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Siobhan Donaghy - Overrated
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by Tom Edwards

It’s a daring deed to title your debut single ‘Overrated’, but thankfully this is a fantastic piece of quirk-pop that easily reaches the heights of Donaghy’s work with the Sugababes. While her former band was making some of the best pop music of last year, their wayward starlet has gone back to basics and hooked up with One Touch writer/producer Cameron McVey to write a classy batch of new songs that run a more understated furrow.

‘Overrated’ is the first taster and shows that her wonderful deadpan vocal delivery is intact and as alluring as ever. Its accusatory lyrics (“The pain’s overrated/The chains so serrated/And the truth? Well I don’t know, do you?”) clearly address her messy departure from the ‘Babes; (she left during their tour of Japan without a word of warning). Although it may prove not to be entirely characteristic of the forthcoming album, if her excellent reception at the Glastonbury festival is anything to go by, we should feel safe in expecting great things.

  • Siobhan Donaghy 7 / 10
Words: Tom Edwards

Siobhan Donaghy - Overrated

In with a bullet at...number 19. Does this mean Siobhan has crossed the divide to adult pop and will sell more albums than singles? Or does the number 19 mean exactly what you think it might do...

Re: Siobhan Donaghy - Overrated

Yeah, she's probably buggered. London aren't exactly known for clinging tightly to the commercial chaff. I really thought she could've been a key figure in a new surge of non-idiotic pop acts. What the fuck was I thinking?

Re: Siobhan Donaghy - Overrated

19's not too bad, given the relative lack of exposure for an alleged 'major pop release'. Regardless, what the fuck does a chart rating have to do with whether a song is any good or not?