lovestrong.
| Christina Perri
lovestrong.
Lovestrong (stylized as lovestrong.), is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Christina Perri. Following the release of Perri's lead single "Jar of Hearts" and a record deal with Atlantic Records, Lovestrong was released on May 10, 2011. The album received mixed reviews, with critics praising Perri's honeyed vocals but criticizing her serviceable approach towards melodies and the album's wearying focus on love and heartbreak. Many critics compared Perri's vocals to those of Ingrid Michaelson, Natalie Merchant, and a "depressive" Colbie Caillat. The lead single from Lovestrong, "Jar of Hearts", was an unexpected success across the United States. After premiering on So You Think You Can Dance, "Jar of Hearts" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #17 and was certified double platinum by the RIAA. The album's second single, "Arms", didn't find as much success on the charts, but was critically acclaimed for its happier tone and music video. Lovestrongalso saw multiple promotional singles released onto the iTunes Store: "The Lonely", "Penguin", "Tragedy", and "Bluebird". - Wikipedia
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Rollingstone
Christina Perri is absolutely fascinated by the dolor of her romantic life — and thinks you should be, too. The Philly singer-songwriter — who scored a smash with her single “Jar of Hearts” — has recorded 11 songs full of plodding tempos and tolling piano chords and stuffed her lyric sheet with “poetry” (that heady compound word, “lovestrong”) and other florid turns of phrase. Lovestrong is sometimes insipid (“Like a soul mate/He’s your penguin”), sometimes bombastic (the power ballad “The Lonely”) and often both (“Jar of Hearts”). Perri has a serviceable way with melodies, but she is stiflingly self-involved — a depressive Colbie Caillat. As Perri herself might put it: She has “sometalent,” but writes “crapsongs.”
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IGN
Overnight success' debut overwrought with bland ballads.
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The Guardian
On the plus side, the 25-year-old Pennsylvanian comes with a plaintive, supple singing voice that makes listening a pleasure; on the other hand, should anyone over 16 be confessing to a paying crowd that the track The Lonely was written because, "I didn't want to be alone, so I decided I was dating loneliness, and he was my boyfriend"?
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