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| Artist: Estelle
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
Buy Used: £4.35
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 325
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 412860
UPC: 075678995422
EAN: 0075678995422
ASIN: B00142Q7H8
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Wait A Minute (just a touch) | | • | No Substitute Love | | • | American Boy Feat. Kanye West | | • | More Than Friends | | • | Magnificent Feat. Kardinal Offishall | | • | Come Over | | • | So Much Out The Way | | • | In The Rain | | • | Back In Love | | • | You Are Feat. John Legend | | • | Pretty Please (love me) Feat. Cee-Lo | | • | Shine |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Award-winning British artist Estelle never got her just desserts for her 2004 debut album The 18th Day. Though the record was a critical success, it failed to make the mainstream splash many had hoped for. Her sophomore project, Shine, seems hell bent on avoiding the same fate. Backed up by a coterie of high profile US starlets--Wyclef Jean, will.i.am, Mark Ronson and Kanye West--Shine has surefire commercial success written all over it; though that's not to say Estelle has sold out. Despite the high-impact American-style production, Shine remains reassuringly British. Estelle's West London twang is as sharp as ever, and even Kanye drops rhymes about "WAGS" and "London Boys" (see single "American Boy"). It's every bit as diverse as its predecessor too, featuring dancehall party jams ("Magnificent", produced by Mark Ronson and featuring Kardinal Offishall), the will.i.am produced "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)" (which uses a twisted up sample from Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You") to lovers' rock ("Come Over") and, of course, some love ballads too, such as "Substitute Lover", overseen by Wyclef. A solid all-round follow up, Shine should give Estelle the commercial success she deserves. --Danny McKenna
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 Her live perfomances are amazing... this album will be too! March 9, 2008
Pippa (UK)
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
I saw Estelle perform at the BBC Electric Proms a few months ago and she played a lot of her new material. Whilst staying true to her distinctive style we experienced with "The 18th Day", the songs on this album song totally fresh and unlike anything else on the market at the moment. The input of her new mentor John Legend might make it sound more "American" but the songs are excellent and Estelle's voice is incredible so I have no doubt they will shine through the production. In all honesty, Estelle is unlikely to do as well as she deserves to in the UK (like so many of our home-grown talents like Terri Walker and MIA) but if you give her a chance you'll grow to love her and you won't be able to stop yourself from dancing and singing along with her.
"Wait a Minute" was the first single to be released from this album and she will shortly be releasing "American Boy" which features man of the moment Kanye West.
Will `keep coming back coz the girls tight' - about time she got her props April 3, 2008
D. Mwiinga (Rdg Area, UK)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
From the first time I heard the track `wait a minute', I went and wrote a review and I said in my review that if the rest of the album is anything like this first single, then we are in for a treat. And to say I was right would be an understatement.
Move to the states
First things first, I think it was a good move for her to go to the states coz it would have been much harder as a female UK rnb/hip-hop artist to commercially break through and go as far as getting a number 1 single. You could argue that it was coz of Kanye West that she got the number 1 spot but that would just be plain silly coz Kanye don't even produce the number one single `American boy'. So props to her for doing what it takes to get her much deserved recognition coz she has been slept on for too damn long.
The album
This album is right on so many different levels. I listened to it at work, in my car and at the gym just to get a feel of it and I have to say that it is seamless as it just plays through so nicely. The choice of songs e.g. subject matter, beats, production etc is just on point. I have to say the album has got that John Legend-esc feel to it but that's expected as JL worked a lot on this album. Its almost perfect because it has songs that are suitable for almost every mood, from the number single `American Boy' with Kanye that just gets you to bump your head to the mellowed out "more than friends". From the very first song "wait a minute", the album just sounds really good and if you like up tempo "shine" as well as mellowed out music "come over", then this is the album for you. This album is like a blend of John Legend's Once Again "no substitute love, Back in Love", Lauren Hill's Miseducation "so much out the way" and Estelles own first album and you just know that's a good combination. With every song, the melodies are just so sweet and easy going and then before you know it, Estelle comes through with the London twang that does not sound over the top, it s beautiful. I can imagine she/they carefully picked the tracks for this album and that's why there are only 12 tracks, no fillers at all, each song with its intended purpose. Its nice coz you get that John Legend mellow-ness and then you get that Estelle brush London witty thing going on with her clever and sometimes funny rhymes. This album shows real maturity on her part and I think she has raised the bar not only for herself but for all the other artists out there both male and female and also on both sides of the Atlantic.
If you also look at the production as well as the features on this album, you can tell she meant business coz even the samples she uses are classics, from Bob Marley to Paul Simon and then she solicits the help of heavy hitters like Wyclef, Cee-lo, Kardinal Official, Kanye West. Well what more can I say.
Best part
The best part of this album is that it does not fit into one genre of music at all, it sort of transcends them. In only 12 songs, she manages to do a bit of everything in an exciting way that works. She has tracks with a hint of reggae, tracks with a hint of rnb, tracks with a splash of hip-hop etc. You not only get good lyrics, but you get good beats and interesting subject matter although it revolves around love, it is done in an interesting way, not your typical damsel in distress or man hating (opposite of a misogynist) type. It is an interesting album and it is about time she got her props coz she is a smart young lady who has worked hard. So you can applaud her for doing more for UK artist abroad and also for just being so creative and relentless. You might say it sound a bit American but that cant be helped seeing that it was made in America but when Estelle spits her rhymes, you remember that she is reppin Britain for sure.
Big up Estelle.
Go girl! March 31, 2008
M. Cameron (UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Imagine yourself being Estelle at her age. This is a really well laid out set of tracks. Estelle has done well to keep it real, despite having to go stateside to give us her second sample. She has given us a tasty eclectic mixture of reggae, disco, gospel, soul, rare and rap to name a common few and with her galaxy smooth vocals this album is just cute, yet manages to keep tight from start to finish. With some tracks you might think Floetry, Corrine, US production etc....okay but on the whole an american artist could not give us so much seasoning in one pot! This makes a great Spring debut as the weather is getting warmer and we need something local sounding to drive to and remind us why we (at times) like being different! Hope you enjoy and appreciate her efforts in our difficult UK market. Thanks Estelle.
finally got a copy April 3, 2008
Matthew Cox
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have waited for a new CD by Estelle for ages and just listening to this now and its better then the first. I love this CD
ESTELLE - 5 STARS SHINING April 4, 2008
Phillysound2 (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this album because of Estelle's comments about the treatment of black British music artists in the UK today. I agree. I hadn't heard her no. 1 single. It's a rare double for me nowadays but I bought this blind AND listened to this album all the way through. I've just finished. I never got bored. Every track is different and yet the album flows nicely. Every track is strong and melodic. This woman is a star so 'Shine' is the right title. I've just ordered her last album.
Some of the hooks are borrowed and they show great taste: from Screaming Jay Hawkins through to Bob Marley and Love Unlimited. Eclectic or what? She's got some of the best producers on this album, she has a writing credit on all the songs. John Legend is the executive producer and he guests along with Kanye West and sweet voiced Ce-Low (sounds like the great Eddie Kendricks to me). This woman knows what she's doing.
As soon as I heard Estelle's London accent I thought of Ben Watt's Buzzin Fly track 'Pop a Cap in Yo' Ass' - that's my favourite Buzzin' Fly track. I had to dig it out and I was right - it's Estelle speaking my favouite track. So now I've caught up with her, I know we've produced another young talented super-star. There's only two so far - both multi-cultural in taste and talent. Estelle and Amy. Shine on, Estelle. Why is this album not available as I write this? I hope it's because of the rush to buy and there's a special edition on the way. Go, Girl!
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