Nicola Roberts: Cinderella's Eyes – review

(Polydor)While Girls Aloud's hiatus rumbled on, Nicola Roberts set about carving herself a solo career, and her debut album threw up its fair share of surprises. The group's thundering synth-pop is in evidence on tracks such as Lucky Day and Yoyo, but overall, this is a more textured and intriguing experiment in working out a sound and identity. The Diplo-produced Beat of My Drum hinted at her leftfield ambitions; the slower, funereal I and the heartbreaking fame parable Sticks + Stones sounded ...

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