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Meghan Trainor - Title

04/02/15

Although each track is lathered in sickly sweet bubblegum pop harmonies, 'Title' fails to deliver on all frontiers except to inflate the unfortunately large ego of Ms Trainor herself. I find myself nodding my head along to tracks idly, placed in a delirious state from 'Bang Dem Sticks'. It is safe to say, Trainor is not a natural rapper, nor a songwriter.  Prominent bass lines are a clear attempt to both mask the lack of talent and modernise her do-wop hits. Her attempt to stand out makes her bland and muted, which is unfortunate but expected. 'Credit' proves the central theme of the album is to emphasize her musical ego through her 'treblesome' lyrics - 'So give some credit when it's due - props' to you know who - I gave him swagger made him cool'. Forgive me, whilst I 'bang dem sticks' against my head.

4/10