(Morning Star, Friday 25 January 2008)
ALBUM: Laura Critchley - Sometimes I
(Big Print Music)
CHIRPY pretty songstresses from Liverpool are the bedrock of modern pop. Think Cilla to Sonia and many inbetween.
Laura Critchley is set to be part of that esteemed line-up, weaving, as she does, the tales of a fractured heart with an upbeat, summery disposition which gets the foot tapping and drills those choruses into your brain.
Unfortunately, Critchley's market is firmly on Magic FM - this saccharine girl-pop is quite frankly enough to give anyone else a toothache.
A song called Superstar is dedicated to Karen Carpenter, Laura's heroine. Sadly, something this sweet would look out of place on even the Carpenters' sugary records, because Carpenter sang from the heart, something that Critchley hasn't proven herself capable of on this debut.
Friday 25 January 2008
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