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Review:
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I have beautiful things to tell you, the pristine pop-rock
debut from knee wobblingly gorgeous singer, songwriter and
guitarist Dina D’Alessandro and her band, all the way from
the City of the Angels (she has released two solo CD’s,
but this is her first as Beautiful Things). The first thing
that strikes you is the sheer quality of her song writing,
she sounds like an established successful artist, such as
Natalie Imbruglia, Dido, Alanis Morissette, and Sheryl Crow.
The album starts with three stonewall classic pop-rock songs
‘Wonder Why’, ‘Hey Hey Hey’ and ‘Good To Me’ that ask for,
no I’ll rephrase that, demand radio play, they are so catchy
they stick like a limpet to your cranium, and won’t let
go. She picks up the pace with the only cover; a version
of Flock of Seagull’s (remember the hair style!) ‘Space
Age Love Song’ which Dina makes her own, turning it into
a cross between U2 and Simple Minds. The album continues
in a similar vein with next three numbers, the moody driving
‘Back to Me Again’, the awesome ‘Astronaut’, and the toe
tapping rocker ‘Everything’. Dina takes it down a touch
for the next couple of tunes, The Band like Americana of
title track ‘Dream World’ with it’s psychedelic pump organ,
and the mellow, atmospheric ‘When the Night Comes Down’,
with Dina’s The Edge style reverb laden guitar work. Finally
we end on an upbeat but bittersweet note with the infectious
‘I Was Only Dreaming’. Forty minutes of pure pop-rock heaven,
songs that will sound as good live as on the radio, a delightful
pure voice, and a look that can stop traffic, Dina has all
the ingredients for a massive future. And it’s easily available
from CD Baby and her Myspace
www.myspace.com/beautifulthingsmusic , so why
not enter her Dream World. 9/10 (Reviewed by Phil Wooldridge).
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