Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219475 in Music
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Following the demise of B*Witched, the Irish pop world was looking for a new young female to step into the fray. Enter Samantha Mumba, with her sparkling debut single "Gotta Tell You" which went straight to the upper echelons of the pop charts--a delicious slice of sunny pop that brightened up the Summer of 2000. Her debut album of the same name opens with that track, swiftly followed by her second single, "Body II Body" which came with the seal of approval of David Bowie who allowed her to heavily sample "Ashes To Ashes" for its central loop. The rest of the material is an even mix of sweet R&B and upbeat infectious pop, which can't fail to beguile and enchant the listener. Gotta Tell You is an extremely confident debut, closing as it does with a rousing cover of Motown standard "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"--a feat few girls of Samantha's age could carry off with such aplomb. Debut albums rarely come this consummate. --Helen Marquis

Customer Reviews

Groovy!!!
From reading some other customer reviews, i think this album is underrated. Not all of the songs are single quality but there is certainly no 'weak' tracks and its a very upbeat, fun album. Out of the 14 songs (and one remix) there are only 2 ballads. They are surprisingly good!! 'Lately' is a fantastic cover version and 'Never meant to be' is one of my fave songs on the album!! 'Baby come on over' is rumoured to be the next single which is great, but not one of my VERY faves on the album, they are Beleive in me, Isnt it strange, Til the night becomes day and Lose you again! But unlike Britney and Christina's albums there are no songs i want to skip!!! My advice is, if you liked any one of her singles you should like at least a handful of the songs. If you liked them all then you should fall in love with it!!

AWESOME: Totally Unexpected
If you are thinking, just another Britney or Christina then think again. Pop, Soul, R&B, rock chucked in with a couple of ballards, making this album a treat for all music lovers.

If you enjoy what you hear on the radio of Samantha's then things only get better. Not a bad track on the CD. Classical covers of 'lately' & 'signed, sealed deliverd' along with a truley great sample of David Bowies 'Ashes to Ashes',mixed in with some funky tunes of her own.

Do not underestimate this girl, I am sure she will be around for longer than people expect. 10 times more talented than Britney and our princess of pop Billie

She Had To Tell Us
This is a fairly good album of RnB pop, though not as good as I hoped it to be. It has to be said there are some very bad lyrics in it that you would probably be ashamed to write. Stuff like "Let me take you to the Milky Way". But it's not all bad, Never Meant To Be is a nice ballad and of course, the two singles. Samantha Mumba has definitely proved her vocal ability on this album, shame about some of the songs.