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Editorial Review:
Nerina Pallot is probably one of a handful of new artists of 2001 guaranteed to send your pop-socks flying sky-high. Nerina's debut, Dear Frustrated Superstar is full of beautiful melodies, intelligent lyrics and a sweet, sweet voice. Various issues are tackled by the album including fear, headache, birth and death, and with titles such as "Daily Bread", "Blood Is Blood" and "God", religion also gets a thorough critiquing too. The applicability of Nerina's work for everyday life is further highlighted by the track "Patience" which is the ideal tune to hum when assembling an IKEA flat-pack or while stuck in a traffic jam ("...I need a little patience..."). Equally accessible and just as catchy is "Alien", which is a personal favourite of Nerina and described by her as her "special ginger-haired child". The best cut is saved almost until last with "My Last Tango" which soars and swings along with the help of a 50 piece orchestra. Plenty of comparisons have been drawn between Nerina and Alanis but Dear Frustrated Superstar is probably more comparable to a tidied-up Tori Amos. --John Galilee
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great album I bought Fires first, then saw Nerina live on her UK tour earlier this year. She played some songs from this album, which I liked, so I bought this one too. It's not as musically developed as Fires, but for anyone interested in Nerina's music, it's a must have. It's interesting to compare the two albums and see the development. If you've not got Fires yet, buy Fires first (or buy the two together) - but if you liked Fires, this is definitely up your street too. The best tracks are 'Dear Frustrated... more info
A promising debut I have to admit, I didn't come to Nerina's work straightaway. Although I haven't got her second album, FIRES, reviews of it suggest that it could be as good, if not better than DEAR FRUSTRATED SUPERSTAR. What finally made me decide to buy her debut album was that someone said she created great acoustic piano tracks. In a sense, this is not what you get on DEAR FRUSTRATED SUPERSTAR. The songs have more orchestration than I was expecting, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. There is no doubt that... more info
Great promise Nerina Pallot was loved by Radio 2 and this was the album of the week on that station but she was still dropped by her recording label - the question must be why? Could they not see the obvious promise of her songs? Did they want this very pretty lady to sell out and become more poppy? I believe it was the latter and she had some integrity as her follow up album shows. Under the normal girl angst there are some deep lyrics looking amongst other things at the human condition "God" or falling... more info
A promise of great things to come There's an intriguing little footnote at the bottom of the sleeve notes to Nerina Pallot's debut album. It's a Bible reference that directs the reader to Mark 8:36 - "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" That question seems to underlie most of the material on "Dear Frustrated Superstar" - not just explicitly, as in the title track, but as Nerina herself explores her life and seems to question whether it's possible for her to maintain her own integrity as a major... more info
Tracks:
If I Know You - Gavyn Wright, London Session Orchestra, Nerina Pallot
Patience
Someday Soon
Watch Out Billie
Daily Bread
Rainbow
Alien
Jump
Very Good Sir
Dear Frustrated Superstar
Blood Is Blood
God - Gavyn Wright, London Session Orchestra, Nerina Pallot
My Last Tango - Gavyn Wright, London Session Orchestra, Nerina Pallot
