Alexandra Burke: Heartbreak on Hold – review

(RCA)X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Burke is credited as executive producer on her second album, and it seems to be more than just a vanity title: "The amount of control I've had is unreal," she says. So the buck stops with her, and only she can explain why Heartbreak on Hold falls back on the Auto-Tuned pyrotechnics and clinical club-pop that have turned the singles chart into a featureless wasteland. At this stage, it's counter-productive for her to be cultivating a resemblance to Nicole Scher...

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