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Rating: - If you haven't got it, get it!

I bought this album on the first day it came out and i haven't been let down by it. Every single song is incredible. Fantastic songs sang by amazing singers. It's simply the best!

Rating: - From the sublime to the ridiculous

It is obvious on listening to the album the difference between people who can sing and people who are born stars. The album swings between gems, such as the sublime 'lullaby'; melodic and catchy perfectly showcasing the ample vocal talents of Lemar and (my favourite) Ainslie, to downright dire cover versions (or should that be massacres?). Take 'Brown eyed girl' the Van Morrison classic, add cheesy kareoke style backing music, flat vocals and an uninspiring wannabe popstar and you have track 11. The problem with CD's launched on the back of TV series (see gareth gates) is that you are inevitably bias towards your favourite characters- regardless of whether they are producing anything of quality. The album does show some potential- the future stars are very easily identifiable and it is indeed the original material, written by the 'students' which is the most inspiring. The rockier edgier songs; see 'come up and see me', benefit more from decent backing tracks and enthusiastic upbeat performances yet unfortunately the album is let down by flat, basic and quite frankly boring vocals (take note camilla, katie, chris, nigel, ashley and pippa and even, controversially, david). Give me more from the oh so talented Sinead and Ainslie any day and the unexpected talents of Marli and Malachi. Essentially i would recommmend 9 tracks out of the 18; the best being a battle between 'keep me a secret' and 'lullaby', the worst being a closely fought battle by the other half of the album.

Rating: - FaMe

i thought fame academy was a great tv show showing the talents of 11 great people! The tracks on the album are the collabaration between cheeky scotsmen Ainslie and David with 'with a little help from my friends', A song written by Lienal Ritchie and the students- back to you its a great song with great lyrics which keep hummin to yaself! Dont Speak- sineads version of the classic No Doubt song. Lullaby- written by Lemar and Ainslie- a beautiful song, with great lyrics a sure fire hit! Fields of Gold- Malachi and Marli sing the sting classic, with fantastic vocals and soulful voices! i still haven't found what im lookin for- the u2 song perfected with the uniqueness of sinaed and lemars voices. Good night girl- Davids gorgeous voice wins you over on this track making you glad he won! Perfect- Probation Princess Katie sings this 'perfect' song perfect for dancin round ur room. Camilla sings the Christina Agelira classic 'gennie in a bottle', Chris sings great song 'brown eyed girl' ull be singin along before ya no it! Marli sings again the great 'tracks of my tears' another great song! Nigel sings 'heard it on the grape vine', Ashley sings 'i can see clearly now', Ainslie bounces back and throws him self at you again with his own song 'keep me a secret' a great bouncy guitar song, with fab lyricS! Pippa then appears singin the great 'eternal flame' with fantastic vocals! Then all the students sing the classic 'lean on me' great song, great vocals, great end to the album!!
The only let down is that Davids song 'Living the Lie' doesnt appear when it was the song that won us all over! other than that this album is pretty good!

Rating: - A Surprisingly Good Album

As you may expect from an album taken from a TV show there are a lot of cover-versions present in the track listing. However, those songs which made it onto the album which had been written by the students themselves, are actually pretty good.

There must have been a heated debate about whether all the student should be included in the final cut, and fair-play they have been, even though some are less talented than others. Certainly, Ashley and Chris were extremely lucky to have "made the grade". Apart from the occasional average performance there is a certain swagger to some of the voices here. Sinead for one comes across far better here than she did on any of the live shows.

Overall this album is worth a look, especially if you watched the series. My only real disappointment is that David Snedden's song "Stop Living A Lie" is not present, and I subsequently find myself actively resenting some of the weaker students because of this.

Rating: - Very disappointing production.

I am a great fan of the fame academy. Watched all the live performances of the students and am particularly impressed by Lemar, Ainsley, David en Sinead. However I am totally at a lost as to why the producers decided to release what amounts to a CD compilation of background music.

I am so angry words cannot begin to describe how disappointed I was when I realised that all the high notes, especially from Lemar, were softend out. What were they thinking. The high notes clearly added to the quality of the live performances.

After watching all the live performances, the only Song which I thought worthy of listening to was the cover, "fields of Gold" done by Malachi en Marli.This very somber song epitomizes the mood of the Whole album.

The only satisfaction I can hope for is my money back and that perhaps some producer out there with a sense of what popular music should sound like, will re-record this album.

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