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jason-cobb
I really didn't want to play this again. It's one of those albums that you know inside out. It's in danger of spoiling the enjoyment through over familiarity. Abbey Road, Dark Side, Nevermind etc. I always skip Rehab anyway. No joke intended. Instead I tried to find something new here today. I played it on the AirPods, listening out for anything I've missed. There was the odd guitar riff buried deep in the mix. But it comes back to the songs and the voice. And for those reasons alone this has to be a five star album.
5
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boombox-generation
It’s mad that this is the second of only two albums of hers, given her relative (pun intended) overexposure. Maybe due to the familiarity, I love the singles, but wasn’t so sure about the other half of the album. The reggae-lite of Just Friends, for example. The familiar tracks sounded really fresh at the time, despite the bleakness of the lyrical content, embracing the 60s girl group sound and bringing it up to date. Some great break-up songs, but probably not an album I’d play otherwise. Plus points for the Dap-Kings, but there’s something about Mark Ronson that really irritates me. Personalities aside, this is half a classic, with the other half feeling a bit ‘filler' - or at least ‘samey’ - in places.
3