I quite liked the singles Lily Allen has released from her latest long player Its Not Me, Its You. On daytime radio they gently fit in to the schedule, even if Not Fair was fairly filthsome. I took the opportunity to listen to the whole album earlier this week and had to stop after about eight tracks because it just gets a bit too formulaic. In the confines of an album, each track is an overblown syrupy pop song peppered with scattergunned filth and swearing. Once you've twigged this, its impossible to listen to the album without getting enraged and track eight (the subtley titled Fuck You) was enough for me.
Its a shame because some songs (such as current single 22) show a bit of variance, but the default seems to be reverting to the standard formula of the rest of the album, which gets tired very quickly. There is only so much you can achieve when working in such tight confines.
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