Wild Young Hearts [Vinyl]

Noisettes | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 22, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mercury Records
• ASIN: B002ID08R2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,305 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wild Young Hearts

2. Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)

3. Never Forget You

4. Saturday Night

5. Atticus

6. Every Now And Then

7. 24 Hours

8. Beat Of My Heart

9. Sometimes

10. Cheap Kicks

Editorial Reviews

International pressing of the 2009 sophomore album from the British trio. Wild Young Hearts is a set of sleek Pop songs steeped in Soul, dizzy on Disco and harking back to the days of Blues and Jazz greats. From the galloping Funk grooves of first single 'Don t Upset The Rhythm', to the joyous, jazzy title track, the stomping Electro-Rock of 'Saturday Night', the glorious 60s-tinged Soul of 'Never Forget You' and the sultry, shimmering pop of '24 Hours', in Wild Young Hearts, Noisettes have made what is set to be one of 2009 s most adventurous albums. Mercury.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a pretty noise!, April 29, 2009

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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Tracklisting for this CD is as follows:

1. Sometimes

2. Don't upset the rhythm

3. Wild young hearts

4. 24 hours

5. Every now and then

6. beat of my heart

7. Atticus

8. Never forget you

9. So complicated

10. Saturday night

11. Cheap tricks

I almost wrote off UK trio Noisettes. With a name like that, I thought they would do cheesy Girls Aloud/Pussycat Dolls-style anonymous Pop. Thanks to loads of rave reviews by critics, I decided to give the album a try and I'm glad I did. Imagine if Amy Winehouse or especially Eartha Kitt fronted Blondie or Garbage and you get the picture. Lead singer (and bassist) Shingai Shoniwa's Jazzy purr and inflections make for an interesting contrast to the various styles on display, and raise them above other female led Rock bands. That alone would be enough, but the songs are maddeningly catchy!

Opening is the Jazzy acoustic breezy ballad "Sometimes" with rising choir-like harmonies (it reminds me of Corinne Bailey Rae), followed by the funky heavily Disco tinged #2 UK hit single "Don't upset the rhythm" which will get your feet moving while singing along to the "Go baby go baby go" refrain. Title track "Wild young hearts" is bouncy Jazz-inflected Pop/Rock with hand claps, similar to Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson's cover of "Valerie". "24 hours" is shimmery retro Pop, while "Every now and then" is a gentle ballad with swelling cinematic strings finding Shoniwa (of Zimbabwean descent) sounding so moving against a dreamy backdrop of harmonies.

"Beat of my heart" is catchy Pop/Punk Rock with pulsing synths and guitars that sound like they are on helium, a tale about a guy she fancies. The tender acoustic introspective ballad "Atticus" fittingly name drops the book it's name is taken from, "To kill a mockingbird". Truly beautiful. "Never forget you" sounds like something by a sixties girl group. The incredibly catchy "So complicated" is sunny Supremes-style Pop, while "Saturday night" throbs with shimmery synths. Closing is the ballad "Cheap tricks" which shifts from a delicate piano intro to a raging crescendo.

It's impressive how they run the gamut of so many styles in the course of just 11 tracks. Simply dazzling! Their album has hit #7 in their native UK. Here's hoping they are around for very long cranking out such great music.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice!!!!, June 1, 2011

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KYBRITT "KYBRITT" (Franklin, KY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wild Young Hearts [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Great album. I stumbled onto this artist by watching some music video's on CoolTV. Her voice and ambiance captured my attention! Great music sung with great passion! Love her!

4.0 out of 5 stars Be aware, September 26, 2009

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Terry L. Thome "schmilsson1969" (Canonsburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Young Hearts [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

The US release of "Wild Young Hearts" omits the track "So Complicated" from the UK release and shuffles the track order from said release. It's still a terrific album, however and highly recommended. Also, If you buy the Vinyl release, it contains a code for a digital download of the entire album.