith Allen, the cynics could easily dismiss the rise of Lily Allen as an act of backroom nepotism, a talent-free starlet helped to the stage by the right connections. But one listen to her debut album Alright, Still dispels any doubts about young Ms. Allen's star quality. Possessed of a feisty wit and taste for urban storytelling that should see her compared to Mike "The Streets" Skinner, these 11 tracks of sunshine-friendly reggae pop cover topics including frustrating potential closing-time suitors ("Knock 'Em Out"), being happy when your ex is having a bad time ("Smile"), and having a little brother who likes a bit of a smoke--and not just of the tobacco variety ("Alfie"). Wisely, however, Allen doesn't let the grittiness of the subject matter tarnish the golden pop suss of the songs, a suite of gleaming productions by names including Mark Ronson and Gwen Stefani collaborator Greg Kurstin that take inspiration from the lighter end of reggae and vintage rocksteady. Doubtless some corners of the press will pillory her as a poor role model, but there's an engaging honesty to the likes of "LDN"--a love song to a city filled with teenage muggers, pimps, and crack whores, narrated by someone who's cycling because "the filth took away my license." Like father, like daughter. --Louis Pattison
Album Description
Debut album by this critically adored British female pop vocalist. 11 tracks including the single 'Smile'. It's been a whirlwind couple of months for Lily Allen. After signing a low key deal with Regal, late last year, no one could have predicted how quickly she'd make an impression on the nation. Lily, like many artists, started posting tracks on her Myspace site in November 2005, so she could gauge what people thought. The response has been phenomenal. Listens on her Myspace site now are staggering, over 2 million and rising. The support from the press, radio and TV has been fantastic. She is already a 'red top' favorite with her honesty and sharp tongue, but also has fans across the digital world and within cult publications. Regal. 2006.
Album Details
The Outstanding 2006 Debut Full Length CD featuring the Single "Smile". "Lily Allen - the Cool as F**k Sound of the Summer" - Nme.
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 Finally here! August 1, 2006
15 out of 26 found this review helpful
Like many people on my side (the non-London side) of the Atlantic, I first heard Lily Allen on her Myspace page. There, she gives away four of the songs on her "Alright, Still" disc and has streaming videos for "LDN" and "Smile". As of Aug. 1, 2006, she has had over 3 million plays, and now her first album is available in the U.S. Lily Allen sings clear-eyed, dead-on lyrics in a lilting "mockney" accent over a sunny and upbeat mix of ska, reggae, and pop. Her irony derives as much from the juxtaposition of her sharp tongue with poptimistic musical sensibilities and a voice and manner that are deceptively sweet. Lily Allen has been earning praise and rave reviews in her native land and is scheduled for a UK tour come this fall. We can only hope that similar success in the U.S. will lead to a tour here, so I urge all fans to purchase their own copy of "Alright, Still". It will bring a smile to your face and probably repel people who are easily offended or are fans of James Blunt--all good reasons to get this CD.
More than alright!! October 5, 2006
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
'Alright, still' is the fun filled, summery debut from 21 year old English singer Lily Allen. Discovered on myspace by hundreds of millions before she'd even signed a recording contract, her sunny, upbeat riposte at an ex, 'Smile' got to #1 in the UK.
And that song sets the tone for most of this brilliant pop debut; sunny, upbeat, mostly ska influenced songs, with a cheeky/bratty attitude.
Follow up (and top 10 UK hit) 'LDN' is an observation her hometown London (both the nice, and the nasty), made while riding around on her bike. Very bouncy and catchy semi-calypso.
Other standouts include the brilliant get-lost-you-jerk of 'Knock me out' (starts out jazzy with piano and horns, semi spoken in a very British accent) which is highly reminiscent of fellow Brit The Streets, the incredibly catchy 'Littlest things' about a dying relationship, the rather cheeky put down of 'Not big' (title says it all really), and the clap filled, bouncy 'Everything's just wonderful'.
They don't make pop like this anymore. Insanely fun!!!
 Lily Allen - Alright, Still... September 13, 2006
11 out of 29 found this review helpful
When I first put this CD in, I thought to myself, "I've heard these first two songs before". They sound an awful lot like most of the The Streets' last 3 albums, especially "Knock Em Out" (#2). So initially, I was a little leery of her trying to be the female version of one of my favorite groups, The Streets.
Luckily, she mixes it up a bit after the start. There are a lot of good songs on here - there are no terrible must-skip tracks on here. Every song is entertaining. It appears that she writes her own lyrics, and they're quite good so points for that. The production is great on this album (better than The Streets). The beats are dub and garage with some pop thrown in.
All in all, it's tremendously effective. She's very catchy without ever being corny. A very solid, surprising debut.
She's bright, she's brassy and... she's British! November 19, 2006
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is one of my favourite and most fun buys of 2006. Daughter of actor and comedian Keith Allen, Lily is a breath of fresh air to a music scene that takes itself way too seriously and has allowed itself to grow stale in the process. One newspaper critic described her voice as "as thin as a supermodel's ankle" but you know what? It doesn't matter! She's fun!
"Smile" was a number 1 hit for here here in the UK earlier in the year and while subsequent releases haven't fared so well, the album is packed with fun tunes. She captures the essence of inner-city young female angst pefectly. Some of my personal favourites (apart from "Smile") are:
"Knock 'Em Out", where she sings about being hassled by boys she's not interested in. ("Not in a million years," she sings, which always makes me hoot).
"LDN", where she describes the urban decay she sees all around her but, like many inner-city Londoners, wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
"Everything's Just Wonderful", which has a truly beautiful chorus.
"Not Big", where she slags off an ex-boyfriend. As you do.
"Littlest Things", a song about feeling lonely after the end of a relationship and reminiscing about the good days.
and "Take What You Take", where she tells "old" people to shut up, mind their own business and stop offering advice. That's me told then.
But in truth, I like all the songs. Her lyrics are not only humourous but very insightful. I like Lily's spunkyness and I especially love the fact that she hasn't done what so many British singers have done and still do, i.e. try to sing like an American. Good on her. A friend of mine thinks this is what the Specials would be doing if they were still around (and had a female vocalist). I can see where he's coming from but - many of her songs do have a ska/reggae feel to them but I think she's more difficult to pigeon hole. There are even elements of good old New Orleans jazz funk in there somewhere. She's done pretty well this year at home, I really hope the US market warms to her. She's definitely one of a kind.
Love the music, the lyrics, the voice September 7, 2006
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
'cept that I drive too fast when I listen to this CD :)
Music is best of brit pop with much more rhytm and beat than you would expect in pop music. Don't know what that makes it in the end, music has gone in so many directions and fusions it's hard to discern what is what any more.
Lily Allen has the sweetest voice you can imagine and her lyrics are so cheeky and so easy to identify with! "oh, yes, I'm fine, and everything is wonderful, I'm having the time of my life" (my favorite!)
Love tracks 1,4,9,11. Can listen to this CD for 2.5 hours straight (drive to the coast takes that much on Friday afternoon).
I recommend wholeheartedly!
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