Let’s Get Excited by Alesha Dixon
Title: Let’s Get Excited Artist: Alesha Dixon Label: Asylum Release: May 11 2009 I’ve never used “professional” as a negative before. But here it is. Its a polished and professional execution. A well rehearsed vocal combined with a backing track calculated to play with maximum efficiency on a mobile phone speaker for the ringtone. And no I don’t like it. It took me a few listens to figure out why. No heart. I suspect that this was supposed to fill an album, but somehow became a single. This is nonsense of course. A high tempo album filler would only become a single in a panic. And in that case, the vocals would be re-recorded with a different spin. Still that doubt lingers in my head. Its functional, it won’t empty a dance floor mid-set, but its destined for mid set, if that. No embedded video here, as for some reason … There’s more