Rebecca Ferguson // I Hope

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2007 X Factor runner up Rebecca Ferguson releases the first single from her new album Freedom in the form of I Hope

Opening with a strong consistent drum and a little piano, I Hope reminds us a little of Adele’s Set Fire To The Rain though sadly the chorus lets the song down with it’s seemly consistent need to repeat the title several times in the chorus which is annoying by the end of the first set.

There’s potential here…if you can over look the annoyance of the chorus.

Rating:3/5

Rebecca Ferguson // Nothing’s Real But Love

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Another of last year’s X Factor finalists finally throws their offering into the lion’s den as Rebecca Ferguson release’s her debut single Nothing’s Real But Love.

First off it’s a ballad but we don’t really get any emotion from the track what so ever. Her voice reminds us sort of Adele but with something missing. Maybe it because it feels that the song doesn’t go anywhere and that it seems to be sang in the same, almost monotonous tone.

As a debut, it’s nothing to write home about and except for those that will have supported her in the X Factor, we don’t know if she’ll be drawing in any new fans soon.

Rating:2/5