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Lily Allen
It's Not Me, It's You

Campus Correspondent review by Chad Comello,
North Central College

British singer/songwriter Lily Allen said she wanted to go in a new direction for her new album, It’s Not You, It’s Me (Capitol), presumably away from her 2006 sugar pop hit single “Smile” off of Alright, Still. That didn’t really happen. Fans of Allen’s first album will enjoy the new work; detractors will stay detracted.

The best track is the most vulgar one. “F*** You” is a not-so-veiled assault on former President Bush, as evidenced by the title and the lyrics: “Do you get a little kick out of being small-minded? / You want to be like your father, it’s approval you’re after.” And later, “You say you think we need to go to war / Well you’re already in one / ‘Cause it’s people like you / That need to get slew.” Allen claims it’s not a direct attack on Bush, but it doesn’t really matter. The bright bounciness of the track makes it like a middle finger given with a smile.

The rest of the album is hard to get behind. Musically there are probably three to four variations on a similar style throughout, a stand-out being “Not Fair,” an urban hoedown of sorts. Lyrically, it ranges from self-indulgence to carefree brazenness. It’s difficult to decide if Allen’s balls-out attitude is admirable or aggravating. She curses like a sailor, which works with her very personal lyrical style, but sometimes it distracts from the music. That said, the music isn’t really that interesting anyway, so Lily, curse away.