Customer Reviews
AWESOME!!! 
2008-05-21
I heard her songs on the radio LDN and Smile and I loved them, I bought the album not sure what to expect I was pleasantly surprised I like every song on the album I highly recommend this album if you like what you heard on the radio. Eagerly awaiting her next one.
ooops it is !@#$% bleeped 
2007-09-27
Good songs, as expected, but a few of the cuss words were edited. My fault for not noticing that in the product info before purchasing...
Upbeat, clever, and saucey 2007-08-24
The songs are very clever, a few have mature, but not raunchy themes (Not Big). Great, clear sound that is infectious. Kind of an English reggae (but not quite Ska), but very Pop also. I listened to it on the train to work this morning. Worth every penny.
Lily Allen Music 2007-08-13
Lily Allen is a witty rage-filled artist whose music is both danceable and hilarious to listen to. The skanking beats are just what her lyrics are meant for.
Finally......something fun to listen to. 2007-08-09
Lily Allen is wonderful. Every song on this CD is worth listening to. Her style is a mix of sca,reggae and pop. This is not just for the young....it's a toe-tapper!
Good girl fun! 2007-07-07
Being, as she is, the daughter of prominent British actor Keith Allen, the cynics could easily dismiss the rise of Lily Allen as an act of backroom nepotism, a talent-free starlet helped to the stage by the right connections. But one listen to her debut album
Alright, Still dispels any doubts about young Ms. Allen's star quality. Possessed of a feisty wit and taste for urban storytelling that should see her compared to Mike "The Streets" Skinner, these 11 tracks of sunshine-friendly reggae-pop cover topics including frustrating potential closing-time suitors ("Knock 'Em Out"), being happy when your ex is having a bad time ("Smile"), and having a little brother who likes a bit of a smoke--and not just of the tobacco variety ("Alfie"). Wisely, however, Allen doesn't let the grittiness of the subject matter tarnish the golden pop suss of the songs, a suite of gleaming productions by names including Mark Ronson and Gwen Stefani collaborator Greg Kurstin that take inspirat! ion from the lighter end of reggae and vintage rocksteady. Doubtless some corners of the press will pillory her as a poor role model, but there's an engaging honesty to the likes of "LDN"--a love song to a city filled with teenage muggers, pimps, and crack whores, narrated by someone who's cycling because "the filth took away my license." Like father, like daughter.
--Louis Pattison
70's music snob finally finds SOME REALLY GREAT MUSIC 2007-06-20
LILY ALLEN is very talented (ok; i admit she does need to find a better back up band); her music is funny and a fun sticky treat of yummy smack; kindof like cotton candy with a swig of vodka after it. I havent heard 1 new artist in 6 years that i adore and my sister and i have been laughing, dancing and grooving to this CD for months now. Lily has amazing wit and wisdom beyond her years.
i grew up on Blondie, The Specials, English Beat and Bob Marley so this albulm balms my old tattered soul. This girl is going far! catch her now as she will be a huge star in 2009. "smile" is an amazing tune, but "alfie" "Knock em out" and "nan, you're a window shopper" are my favorites; i crack up every time i hear them.
Good [grief] man, what the [heck] is this? Clean? Explicit? BAD! 
2007-06-14
This was compared to Amy Winehouse????? Why on earth are the 2 mentioned in the same sentence?????
I now see why the uproar over the 2 new artists. They should never be compared. Yeah, they're both British and female; that is where it ends.
This CD sounds like The Spice Girls got together one night and recorded some covers of Gwen Stefani songs written by Gnarls Barkley (I like Gnarls Barkley, but Lily Allen isn't pulling off what they did). It's just not good music, lyrics, mixing or production.
Worse still, every song on the album sounds about the same. Her "singing" is more of an attempt at talking over the music (can't really call it rap) and it just comes off as poetry (bad poetry) over drum machines and loops of boring, unemotional, uncreative, synthesized music (let's say it's Def Jam lite backed up by Blondie or Devo).
This has been very enlightening however because when I read reviews from people who liked this album and didn't like "Back to Black" by Winehouse, I wondered why. Now I know. They are nothing alike; polar opposites.
I guess it just comes down to taste, preference. This ain't my preference. I'll give it 2 stars for the effort, but I don't get this sound, this album or this "artist".
So, be forewarned. Don't buy this just because it is recommended as a companion to "Back to Black" by Winehouse (or "Introducing" by Joss Stone, for that matter). You may well be very, very, very disappointed.
Sorry Lily; this just doesn't do it for me.
Irreverent and just plain fun 2007-06-08
21 yr. old Lily Allen shot out of nowhere last year in the UK with a number 1 hit "Smile" and her debut album "Alright, Still". After it became clear that this was not a one hit wonder, and single after single kept riding the UK charts, the decision was finally made to also release the album in the US earlier this year.
"Alright, Still" (13 tracks; 43 min.) starts off with that smash-single "Smile" and it immediately sets the tone for the album: the song has an easy flowing reggae undertone (though not all songs on the album are reggae-flavored), and it deals with guys and a failed relationship, both of the singer's favorite topics throughout. "Ldn" (2nd UK single) is an ode to Allen's hometown of London, and another irresitable reggae hum-along, with a splash of Spanish/Mexican musical undertones. "Shame for You" (4th single) is something that Fiona Apple could've done. "Littlest Things" (3rd single) is the most introvert song on the album, a ballad Lily Allen-style. "Alfie" (to be released in July in the UK as the 5th single) is another little ditty. Not to say that the non-single tracks are no good. Check out for example "Friend of Mine", "Friday Nights" and the closer, a souped-up reprise of "Smile".
In all, this is really fun album to listen to, and at 43 min. it clips by in no time. I happen to catch Lily Allen at the Coachella festival in late April, and her live show is simply irresitable, she won the crowd over with her easy going manner and her live band was just outstanding.
this cd is awesome 2007-06-08
Its good to hear that there is talent in todays youth, and this artist fills the bill quite nicely. My favorite tunes are Friday Night, Littlest Things and Alfie. There isn't a loser on the whole cd, though. I have diverse tastes in music, from Pink Floyd, the Police, Beatles and Beach Boys, to Avril Leveign (sp?) Led Zep and Eminem, and I liked this cd from the first listen. You'll either love it, or hate it. I say give it a try!!
