Jessica Clemmons: Permanent

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Jessica Clemmons: Permanent
Distributed by
Johnny Boy Records

  • Released: Out Now
  • Rating: 6/10
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New soul-pop from Texas. Lacks Wow! factor.

With one of the best pop-soul singers in the world right now struggling to make her commercial impact in the UK– Solange Knowles (Beyonce’s younger sis) what chance does Texas blonde-bombshell Jessica Clemmons stand?

From the CD packshot, it seems they (Johnny Boy Records) haven’t been too creative or, er, lavish – white back ground, simple lettering and a T-pose by Jessie togged in black. So far, things don’t look too good. It looks like the sort of thing you’d see in some CD ‘budget bin’, if they still exist.That would seriously under-value this reasonably good album, but despite the heavyweight production behind Beyonce, Janet Jackson, R Kelly and Justin Timberlake, there’s something missing – that once special moment when you say, ‘Yes!’

Everything is neat and tidy, very professional and all that, but it would have paid to get some biggie songwriters to go beyond what’s on offer.


Here and there, you get some very good ones like catchy country-tinged Here I Am, self-penned (echoes of Shania Twain – whatever happened to the gorgeous one?) and the stylish pop gem Hypnotise Me.Elsewhere, she experiments with various styles, which for me anyway, doesn’t quite work, like slushy ballad Promise You with splashes of R&B, and filler tracks (as is common with many albums, especially debuts), in this case girl-band fodder Let Me In, and dire power ballad I Can Do Anything With You.

One thing in her favour she can write her own stuff, as a collaborator at least, (there’s 6 by her and co, and they are the better ones), even if she’s yet to make that killer track, that this album is crying out for. Big time chances? Not much.

The verdict: Keep working on it, gal.

Weblink:jessicaclemmons.com


The full list of tracks included are :

1. Permanent
2. Promise You
3. Hypnotise Me
4. Let Me In
5. I Can Do Anything With You
6. Relentless
7. Open Up Your Eyes
8. Part Of You
9. Here I Am
10. That’s All There Is
11. It’s Over Now
12. What Do You Think About That?
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