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Natasha Bedingfield is a genuine pop talent who often flashes hints of a greater than average ambition that could turn her into something more substantial than the likes of Rhianna, but the awkwardly assembled Pocketful of Sunshine feels inorganic in a way that Unwritten did not, less personal and more vetted by various A&R executives.
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It's good clean fun, entertaining and inoffensive.
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Even doing her humble bit, she yells in your ear.
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Nat Bed's second has nothing as catchy as 'Unwritten', the tunes are on the airy-fairy side of breezy, and the lyrics on the naff side of plain. But 'Smell the Roses' is a turbulent little pop symphony, and 'When You Know You Know' is sinuous soul that speaks well of her extended sojourn in LA studios.
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Honest emotions become sentimentality, as Bedingfield is constantly singing about herself rather than as herself.
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The packaging in which she wraps her openhearted thoughts makes Sunshine a decent little pop record.
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Despite some attempts at quasi-uplift ('Freckles') and childhood nostalgia ('Backyard'), there's little here that's likely to reprise the slow-burning success of that inspirational smash ['Unwritten'].
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She sings about the minutiae of modern relationships from a feminine perspective, but a healthy dose of self-awareness regarding the archetypes she plays with and some jolly-hockey-sticks humour prevent her from slipping into Bridget Jones territory.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 22
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Mixed: 2 out of 22
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Negative: 3 out of 22
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RicardoAJan 25, 2008Can't believe this kind of boring pap is still being released in the 21st Century.
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MichalV.Jan 23, 2008
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Maikv.Jan 22, 2008