Kate Nash Album Reviews

I did some research on the internet in order to find out what Kate Nash's fans and critics think of her album, and more specifically the one called 'Made of Bricks'. I thought this would help me gain some insight and knowledge of  what her fans like about her, or in other words what differentiates her from other artists. This will be helpful when making our music video as we will have a better understanding of what is expected from us and what kind of things she does to appeal to her audience.

The first review I found interesting was on the BBC website
 ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nbvr ) which contained some positive and some negative comments regarding her album:

What I liked about this review was that clearly it wasn't written by a fan of Kate, which means that we could get an honest opinion, which isn't biased. Although there are some harsh comments regarding the album and the artist, such as 'disaster written all over it' and 'wannabe stage school girl', there are some positive comments as well which helped me see both sides of the person's opinion. Later on in the review Roman says that the album has 'surprising verve and variety'. This is good to hear, as the reason we chose Kate's song was because we thought she was a dynamic artist and brings a lot of energy into her songs, and it is nice to see that other people share our opinion.

Another thing this person doesn't like about some of the songs like 'Nicest thing' is that it is too personal and it reminds him of a diary. In my opinion, Kate does express some personal stories in her lyrics, which may not be something that everyone likes and we need to bear that in mind. The song that we have picked to make a video of  'Merry Happy' is quite personal and some of the characters might be linked to her life. This may not appeal to everyone, but it will appear to her existing fans who already like her music.

At the end of the review Roman actually tells us that she deserves 'to be praised' for the choice of people that she has worked with on creating the album, and admits that although the album has 'its flaws' it is 'one of this year's more interesting offerings'. This review gave me a better understanding of what people like and dislike about our artist and also showed me what people are going to like and dislike in our video. Me and my group are going to concentrate on the things that people enjoy about her videos and try to recreate that using our own imagination and knowledge.

It is also worth looking at the song titles of her songs in this album as they are quite explicit and show the artist's personality.