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Ellie Goulding has a voice like a cartoon mouse on helium. I’m
not sure it’s a cadence I’m entirely keen on, but I respect it’s individuality.
Without this vocal tone, the UK singer would arguably have nothing going for
her, especially apparent on this album which instrumentally is nothing more
than a bunch of watered-down eighties synthpop tracks that wouldn’t sound out
of place on Taylor Swift’s last record nor Carly Rae Jepsen’s.
The intro is
vaguely gothic and avant-garde, I guess. And the twangy guitars on ‘On My Mind’
sound like something The Police might have played with. However, these brief
moments do nothing to spice up an otherwise vanilla pop album.
★★☆☆☆
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