Diana Vickers Album | Music Review

by Khyam Butt

Since her appearance on 2008’s X Factor, Diana Vickers had been a distant memory like Crazy Town and Daniel Powter… yes, I know, who?!

I never much liked the way Vickers sounded, especially when she tried to imitate Dido’s tones from her hit single White Flag.

I thought she was merely a pretty face with nothing refreshing to offer the music industry that we haven’t already heard before.

Her album, Songs From The Tainted Cherry Treewas released on May 3 and is a collection of mellow music mixed with more upbeat tracks with infectious choruses and catchy hooks.

At first I thought that I probably wouldn’t like many or any of the tracks amongst her album, but I was shocked to find that most of them tickled my music taste buds.

The third track, The Boy Who Murdered Love is one of my favourites, the chorus is insanely catchy (“Shot shot shot shot shot like a bullet/Stop stop stop stop stop all your loving”), the use of drums towards the end adds a nice touch to the track.

It is easy to see Vickers as the UK’s answer to Shakira, with My Hip’s quirky lyrics and that exotic beat to go with it but Vickers has gone all out with this album and her music has developed its own identity in the British music industry.

Her record is a must-have all season soundtrack – electro pop at its best.

Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree, £7.93 on amazon.co.uk