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Pocketful of Sunshine | 
| Artist: Natasha Bedingfield
Label: Epic
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 38
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 711748
UPC: 886971174823
EAN: 0886971174823
ASIN: B000Y14U4M
Release Date: January 22, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Put Your Arms Around Me | | • | Pocketful Of Sunshine | | • | Happy | | • | Love Like This featuring Sean Kingston | | • | Piece Of Your Heart | | • | Soulmate | | • | Say It Again | | • | Angel | | • | Backyard | | • | Freckles | | • | Who Knows | | • | Pirate Bones | | • | Not Givin' Up |
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On Pocketful of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfield sounds like Joss Stone only bouncier. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, the brightness and buoyancy of this record will keep it spinning long after CDs that shoot for hipster credibility--with funked-up bells and fancy production whistles--have been deposited back into their jewel cases for all eternity. Check it out: "Love Like This," with Sean Kingston, puts its hands in the air for puppy love--the kind that'll bring you back to your "middle school kiss"--and a couple of other songs follow the youth-themed suit. "Backyard" time-travels to an idyllic childhood, while "Freckles" fleshes out, for the benefit of the insecure, the beauty in imperfections. Elsewhere, Bedingfield is her indomitably upbeat self. Opener "Put Your Arms Around Me" reeks of reassurance and tenderness. "Happy" implores would-be gloom-and-doomers to snap out of it, and while the title track doesn't wander all that far lyrically, it benefits from a chanted verse brimmed in (positive) attitude. The vibe, overall, is beach-blanket warm and blue-sky ready. Sunshine earns a pocketful, if not more, of pop-music props. --Tammy La Gorce
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 Sunny Island Pop March 24, 2008
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Shades of Jamaica, mon! Bedingfield heads off for the Caribbean with a few reggae-influenced tracks on her second US album, which is packed with music for easy listening on lazy sunny days.
Very different from her first album, this one is a little slicker in the production, and the lyrics more formulaic, but the feel-good aspect shines through in every track. A few more upbeat tracks wouldn't have hurt, but when she goes mellow, she sounds like Corinne Bailey Rae.
The hit of the album is "Love Like This" featuring Sean Kingston, an infectious reggae/hip hop track, but you should also try:
"Put Your Arms Around Me" - a sweet sing-a-long and sway number
"Pocketful of Sunshine" - a little faster track with an electro-pop beat
"Piece of Your Heart" - nice piano intro to a jazzy track
"Soulmate" - a slow pop ballad about finding that special someone
"Say it Again" featuring Adam Levine (Maroon 5) - pop song with a pleasant melody that reminds me of "Unwritten"
"Angel" - all together now, "A-N-G-E-L"
"Freckles" - sounds a bit like Katie Melua
The momentum peters out in the last few tracks, but you can try the above-mentioned songs from this pocket-sized burst of sunshine for an early taste of summer.
Amanda Richards, March 24, 2008
A Lil Bit Of Sunshine In the Cold Winter January 22, 2008
Josephll (CET)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Natasha Bedingfield who had a smash hit worldwide with her debut album Unwritten and spawned a few memorable single hits aswell. Her debut album was a quirky cheerful pop masterpiece with funny playful lyrics about independence and single life of a young woman. Lyrics were just as good as the melodies/hooks and In my oppinion it was one of the best, if not the best Pop album of 2004. Sophmore effort N.B., which refers to her initials got a fair share of goodies aswell, but the themes are diffrent and rely more on finding Mr. Right and settle down then being young and having fun. It was well produced with good producers like Dr. Dre protege, Mike Elizondo and Timbaland protege Nate "Danja" Hills, but Steve Kipner appears again,(wrote several of her old hits) and so does Andrew Frampton. Adam Levine from Maroon 5 sang backround vocals on some songs, which is quite fascinating!. While this album got simularities with her debut, it focus further on production (and I must say it's really good) but not all songs have the greatest of hooks, but they grew on you nonetheless. Natasha Bedingfield is one of a kind with her natural and openminded attitute and ability to send out her feelings to the listener. The album was released last year in Europe, but it never saw daylight in North America, so instead she decided to hand pick the best songs out of N.B and add a few new one's for the anticipated North American release. She also decided to rename the album "Pocket of Sunshine" but like already mentioned it isn't really a new album.
An already great album is possiby getting even better with a few strong additions. It starts with a new song called "Put Your Arms Around Me" that seem to be a romantic midtempo and it's very catchy with sing-a-long hook. The title track which is also her next single, seem to be made for American radio and sounds closer to R&B. Another new song called "Happy" is made for the summer with a little spice of the caribbean and basically she sings that there is no need to worry cause there's so many beautiful reasons to be happy. "Love Like This" is a rather odd colaboration with Sean Kingston, but it works fine and is currently a top 20 hit in USA. It's a midtempo with good hook and Kingston add something diffrent into the mix even if he sings very little. "Piece of My Heart" feature modern production and is a very good emotional pop song. Euro single, "Soulmate" is a ballad and a very good one. The hook goes like this "Who doesn't long for someone to hold/who knows how to love you without being told/somebody tell me why I'm on my own/if there's a soulmate for everyone", possible her most intimate song to date.
On "Say It" get's quite personal where Natasha admit she found the perfect one. Adam Levine sings backround vocals here, and it make me wonder if she's singing about him?. Another slow song. "Angel", (not to be mistaken with "Tricky Angel" from N.B) is a midtempo where she sings that she'll be the guardian angel to her loved one, don't mess with her man!. One of the best songs. A ballad called "Backyard" about how a relationship is turning sour and Natasha wish it could be like it used to be again, in the backyard. A new song called "Freckles" is about self-esteem and about personality make people look good not just looks. She sings "Cuz a face without freckles is like the sky without the stars/
Why waste a second, not loving who you are?/ Those little imperfections make you beautiful, loveable, valuable/ They show your personality - inside your heart". Next song is called "Who Knows" and is another midtempo with good arrangements about being undecided if the relationship is the right for marriage or not. More about insecurity in "Pirate Bones" a decent midtempo again with elegant production. The closer is the Danja produced "Not Givin Up". It's a modern uptempo and think it was the best song from N.B and I'm thriled that it's included here. It could become a hit but it doesn't look likely to become a single.
Overall, the songs that didn't make the Northern American release were "I Wanna Have You Babies, Who Knows, Tricky Angel, Still Here, "(No More) What Ifs" (featuring Eve) and "When You Know You Know" / "I Think They're Thinking". A little surprising to not see the Eve duet nor "Babies" on this release, however the new songs that were chosen are all good and end up being worthy substitutes. "Pocket of Sunshine" for me, is a top notch release. Natasha is a gifted singer, and combines really smart and personal lyrics with radio friendly hook driven pop, and getting both is rare these days. The more you listen to this album the more you're gonna like it and I'll defenitely recommending it to fans of her debut aswell as people that haven't discovered her yet. 2008 started well. 4'5 stars.
 3-1/2 stars -- Pocketful of partial clouds January 30, 2008
Anthony Rupert (Milwaukee, WI)
6 out of 17 found this review helpful
Although Natasha Bedingfield's 2005 album Unwritten scored hits with the song of the same name as well as "These Words", I'm not sure the album sold all that well. And I wasn't too impressed with the album as a whole either because it was yet another case where I said, "Well, at least she released the right songs." Anyway, Tasha had a song floating around last year called "I Wanna Have Your Babies" that was supposed to be on her new album N.B., and after hearing the song, I understand why that album was shelved (in the U.S., anyway; you can still find it on import). But I guess that doesn't matter in the long run because many of the songs from that album show up on Pocketful of Sunshine.
I'm not a big fan of Sean Kingston, but his duet with Tasha, "Love Like This", is one of the best songs on here; the only song that beats it is "Angel", one of Rodney Jerkins' best crafted songs in a while. But aside from those songs, the only other tracks that really stand out are "Freckles", "Say It Again" and maybe "Put Your Arms Around Me". There are a few songs that stand out in a NEGATIVE way, especially the title track. And "Soulmate" is pretty cheesy.
Another thing is that Tasha's vocals aren't QUITE as good as they used to be -- well, maybe it's not that, but she has the habit of singing so hard that she goes off-key. Pocketful of Sunshine is still better than Unwritten, but you might want to stream it first.
Anthony Rupert
 Natasha does it again :) January 22, 2008
Daniel Stewart
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been a big fan of Ms.Bedingfield since a few years ago and enjoyed her past music. This past summer, I saw the video for "I Wanna Have Your Babies" online and fell in love with it. I found out her album "N.B." was only released in the U.K. I heard the other single "Soulmate" and loved that one too. I got her album "N.B." off of amazon and got it for X-mas. I was very impressed with that album and has been a mainstay in my CD player. I picked up this album too because there were a few different tracks and here is my track-by-track review.
1."Put Your Arms Around Me"- 10/10- I found this track very catchy and is a great way to open the album. Very poppy and fun to sing along to.
2."Pocketful of Sunshine"- 10/10- The opening 10 seconds of the song, I thought it was P!ink because of the first sung note but then I realized it wasn't. Otherwise, this song is very catchy as well and has a great melody. Great Chorus.
3."Happy"- 10/10- Another very poppy song and it's one of them feel good songs of the album. I think it could work as a catchy summer single.
4."Love Like This"- (with Sean Kingston)- 10/10- I was hooked the first time I heard this song. I am not a fan of Sean Kingston at all but he makes a unthinkable collaboration work well. This a great song to play in the car or anytime. Great Chorus and great song overall.
5."Piece Of Your Heart"- 10/10- Another great song
6."Soulmate"- Sad and a great song. 10/10
7."Say it Again"- Great song. 10/10
8."Angel" 10/10- On the original "N.B." there was a cut called "Tricky Angel" but now there is just a song called "Angel". I very good song.
9."Backyard"- 10/10- Another catchy tune. Slower and fun lyrics.
10."Freckles"- 10/10- A great song.
11."Who Knows"- 10/10- This is a wonderful song. It was on her album "N.B." and I was hooked. This song was included in the movie "27 Dresses" and my friend turned to me when it was playing and said "what song is that!?" and she was shocked to learn it was Ms. Bedingfield. This is pop perfection and just my favorite song on the album.
12. "Pirate Bones"- 9/10. This song did not need to be included on the album. This song is okay but the lyrics were kind of weird to me. It's okay though.
13."Not Givin' Up"- 10/10- A great way to finish off the album. Very upbeat and catchy. Great song.
Total- 99/100
Ms.Bedingfield will have a place in the music industry for a while. She has a thing for writing and making amazing music. I hope that this album does well and I would recommend it to anyone that enjoys great, poppy music. She is very talented and amazing.
-Daniel
Feel The Love... January 26, 2008
Adam Teak Lagowski (Ontario, Canada)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Whether you like her music or not, Natasha Bedingfield deserves respect. Her commercial accomplishments aside, this is one pop singer who truly serves as a role model for young girls. True, the lyrics are sometimes inane and overly sweet, but Natasha manages to keep it real and lead by example. After listening to this new album (which, in my opinion, is better than it's European counterpart N.B.), I actually felt like my spirits were lifted. Most of this 13-track collection is so up-beat and sunny, I've become a little addicted to it. I can count at least 7 potential singles. The only song I'm not feeling is `Backyard,' yet it's still not a bad track. I would've liked to see `How Do You Do?' and `No More What Ifs featuring Eve' (both from N.B.) on this album. Otherwise, Bedingfield's got a satisfied customer here. Just sing-a-long and feel the love, people.
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