Shut Up - Kelly Osbourne

5.6	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Sony
Release date : 26 November 2002
EAN : 0696998687028
UPC : 696998687028

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From Amazon.co.ukConsidering that Kelly Osbourne made her name as a petulant, self-obsessed, foul-mouthed but always supremely entertaining teenage rebel on The Osbournes TV show, you'd imagine the temptation would be to translate this endearing snottiness directly into music. Thankfully and surprisingly, Shut Up doesn't ch From Amazon.co.uk
Considering that Kelly Osbourne made her name as a petulant, self-obsessed, foul-mouthed but always supremely entertaining teenage rebel on The Osbournes TV show, you'd imagine the temptation would be to translate this endearing snottiness directly into music. Thankfully and surprisingly, Shut Up doesn't chase the zeitgeist dollar with either numbing nu-metal or lightweight skate punk. Instead it goes for a brand of polished new wave that's much like the girl herself: brash but insecure, straight-talking yet sophisticated, cool but often hilarious.

The most obvious precedent is Celebrity Skin by Hole. Melodies are gum-chewingly breezy, infused with FM radio vibrancy and built on harmonies designed for cruising down to Venice Beach with the top down. The attitude is refreshingly human, with "Come Dig Me Out" actually managing a touch of poignancy and the title track embodying the album's theme, namely that Osbourne is her own person and everyone should stop messing. The girl even manages to carry the tunes (that horrific version of "Papa Don't Preach" is buried as a hidden track) with a decent amount of suss and style. It all begins to get a little too saccharine over the course of the entire album but generally this is a far more lovable and much more accomplished album than anyone would have thought possible. --Ian Watson

Chronique amazon.fr
Chez les Osbourne, famille aux gesticulations régulièrement exhibées sur MTV, la fille, Kelly, s’affiche à 18 ans comme la digne héritière de la grande gueule du père, Ozzy, icône métal en pleine réhabilitation. Profitant du succès de la série télé renforcé par un habile recyclage du hit de Madonna "Papa Don't Preach" (titre caché), elle sort Shut Up, un album de pop/rock efficace façon Strokes 'Coolhead' pailleté par endroits d’une touche de punk chic façon Courtney Love "Come Dig Me Out". Kelly, malgré un registre vocal limité, réussit à plaquer sur ce mur rock garage de jolies mélodies sucrées porteuses de messages positifs "Everything's Alright". Coatché par Ric Wake, producteur dont le pedigree inclut Céline Dion, Mariah Carey ou Jennifer Lopez, l’adolescente égocentrique reconvertie simili-rockeuse, essaie d’effacer son image perverse de phénomène de mode. Elle devrait aussi effacer de son répertoire des ballades comme “More Than Life Itself”. --Sabrina Silamo

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