Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned (2008)

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If we believe everything we see and hear you would believe that Gabriella Cilmi is the future of music and her voice has descended from the Angels.

Sceptical listeners will avoid this album at their peril, however as much as the marketers have forced Cilmi upon us via all mediums - the album actually provids some great surprises and reveals an amazing young Australian artist.

Forget the fact that she is only 16 years old, it is amazing, but forget it. Opening track Save the Lies just blows you away, showing a maturity in her voice that demands your attention, with the additional appeal of the unbridled youthful enthusiasm of a 16 year old.

This track brings out the soul diva in Cilmi and she doesn’t miss a thing.

Sweet About Me is the track that almost everyone will know (unless you have been living under a rock, the record company has pushed it that hard!) it is still as catchy as ever and will continue to receive wide public acclaim. At times this song seems so sweet it oozes honey, almost feeling deliberately boppy.

Got No Place to Go is a track that will follow Sweet About Me as a major crossover hit, with a catchy chorus and soulful sound. Awkward Game and Safer are a great pair of ballads, that add something different to the album, showing what a strength of voice Cilmi has and how it works wonders when applied it to this style.

"Lessons to be Learned" has already gone Gold and the well played single Sweet About Me sold enough copies to achieve platinum status. Cilmi is the youngest solo artist ever to top the Motorola ARIA chart. Sweet About Me held the number one single position for five consecutive weeks and she is the first Australian female artist to achieve this in over a decade. Surely Amarossi would be fuming!!

Many have tried to compare and categorise Cilmi, but at the end of the day, you just have to let her be herself. It’s also been widely publicised how young she is, but let’s be straight – she has an amazing voice whatever her age.

This is a solid album with some great catchy pop tunes. The styling’s of this album do befit her age and it is the youthful bounce that gives this album an advantage over other female vocalists. An album that provides a relaxing soulful feel, mixed in with an upbeat and cheerful attitude of a very talented Australian.

ALBUM RATING: 3 out of 5

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