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Track List
01) Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)
02) No Substitute Love
03) American Boy
04) More Than Friends
05) Magnificent
06) Come Over
07) So Much Out the Way
08) In the Rain
09) Back in Love
10) You Are
11) Pretty Please (Love Me)
12) Shine
01) Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)
02) No Substitute Love
03) American Boy
04) More Than Friends
05) Magnificent
06) Come Over
07) So Much Out the Way
08) In the Rain
09) Back in Love
10) You Are
11) Pretty Please (Love Me)
12) Shine
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4:44
4:24
3:56
3:41
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4:08
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3:58
3:49
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First Released
2008
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Shine is the second studio album by hip hop singer Estelle. The album was released on 31 March 2008 with the lead single, "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)", released in November 2007. The second single, "American Boy" featuring Kanye West reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone and was released physically on 24 March. The "American Boy" remixes, and the album "Shine" were taken from the US iTunes Store due to a decision by Atlantic to follow Kid Rock's successful decision to not sell his latest album on iTunes or any digital retailer. It was added back onto the store on 9 September due to a large drop in sales and "American Boy"'s decline in Billboard rankings. Shine has been certified Gold in the UK, denoting 100,000 copies sold. The album has sold 233,000 copies in the United States as of January 2012. Shine was one of the twelve nominees for the 2008 Mercury Prize.
The album featured will.i.am, Kardinal Offishall, Mark Ronson, John Legend & Cee-Lo. Kanye West was also featured on the track "American Boy". A bonus track by Hi-Tek includes "Life to Me" featuring Estelle as a guest artist. Shine debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 Chart selling 14,800 copies in its first week and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. "Magnificent" was featured in the movie 21, and the single "Pretty Please (Love Me)" was featured in the top-grossing romantic comedy Sex and the City: The Movie, and it is included on the second soundtrack of the film.
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Have you heard the one about Estelle being the new Lauryn Hill? Ridiculous, isn't it. Not because the British rapper/singer/songwriter lacks talent. More to do with others placing her in a box. It's reminiscent of the feedback from her debut album, 18th Day, which had unsure folk saying she was the next Missy Elliott and (or) the next Mary J Blige. Flattering as that may be, the music industry is often guilty too, of indolently placing tags on their artists to generate hype and validation, and in the hope that we buy by the bucket load. Truly, this is not necessary for Estelle Swaray's sophomore album.
With an attractive roaster of producers - Mark Ronson, Swiss Beats and Will.i.am, Shine released on John Legend's Homeschool label, gives us a glimpse of a young woman learning from the complexities of her relationships. With love as the core premise throughout, the album's backdrop boasts an exciting mix of musical influences from reggae to '60s soul, expressed on No Substitute Love which cunningly samples George Michaels Faith and Pretty Please (Love Me) featuring the distinctive high pitch of Cee-Lo, respectively. It is only in Wait A Minute (Just A Touch), that the childish, teasing banter contradicts the forward thinking in the following tracks.
Nevertheless, Come Over successfully lends itself to the Lovers Rock period while You Are proves why Estelle and John Legend work famously together.
The marvellous thing about Estelle is, although a heavy American influence is present on most of the album, she retains the British-ness, though terminology and accent much in the way the soul duo Floetry had done (oops, there goes the comparing again), without fear of alienating fans on either side of the Atlantic. The American Boy smash, which strangely recycles Will.i.am's recent Impatient track, not only has Estelle dropping Brit humour but even gets Kanyne saying, ''I heard your lyrics I feel your spirit. But I still talk that cash, cos a lot WAGS want to hear it''.
Estelle thinks outside the box - no gimmicks, no comparisons needed - and provides her own light…to shine.
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Shine is the second studio album by hip hop singer Estelle. The album was released on 31 March 2008 with the lead single, "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)", released in November 2007. The second single, "American Boy" featuring Kanye West reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone and was released physically on 24 March. The "American Boy" remixes, and the album "Shine" were taken from the US iTunes Store due to a decision by Atlantic to follow Kid Rock's successful decision to not sell his latest album on iTunes or any digital retailer. It was added back onto the store on 9 September due to a large drop in sales and "American Boy"'s decline in Billboard rankings. Shine has been certified Gold in the UK, denoting 100,000 copies sold. The album has sold 233,000 copies in the United States as of January 2012. Shine was one of the twelve nominees for the 2008 Mercury Prize.
The album featured will.i.am, Kardinal Offishall, Mark Ronson, John Legend & Cee-Lo. Kanye West was also featured on the track "American Boy". A bonus track by Hi-Tek includes "Life to Me" featuring Estelle as a guest artist. Shine debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 Chart selling 14,800 copies in its first week and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. "Magnificent" was featured in the movie 21, and the single "Pretty Please (Love Me)" was featured in the top-grossing romantic comedy Sex and the City: The Movie, and it is included on the second soundtrack of the film.
User Album Review
Have you heard the one about Estelle being the new Lauryn Hill? Ridiculous, isn't it. Not because the British rapper/singer/songwriter lacks talent. More to do with others placing her in a box. It's reminiscent of the feedback from her debut album, 18th Day, which had unsure folk saying she was the next Missy Elliott and (or) the next Mary J Blige. Flattering as that may be, the music industry is often guilty too, of indolently placing tags on their artists to generate hype and validation, and in the hope that we buy by the bucket load. Truly, this is not necessary for Estelle Swaray's sophomore album.
With an attractive roaster of producers - Mark Ronson, Swiss Beats and Will.i.am, Shine released on John Legend's Homeschool label, gives us a glimpse of a young woman learning from the complexities of her relationships. With love as the core premise throughout, the album's backdrop boasts an exciting mix of musical influences from reggae to '60s soul, expressed on No Substitute Love which cunningly samples George Michaels Faith and Pretty Please (Love Me) featuring the distinctive high pitch of Cee-Lo, respectively. It is only in Wait A Minute (Just A Touch), that the childish, teasing banter contradicts the forward thinking in the following tracks.
Nevertheless, Come Over successfully lends itself to the Lovers Rock period while You Are proves why Estelle and John Legend work famously together.
The marvellous thing about Estelle is, although a heavy American influence is present on most of the album, she retains the British-ness, though terminology and accent much in the way the soul duo Floetry had done (oops, there goes the comparing again), without fear of alienating fans on either side of the Atlantic. The American Boy smash, which strangely recycles Will.i.am's recent Impatient track, not only has Estelle dropping Brit humour but even gets Kanyne saying, ''I heard your lyrics I feel your spirit. But I still talk that cash, cos a lot WAGS want to hear it''.
Estelle thinks outside the box - no gimmicks, no comparisons needed - and provides her own light…to shine.
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