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Cheryl Cole: Messy Little Raindrops – review

(Polydor)Such is the overbearing nature of Cole's celebrity it's difficult for her music to feel anything other than beside the point. Messy Little Raindrops has marginally more zip than last year's 3 Words, throwing in some hooky house-pop ("Yeah Yeah", "Waiting") among the airbrushed R&B and quasi-autobiographical ballads. But every move it makes sounds crushingly focus-grouped, from the expendable Dizzee Rascal cameo on "Everyone" to the aping of Owl City's electro-whimsy on "Hummingbird". G...

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22:00 on October 28 2010

Cheryl Cole: Messy Little Raindrops | CD review

Guardian Music — (Polydor)Coming from a member of one of the most forward-looking pop acts of the 21st century, Messy Little Raindrops feels curiously dated. It's one thing for Cheryl Col... more info

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23:05 on October 30 2010

Cheryl Cole: Messy Little Raindrops – review

Guardian Music — (Polydor)Such is the overbearing nature of Cole's celebrity it's difficult for her music to feel anything other than beside the point. Messy Little Raindrops has margina... more info

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23:01 on October 28 2010