Natasha Bedingfield - Pocket Full Of Sunshine (CD)

Real Sunshine From Natasha

By ducdzui  Sep 21, 2008

Pros: Fun and Catchy

Cons: Lack of songs of power

Owning a voice with power and distinctive timbre, Natasha Bedingfield easily steals the hearts of many listeners since the commercial song "Unwritten" to the most recent album "Pocketful of Sunshine". She may sound rough but that's a beautiful roughness, no ear irritation, no ugly voice breaks, just wonderful high note belts. The way she deals with the songs, both technically and emotionally, is absolutely new, fresh and brilliant. Warm low register, powerful high register, and reasonable falsetto use, so what more could hold this girl back? She's definitely having her success and recognition from the music world. Talented as she might be, the problem with blandness in songwriting could be a problem.
"Pocketful of sunshine" contains many hit-potential songs, though some still remain unsurprising. The catchy fun melody of "Put you arms around me" is a real sunshine from the album. The radio-friendly "Pocketful of sunshine" is doing great in the charts and stages. The newly released single "Angel" shows her great voice capability and pop style. "Love like this" with the touch of Sean Kingston has already received many nominations and awards. "Freckles" features her chord runs, which is pretty impressive. "Pirate Bones" and "Who Knows" and "Happy" and "Not Giving Up" sound strange and new, but don't make deep impression on me (however, the arrangements in "Pirate Bones" are worth a praise). "Not Givin' Up" is just ok, while "Backyard" is some kind of a failure to me.
Overall, N.B has claimed her position in the music industry within a short period of time, and under no shadows of his brother, Daniel Bedingfield. Anyhow, she should notice that her voice suits best with mid-tempo and some up-tempo songs which have swift voice changes. Low-tempos and super-up-tempos are boring with her voice. Maybe she wants to "pump it up"; the album contains so many up-tempos, making it somehow imperfect (with her voice).
Still, a nice album to listen to, go shopping and have your own copy of "Pocketful of Sunshine" :D