Natasha Bedingfield co-wrote Say It Again with Adam Levine (Maroon 5), and co-produced it with Mike Ellizondo (Dr Dre, Alanis Morisette). Like her brother, the second album was not as successful as the first, but was a solid pop album nevertheless. Her latest offering Say It Again', the third single to be taken from her critically acclaimed chart topping second album 'N.B', is no exception to this rule.
"Pirate Bones" bemoans her recently found fame and celebrity status, and there is a very pretty a cappella harmony interlude, "I Think They're Thinking," it's a pity it lasts less than a minute. Adam Levine of Maroon 5 contributed to the track "Say It Again" and there is rather an unnecessary rap by Eve on "No More What Ifs." "Who Knows" brings to mind Lily Allen, both in the style of the stop-start music and the storytelling lyric. The second single was "I Wanna Have Your Babies," spelling out how it feels from a feminine perspective, searching and finding the right partner and what comes next.
The relationship theme is further developed on "How Do You Do" with the getting-to-know-you stage which opens with a strumming acoustic guitar and breaks into a brass backing throughout. The songs on NB focus on relationships from the very start of the ballad "Soulmate," the first single to be lifted from the album, about being on your own and wondering if there is a soulmate for everyone, through to "When You Know You Know" about breaking up, set to a soundtrack reminiscent of early-'70s soul bands like the Delfonics or Bloodstone (one doubts that Natasha Bedingfield knows of these groups) and another ballad, "Backyard" wondering why things can't be like they used to.
Since her debut album Unwritten, a whole series of similar female singers had broken through, including Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae and Lily Allen and this was the market Bedingfield was now competing in. Sin embargo, en estos trabajos hizo algo ms diferente como tener algunas colaboraciones importantes del momento, como las de la rapera Eve y Adam Levine, el lder de Maroon 5.
Her brother Daniel had already been there with Second First Impression which was nowhere near as successful as his first album Gotta Get Thru This. Same with Natasha Bedingfield-she certainly doesnt need Autotune, and I think it sounds so overboard on Love Like This that it was definitely used as an effect rather than to correct her vocal. Adam Levine Adam Levine This song has all the makings of a truly dire record. The difficult second album by Natasha Bedingfield, titled N.B., was released in April 2007. Adam Levines voice sounds like a synthesizer However, I think it was used as an effect on that song. The one thats more than the sum of its parts: Say It Again, Natasha Bedingfield f.