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  • Summary: The debut album for the singer-songwriter was produced with Greg Kurstin and Joe Goddard.

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Remedy
I can see you stalking like a predator I've been here before Temptation calls like Adam to the apple But I will not be caught Coz I can read those... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. On Hands, musically she's great?at taking superstar glamour to the streets: It's megaclub gold for the broke-ass rest of us.
  2. For an album with crowded electro-pop instrumentation, the music isn't overbearing, and Little Boots' cheeky lyrics never lose any of their dry attitude.
  3. It’s the type of near-perfect, swooning synth-pop rush that Oakey was riding with the Human League in the ’80s.
  4. The vintage futurism that drapes Hesketh's songs has stayed in vogue, and there's fun to be had here.
  5. While her first full-length album, Hands, smacks of trying too hard (Hesketh skittishly rotated through several different producers, and the sound is all over the map), most of the songs are imminently playable on their own terms.
  6. What the Brit singer does have is a bunch of shiny, propulsive electro-pop songs.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    Her debut album, indeed, is something of a mess, the sense being of an artist trying to run before she can walk. [Jul 2009, p.123]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Aug 24, 2011
    10
    Uma voz simples mas eficiente, o uso MUITO bem elaborado de um instrumento novo chamado Tenori-On e conhecimento musical. Ã
  2. Nov 14, 2019
    10
    Slayed! slayed! slayed! good in 2009. Good in 2019. Okay, thanks, im'cant and crying
  3. May 30, 2012
    9
    This album is a great mix of electro pop and tuneful melodies, highly recommended if your into the musical stylings of Ladyhawke and SleighThis album is a great mix of electro pop and tuneful melodies, highly recommended if your into the musical stylings of Ladyhawke and Sleigh Bells!, Recommended for all ages. Expand
  4. Dec 3, 2013
    8
    Little Boots delivers on her debut album. This serves as a starting point for what I hope to be a exciting and long career. Download:Little Boots delivers on her debut album. This serves as a starting point for what I hope to be a exciting and long career. Download: Remedy, Earthquake, Mathematics, Ghost Collapse