Idolator
Welcome to another edition of "Please Release Me," in which your Idolators request—nay beg—that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued stateside:
Artist: Jamelia
Hometown: England
Album: Walk With Me
What is it?: The third album from one of the U.K.'s biggest R&B-pop singers, who still hasn't had an album released in the states. Walk could be her big trans-Altantic breakthrough, with no shortage of potential singles, from the Kelly Clarkson-copping "Something About You" to "No More," which ingeniously samples a bit from the Stranglers' "Golden Brown."
Where Is It?: Released just last month in the U.K., Walk has already been praised by the always pop-suspicious Q and Mojo, a solid indicator of Jamelia's ability to crossover into the old-white-male demographic. And yet: No U.S. release date—nor, so far as we can tell, a label deal. Anyone have more info?
Jamelia - No More [MP3, link expired]
Jamelia - Something About You [MP3, link expired]
Jamelia [Official Site]
Comments
Man, one and done? That first record was one of my favorites of '03 - like a garage-rock record produced by Giorgio Moroder. I guess I shouldn't be surprised Atlantic had no patience viz. the sales, but still...pathetic.
I absolutely love that album. And that's got to be the best band promo picture EVER taken!
It is truly pleasing to Allah.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I read a review of this album on Pitchfork way back when and had to get my hands on it immediately. It's everything a pop record should be. And the guest vocal turns from the likes of Le Tigre and the ladies from the B-52's? Top Notch! Definitely one of the best albums of 2006!
Wasn't the fat one the gay one and the skinny one was the straight one?
I was delighted when the video for "Move Your Feet" made it into heavy rotation on MTV Hits.
yes, the fat one is gay. they are good fun.
Man, that first album was a jam. These songs are delightful, especially "Takin' My Time" - one modulation is Gutsy, yes, but two (the second after a fake ending) is downright Audacious.
(accompanied by spooky theremin) Have I stepped into a commenting time warp?
Jamelia IS Junior Senior in My, Myself and Idolator
ME myself, etc.
Uh, I was going to say that Jamelia's "See It In a Boy's Eyes" was a great single, but apparently I was delighted when the video for "Move Your Feet" made it into heavy rotation on MTV Hits.
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