pocket ful of sunshine = mp3 player full of good tracks! (Pocket Full Of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield)

Member Name: lynseyb

Product:	Pocket Full Of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
Date:	28/01/08 (700 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy to listen to and music to suit many occasions!

Disadvantages: One track not quite good enough for the album!

I am not a huge Natasha fan but having heard a few of the tracks from this album and mostly liking what I heard I figured it would be a good album to pop on when getting ready for a night out, doing the housework or relaxing in the bath so I added it to my collection.

Pocket full of sunshine is classed as most of Natasha's work is as being in the R&B/pop genre but this album is not as simple as that. There`s real soul to a lot of the tracks and a touch of reggae to be had also especially in the album's first single, "Love like This", which features Sean Kingston.

The track listings.

1, "Put Your Arms around Me" - 3:43
2, "Pocketful of Sunshine" - 3:23
3,"Happy" - 3:40
4,"Love like This" (featuring Sean Kingston) - 3:42
5,"Piece of Your Heart" - 3:47
6,"Soulmate" - 3:34
7,"Say It Again" (featuring Adam Levine on backing vocals) - 3:32
8,"Angel" - 4:08
9,"Backyard" - 3:27
10,"Freckles" - 3:46
11,"Who Knows" -3:46
12,"Pirate Bones" - 3:52
13,"Not Givin' Up" - 3:49

The type of music on this album ranges greatly from the catchy and upbeat tracks like, "Put Your Arms around Me", "Happy", "Not Givin' Up" and "Love like This" to the more mellow and soulful "Soulmate" and "Angel". Although very different in style they all have the same great qualities such as the pop rhythm and Natasha`s wonderful vocals.

My favourite track on the album is "Who Knows" this truly is pop perfection, one of my close friends heard me playing this when she was on the phone to me and asked me what the tune was in the background as she really liked it, she was amazed to hear it was Natasha because she really doesn`t like her music as a rule.

There isn`t really a weak track on the album but my least favourite is "Pirate Bones", although still a good enough track it just doesn`t seem to quite fit in with the rest of the tracks on the album. I would give the rest of the tracks on the album ratings of 9/10 or 10/10 but this one slips down to about a 7/10 for me.

Over all I would give the album 8/10 and not being a fan that`s pretty good. I think her real fans will probably love this album because for me it's her best music so far. The album was only released around a week ago so you can still expect to pay full price for this which From asda`s was £8.99 but it can be ordered from Amazon for £7.99 and with most albums on Amazon there is the chance to listen to clips of the tracks before you buy, so if your not sure this will be for you then go have a little listen.

All I all I would say this is a good catchy sounding little album which may appeal more to the girls than the boys but is well worth its money.

P.s there are bonus tracks on the album also but depending on which version of the album you get they vary....

North American iTunes editions of Pocketful of Sunshine

"Unwritten" (Stripped acoustic version)
"Love like This" (Acoustic from Bleu Room) (Pre-order exclusive)
"Cheer Me Up"(Pre-order exclusive)

Wal-Mart edition of Pocketful of Sunshine

"Love like This" (Live from Wal-Mart Soundcheck)
"Unwritten" (Live from Wal-Mart Soundcheck)

I hope this review has been of some use to you and thank you all again for reading.

©2008 lynseyb

Summary: A great album to just relax to, catchy and soulful !!