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Messy Little Raindrops
By Cheryl Cole
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ArtistCheryl Cole
TypeAlbum
Released1 November 2010
RYM Rating 2.17 / 5.00.5 from 171 ratings
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female vocalist
Language English

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5 Reviews

▼ 1.00 stars
  • 5.00 stars 1 Promise This
  • 5.00 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 1.00 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 2.00 stars 4 The Flood
  • 1.00 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 1.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 1.00 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 1.00 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 1.00 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 1.00 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 1.00 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 2.00 stars 12 Waiting
Take the excellent 'Promise This' and 'Yeah Yeah' and forget the rest. The rest is so deeply generic and forgettable (even for a Cheryl album) it's almost offensive that her record label let her release this. I paid 20p, and I still feel like I was robbed. Apart from that, 'Waiting' samples Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles' which is so surreal I had to point it out.
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1.00 stars
Worst pop album of the last two years
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2.00 stars
Of particular interest is Happy Tears, in which the narrator goes from somewhat sensible to fucking insane in several sentences. The result is an entertaining escapade into the psyche of psycho girlfriends everywhere... except that the song has been written by three men. (Wayne Wilkins, Nasri Tony Atweh and Antwoine "T-Wiz" Collins.) I guess these guys have, uh, shall we say... problems?

So here's our heroine, the mighty Cheryl, in the throes of weepy heartbreak. So far, so good.

I cried when I heard you were cheating,
I cried when I said I was leaving
I cried when my heart stopped believing
But I am all out of tears
Then I feel so weak, but I know I'm strong
So I wipe my face and I just move on
My eyes are red, my cheeks are dry
Singing our last goodbye

Pedicure as therapy may a little odd, but is still perfectly reasonable...

I cut off my hair and I painted my toes
I sold all the diamonds

...and that might be just a bit of an overreaction.

and burnt all your clothes.
I am never gonna cry again,
I am never gonna cry again...
Unless they're happy tears.

She's not really a fan of communication, either. This reminds me of an Eartha Kitt song, in which the protagonist's lover ditches her because her best friend told him she's been sleeping around. (She's given no chance to explain, despite the fact that the best friend lied to get the guy to herself.)

I bet you've been trying to call me,
I blocked all your numbers so you couldn't phone.
I don't want to hear "baby, I'm sorry",
You don't get to apologize.

So keep an eye out, gentlemen, and don't leave your fancy cars where your leopard-boots-wearing girlfriend can reach 'em...

I cried when I slashed all your tires,
I cried when your suits hit the fire
I cried 'cause I'll never see you again...
But those are happy tears.
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3.00 stars
Rocket science it ain't, and it's not even great for its genre, yet there is something about Cheryl Cole's music that appeals to me on a very basic level. I just feel good as I listen... until I start to cramp up at a painfully awful song. Consistent it is not.

About half of Messy Little Raindrops is good, the rest either merely listenable or fit for the dustbin. Let me explain:

Lead-off track Promise This is silly, catchy, and fun, plain and simple. I can't help but feel like I should apologize for liking it so much. There must be some prescription medication to treat this.

Top tracks: Live Tonight is a pretty and restrained dance track. I like. The Flood is more of a slow dance epic, lovable in all its gushy glory. Happy Tears is probably the best song on the album with its lush production and big wall of vocals belting out heart-wrenching lyrics. My apologies for loving this work of the devil. Anyway, this is a lot like a Girls Aloud ballad, and that is a good thing.

If you can stomach sobby, sugary vocals, then Raindrops is for you; tough guy that I am, I get it. Hummingbird tries to do the same thing, but it's a bit on the sickening side. Pepto Bismol, please.

Everyone (featuring some Dizzee Rascal fellow) could have benefited from a trimming of its hip hop sections, and therefore Mr. Rascal himself. His contributions just don't work for me. Let's Get Down is disappointing in how its stark pulsating electronic verses do not seek release in a big flourish of a chorus. Waiting has moments that please, while others induce cringing.

Final analysis: if you can wade through the muck and mire, you will be rewarded with some spots of ear-candy (as long as that's what you like).
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Cheryl's first record for me was a difficult listen, but on her second album in two years, the results are firmly in the dance pop genre that made Girls Aloud a firm favourite with the British public.
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Catalog

Ratings: 171
Cataloged: 89
Track rating sets:Track ratings: 19
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19 May 2024
borzoiborzoi CD1.00 stars
17 Feb 2024
theoc4ever Used to Own▼1.00 stars would never revisit
  • 5.00 stars 1 Promise This
  • 5.00 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 1.00 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 2.00 stars 4 The Flood
  • 1.00 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 1.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 1.00 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 1.00 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 1.00 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 1.00 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 1.00 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 2.00 stars 12 Waiting
3 Feb 2024
lgnd  ▼3.50 stars
  • 5.00 stars 1 Promise This
  • 5.00 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 4.00 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 5.00 stars 4 The Flood
  • 2.50 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 3.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 3.00 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 3.00 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 3.00 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 3.00 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 5.00 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 3.00 stars 12 Waiting
20 Nov 2023
Peter_Quint  ▼1.00 stars
  • 1.50 stars 1 Promise This
  • 2.00 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 2.50 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 1.50 stars 4 The Flood
  • 1.00 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 1.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 1.50 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 2.00 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 0.50 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 0.50 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 0.50 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 2.00 stars 12 Waiting
10 Nov 2023
Zardozi  3.50 stars
27 Sep 2023
Freshprince106  3.00 stars
12 Sep 2023
MiracleMatter  2.50 stars not my thing
26 Aug 2023
mdimitrov123  3.50 stars
22 Aug 2023
queenofhippop CD▼3.00 stars good/decent
  • 5.00 stars 1 Promise This
  • 3.50 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 4.00 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 5.00 stars 4 The Flood
  • 5.00 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 4.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 1.50 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 5.00 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 3.50 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 2.00 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 5.00 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 4.00 stars 12 Waiting
2 Jul 2023
erness00  2.50 stars poor
1 Jul 2023
alisson_costa  2.50 stars
9 Jun 2023
androgyne_angel  2.00 stars
25 May 2023
mikkelme  ▼2.50 stars
  • 3.50 stars 1 Promise This
  • 2.00 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 2.50 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 3.50 stars 4 The Flood
  • 2.50 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 3.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 0.50 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 1.50 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 2.00 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 3.50 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 3.00 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 2.50 stars 12 Waiting
16 Apr 2023
juliusgmbh  ▼2.00 stars choices...
  • 3.50 stars 1 Promise This
  • 3.00 stars 2 Yeah Yeah
  • 2.50 stars 3 Live Tonight
  • 2.50 stars 4 The Flood
  • 2.50 stars 5 Amnesia
  • 3.00 stars 6 Everyone
  • 2.50 stars 7 Raindrops
  • 2.50 stars 8 Hummingbird
  • 3.00 stars 9 Better to Lie
  • 2.50 stars 10 Let's Get Down
  • 3.50 stars 11 Happy Tears
  • 3.50 stars 12 Waiting
27 Mar 2023
MammaLuigi  1.00 stars
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