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Swedish dance-pop singer September (aka Petra Marklund) scored a U.S. dance hit in 2007 with "Cry for You," a sleek, tuneful bit of prime Euro-disco that borrowed its central riff from Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy." Robbins Entertainment followed up that success by releasing this debut album, which is actually a compilation of material from September's second and third Swedish albums, cherry-picking half of the tracks from 2005's In Orbit and all but three from 2007's Dancing Shoes. Taking a no-nonsense approach, it kicks off with her three biggest singles to date; both "Satellites" and the markedly bubblegummy "Can't Get Over" are decently catchy, but "Cry" is the obvious standout, managing to conjure both sophistication and a surprising degree of emotion from its fairly pedestrian frothy electro-pop arrangement and polished but powerful vocal turn. Save for one so-so ballad ("Flowers on the Grave"), the remainder of the selections follow the same basic approach in arrangement, tempo, and tone, to fine but generally diminishing results. At its worst, the material is slightly cringe-inducing (the dopey lyrics of "My Neighbourhood"; the shameless "Bette Davis Eyes" sample on "Midnight Heartache"); at its best it's well-executed but unremarkable. The main problem with September's music is that, unlike her Scandinavian counterparts such as Robyn and Annie, she doesn't project much personality -- her voice is decent, and even warm at times, but the lyrics are empty and she comes off as a complete cipher. Still, "Cry for You" is a strong enough track (though fairly faceless too, in its way) that even an album's worth of half-hearted imitations holds some interest for fans of the genre. ~ K. Ross Hoffman
Audio Mixer: Jonas Von Der Burg.
September (Sweden): Niclas Von Der Burg (guitar, keyboards); Petra Marklund, Anoo Bhagavan, Jonas Von Der Burg.
Personnel: Petra Marklund (vocals); Niclas Vonderburg (guitar, keyboards); Jonas Von Der Burg (keyboards, programming); Anoo Bhagavan, Jeanette Von Der Burg (background vocals).
September Sweden - September Songs
September Music Review
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A New Swedish Top-Artist
For People How Love Disco Music, This Is The Album For You.
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I don´t know what happens in Sweden, but the music is top quality, of course I have never been there, my favorites swedish bands are Entombed, Hellacopters, Backyard Babies and Gemini Five, heavy metal in general, but I couldn´t avoid to buy this CD because this record is full of high energy, great melodies of thecno pop, with nice lyrics, and the best song in my opinion is Star Generation and of course Never give it up.
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