Shine | 
 enlarge | Artist: Estelle
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $14.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 49336
Media: LP Record
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 12 x 0.1
MPN: 512199
UPC: 075678989971
EAN: 0075678989971
ASIN: B0019M6QBK
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Wait a Minute (Just a Touch) | | • | No Substitute | | • | American Boy - Estelle, Kanye West | | • | More Than Friends | | • | Magnificent - Estelle, Kardinal Offishall | | • | Come Over | | • | So Much out the Way | | • | In the Rain | | • | Back in Love | | • | You Are - Estelle, John Legend | | • | Pretty Please (Love Me) | | • | Shine | | • | I Wanna Live [*] | | • | Life to Me [*] - Estelle, Hi-Tek, |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk
Award-winning British artist Estelle never got her just desserts for her 2004 debut album The 18th Day. Though the record was a critical success, it failed to make the mainstream splash many had hoped for. Her sophomore project, Shine, seems hell bent on avoiding the same fate. Backed up by a coterie of high profile US starlets--Wyclef Jean, will.i.am, Mark Ronson and Kanye West--Shine has surefire commercial success written all over it; though that's not to say Estelle has sold out. Despite the high-impact American-style production, Shine remains reassuringly British. Estelle's West London twang is as sharp as ever, and even Kanye drops rhymes about "WAGS" and "London Boys" (see single "American Boy"). It's every bit as diverse as its predecessor too, featuring dancehall party jams ("Magnificent", produced by Mark Ronson and featuring Kardinal Offishall), the will.i.am produced "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)" (which uses a twisted up sample from Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You") to lovers' rock ("Come Over") and, of course, some love ballads too, such as "Substitute Lover", overseen by Wyclef. A solid all-round follow up, Shine should give Estelle the commercial success she deserves. --Danny McKenna
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Love this CD!! October 15, 2008
Great CD I love nearly all the songs on here and really dig her vibe.
 Shine? I think glitters is a better adjective September 3, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Estelle's vocals are a mix between three: Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Lauryn Hill: There seems to be a bit much over-dubbing going on in post production.
This collection of tunes isn't bad though. The writers are given kudos: The writing is great. The compositions are what need work. There are no real hooks here. I think if Rodney Jerkins had produced / written this LP for Estelle, this would have been major ear candy.
 What a fun album August 30, 2008
I heard American Boy on the radio the other day and just had to find out who was behind such a fun song. I checked her out on iTunes, but they only have her previous albums. I had a feeling Amazon would have it because they usually do carry titles not found on iTunes, and luckily the program allows me to transfer to iPod. Anyway, the rest of her album was pretty cool. Definitely a unique sound, which is a bit hard to come by in R&B and hip-hop or music in general these days. Sing on, Estelle!
I was surprised by this! August 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had only heard Estelle's song with Kanye while I was in Italy. Thought it was fun but not overly complex. I decided to give the rest of the album a try and was pleasantly surprised. She has a great beat, some songs with a jazzy-hip hop feel, and great lyrics.
Great June 22, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Note: I bought the MP3 album version from Amazon, and "American Boy" has a curse word censored out. Not happy about that. But amazon's price was ridiculous, so I'm not going to complain.
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