Gabriella Cilmi - Ten Review

Ten

Gabriella Cilmi

Release Date: 22nd Mar, 2010
Label: Warners
Genre: Pop

Still only eighteen, the singer who gained success for her track ‘Sweet About Me’ (oh, and providing the theme tune to the smash hit soap opera ‘Echo Beach’) is back with an upbeat homage to the pop of the 1980s on her second album. This is none more evident than on the first single from the album ‘On A Mission’, which, one ill-advised spoken word interlude aside (the clunky ‘you can’t blame me I got intuition/and I never miss a trick just like a magician’) it’s foot to the floor pop. While some may dismiss her as simple and formulaic, this is an album full of gems that were made for radio play, and like the massively successful Lady Gaga, this is never a bad thing in terms of sales. Obtaining the expertise of the production team Xenomania, who have worked with the likes of Sugababes, Girls Aloud and Pet Shop Boys may just propel Cilmi into being a household name, and combined with her looks and voice, she may prove to be a complete package......oh, did I forget to mention that she is a hottie?

Reviewed by Pete Muscutt

About The Artist

Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Cilmi is a jazz and pop singer who was born 10 October 1991 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She was first signed by the Warner Music Group when she was just 12 years old. She is now signed to Island Records and living in the UK. Gabriella's first studio album titled "Lessons To Be Learned" was released on February 18th 2008. "Lessons to be Learned" is produced by Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Saint Etienne, and others) and features the singles "Sweet About Me", "Save The Lies" and "Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now". Her second album "Ten" came out on the 22nd of March 2010. After the single "On A Mission". In this album she takes a eletro pop retro edge to her music.

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50 Comments

  1. kaktusztea 13 Apr 2012

    'Lessons To Be Learned' was a real music album with real vocal and instruments. This is an artifical-made piece of **** :( What a pity..

  2. thiagorsilveira 15 Mar 2012

    Good album at all...

  3. adelonposer 12 Mar 2012

    AMAZING

  4. Gaeet 23 Dec 2011

    One of my fav albums eva

  5. MarielPop 26 Sep 2011

    What a perfect album Gabriella!!!!

  6. kllosbbollynno 14 May 2011

    SO underrated. [2] LTBL is better but this still is very good.

  7. Volt-Age 31 Mar 2011

    Lessons To Be Learned is better. [2] I was so disappointed with that last year..

  8. LikeACarillon 16 Feb 2011

    I LOVE "Ten." "Love Me Cos You Want To" was my absolute favorite song last year. I'm not even that big into female vocalists and Cilmi's album was pretty much all I played last year.

  9. yagohenrike 28 Dec 2010

    2.121 execuções em sua biblioteca

  10. LikeACarillon 30 Sep 2010

    BEST OF 2010. [4]

  11. Jaanniiee 20 Sep 2010

    worst album ever..... [2]

  12. kimballsuxxx 06 Sep 2010

    Boys, Let Me Know <3

  13. velvetfire 01 Aug 2010

    Love Superhot and Boys, it quite a change from her last album but I like it.

  14. PlexFromJers 04 Jul 2010

    I really did not anticipate this album being so drastically different. It kind of hurt me when I heard it first. I love Gabriella no less but I can't say I'm adapting to the change. =/ I like Defender though. I feel she's not maximizing her potential with an electro pop album. She has such a beautiful voice.

  15. Still_Da_G 28 Jun 2010

    Superhot! [2]

  16. Thierree2 26 Jun 2010

    Love <3

  17. stupidfukk 25 Jun 2010

    Lessons To Be Learned is better.

  18. peter2012 11 Jun 2010

    I'm REALLY into this album. It gets better and better the more I listen to it. One of my favorite albums so far this year.[2]

  19. LikeACarillon 27 May 2010

    I'm REALLY into this album. It gets better and better the more I listen to it. One of my favorite albums so far this year.

  20. Tr1xx 24 May 2010

    Superhot !

  21. chris3489 22 May 2010

    Very very good album.

  22. BritneyFanFeva 21 May 2010

    Most. Misunderstood. Album. EVER!!!!

  23. LikeACarillon 20 May 2010

    One of my favorite albums of 2010 so far.

  24. daprankerz 07 May 2010

    awesome!

  25. BritneyFanFeva 22 Apr 2010

    Should be a compulsory purchase of all lovers of pop. New old acoustic eletronic synth balladry...EVERY subgenre is on that album somewhere.

  26. CarolinePop 13 Apr 2010

    not so great..

  27. madonnaxion 08 Apr 2010

    Join the group :) http://www.lastfm.es/group/Gabriella+Cilmi+Ten

  28. kllosbbollynno 06 Apr 2010

    *-*

  29. Johnkm 02 Apr 2010

    hadoman: You clearly have very limited taste to suggest this is the worst album ever.

  30. hadoman 01 Apr 2010

    worst album ever.....

  31. BritneyFanFeva 01 Apr 2010

    If you appreciate good music. Get this album and get ready for your mind to be blown. It's 100% hit!

  32. Jorgenint19 28 Mar 2010

    dEBERIA TENER EL REMIX WIDEBOYS EL QUE DAN EN VH1!

  33. nick7654 28 Mar 2010

    the gays should love this album. hot cover photo.

  34. BritneyFanFeva 27 Mar 2010

    Way more solid and cohesive then album number 1. Makes more sense and is a good mesh of retro eletro-pop and modern eletro-pop. My absolute favourites are Heart's Don't Lie and Superman!

  35. rudipop 26 Mar 2010

    rli good tbh.

  36. mr-riff 23 Mar 2010

    First great pop album of 2010 :)

  37. MaximeSaint 23 Mar 2010

    sound is disappointed ((( *CRYING*

  38. madonnaxion 22 Mar 2010

    Ten Out Today!!!!!!!!!

  39. J-esper 18 Mar 2010

    I love teh album, already one of my favs of 2010

  40. Happerson 15 Mar 2010

    Very good!

  41. rescue__me__ 15 Mar 2010

    803 plays in your library

  42. JuninhoChagas 15 Mar 2010

    What If You Knew <3

  43. Johnkm 13 Mar 2010

    A heck of a lot better than the first album. It had some fantastic tracks but some dreadful filler, this is all very good stuff.

  44. FrankTyrell 13 Mar 2010

    Boring :(

  45. JessieWessie10 12 Mar 2010

    lovinggg itttt xoxo

  46. rescue__me__ 11 Mar 2010

    i'd give twice more to buy the album but right now

  47. BritneyFanFeva 11 Mar 2010

    so ho buying this the month it comes out!

  48. Konrado1984 08 Mar 2010

    If will be like Woman on a mission, nothing to wait

  49. CarolinePop 07 Mar 2010

    can't wait [7]

  50. BritneyFanFeva 07 Mar 2010

    can't wait [6]..excited!

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