Alexandra Burke // Let It Go

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So we thought that we might have seen the last of the Elephant last time round. But it seems not. it seems that there’s been another one unleashed.

Let It Go is another dance track, with a very generic melody. And sadly there’s far more auto-tune and digital altering that is needed. We all know that Burke can sing, but both this and the previous release seems to cheapen that. Once again there’s nothing new here that hasn’t been heard already. It’s starting to feel like she’s playing catch up in the fast paced charts we now have

Rating: 1/5

Alexandra Burke // Elephant

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It’s been a while since we last heard anything from Alexandra Burke (in fact, if we’re right the last thing we heard from her was the summery Start Without You back in 2010!) but now she’s back with latest offering, Elephant.

It seems that she’s trying a new direction with this tune sounding very dance orientated. But sadly, it doesn’t seem to work for Miss Burke. We all know that she has a voice and she knows how to use it. But sadly, there is so much auto-tune involved here that you don’t really get to appreciate what she can do. It feels like the track doesn’t know what it wants to be itself and seems to be a hybrid of other tunes that have already been released in the past few months, if not year.

As the lyrics say, there’s an elephant in this room. Yes, there is, but unfortunately it’s this song!

Rating: 1/5

Alexandra Burke // Start Without You

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Start Without You is the brand new song from Alexandra Burke and RedOne (who seems to be very popular this year!). It isn’t sure whether this track is taken from a re-issue/next album/US debut album.

This track is very different from what we’ve heard from Alexandra previously. It’s a very summery, something you’d expect to hear on the beach. In a blog post Alexandra described the track as ‘going back to her roots’. Oh and if you find that you’re actually singing alternative lyrics to the chorus of this song, that’s because the song samples the Boney M classic, Horray! Horray! Holli-Holli Day.

It’s a fun little number but sadly, it probably doesn’t have any longevity past the summer holiday season but more than likely is going to be one of those songs that appears time after time when the summer season comes around.

Rating:3.5/5

Alexandra Burke // All Night Long

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This latest offering from Alexandra might just be the best so far from the album, Overcome. It’s a great little number with a catchy chorus that is bound to have everyone on the floor dancing along and singing along with the chorus, if not the whole song.

It’s quite possibly the first track NOT to sound like a Eurovision reject and even the casual fan will be able to get into this, even if you haven’t heard anything by her except the debut after winning the X-Factor

Rating: 4/5

Alexandra Burke // Broken Heels

 
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After the Eurovisionesque Bad Boys, you’d think that it couldn’t possible get much worse. Think again. Once again, it sounds as if Miss Burke is applying for the UK Eurovision and once again does not show the potential that the album has (there are much better tracks on the album than what has already been given). The track feels dated and more over, cheesy. Not exactly something you’d want for a previous X-Factor winner…

Actually, if you were to compare this track to John & Edward, it actually makes them look good! Sure the track is sing-alongable, but that’s about all it’s got going for it. It’s sadly categorised as one of those annoying tracks that after one listen, that’s enough. It doesn’t have any longevity and probably only qualifies as track used to break up monotony. If tracks like this are continued to be released then like Alexandra’s career will be like the typical British Eurovision score: nil point!

Rating:1/5

Alexandra Burke // Bad Boys (feat. Flo Rida)

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X Factor’s 2008 winner finally releases a second single ! Although, sadly if given a choice between her version first single Hallelujah and this, Hallelujah wins hands down.

The song starts off promising. It sounds like something you’d expect the likes of Rhianna to be singing and good beat to the back of it. It’s when it reaches the chorus and you wonder if you’re still listening to the same song. The chorus feels as if it’s been some Eurovision cast off…actually, Eurovision has produced BETTER chorus, even the worse ones are better than this excuse of the song.

As the title says, it features Flo Rida although I’m still trying to work out the reasons behind this unless it’s just to make the song look good as him in the bridge is completely pointless.

As a whole, there are stronger songs on her forthcoming album, Overcome, that are ten times better than this and would do as brilliant singles. It can only be hoped that this one single doesn’t dash her career hopes

Rating:2/5