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UncutMay 13, 2011Sincere but Hokey homilies test the patience, but she brings imaginative vocal skills and real life experiences to "White Room," which displays a certain determined character. [Jun 2011, p.86]
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Apr 11, 2011Who You Are is a singularly ironic title for a debut that finds Jessie J trying on discarded threads from every British pop starlet of the last half decade.
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Apr 7, 2011Who You Are doesn't entirely deliver, but even when its songs fall short of the promised hype, their potential is obvious.
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Mar 28, 2011Divested of the slowies, this would have been a fine pop record.
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Mar 28, 2011She harmonises piquantly with herself over the languid guitar groove, and B.o.B's rap is pleasingly modest enough, too. The same can't really be said of such tracks as "Casualty Of Love" and "Rainbow", however, both singularly unimpressive songs tricked out with the showy vocal bling favoured by R&B divas as a substitute for genuine soul.
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Apr 26, 2011Quite honestly, Ke$ha is just more fun to listen to, even though Jessie J may ultimately have more career longevity. It's a decent enough album for the teenage dance set though.
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Apr 26, 2011These ambitiously sung songs make for tremendous chaos: the lyrics about uplift are often trite, the furiously modern arrangements are often cliched.
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Apr 11, 2011Unfortunately, the songs on Who You Are that allow Jessie J's ugly, born-that-way vocals to cut loose are in the distinct minority. In the quest to find herself, she seems to have gotten sidetracked.
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Mar 28, 2011What it's not, though, is a collection that confirms the arrival of a significant solo talent. It's too patchy, too hurried, the powers behind it too eager to capitalise on the artist's current chart success.
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Mar 28, 2011Weirdest of all, though, is that no matter how much Jessie J sings about being herself, we don't really ever get a sense of who, or what, that is.
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Mar 28, 2011It plays like a very conventional, early-90s pop record.
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Mar 22, 2011She's still one to watch, but the hype which preceded the release of Who You Are promised much more than what has been delivered.
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Apr 12, 2011In trying to be an über-pop-star, she ends up becoming an every-pop-star.
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Apr 20, 2011Who You Are tries very hard to swagger, but it trips over its own feet and continues to self-consciously limp on through thirteen tracks, as if to suggest that's its hobbling is its normal walk.
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Apr 12, 2011It's well-meaning, well-crafted and confused. Sometimes versatility can be a vice.
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Mar 22, 2011In her first offering, Jessie J's only real failing appears to be her attempt to be everything to everyone. As a result the album fails to live up to its title, for by the end of it you're left none the wiser when it comes to the identity of Jessie J.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 121 out of 199
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Mixed: 31 out of 199
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Negative: 47 out of 199
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Jun 11, 2011
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May 8, 2012
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Oct 16, 2015