Title
Meghan Trainor
(Sony Music Middle East)
Two stars
Meghan Trainor knows when she is on to a good thing. Her debut album serves up all the doo-wop sass that hooked fans from her Grammy-nominated hit All About That Bass. Unfortunately, therein lies the problem: by the album's end, it seems Trainor and producer Kevin Kadish have beaten their brand of flavours to death. Sure, the throwback vibe initially worked to set the 21-year-old Trainor apart from her radio competition, and the sound is responsible for other winners such as the second single Lips Are Movin and Dear Future Husband, but too much of it ultimately spoils the broth. "Had him brushing his teeth, even flossin'/ got him looking like Ryan Gosling," are cringeworthy lyrics in Credit. Title is still worth a listen, though doing so in one sitting is ill-advised.
