Track Listing

1. Everyone's At It
2. Fear
3. Not Fair
4. 22
5. I Could Say
6. Back To The Start
7. Never Gonna Happen
8. Fuck You
9. Who'd Have Known
10. Chinese
11. Him
12. He Wasn't There

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43 in Music
• Released on: 2009-02-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
It’s always going to be difficult to assess a character like chav-pop mad-mouth Lily Allen, seeing as absolutely everyone has an opinion on her, regardless of whether they know who she is or how they arrived at it. Where does the kicking tabloid caricature end and the artiste begin? For these reasons alone you should be grateful for It’s Not You, It’s Me, as it finally crystallises all the chaos of the last couple of years into a succinct, sparkling and occasionally brilliant album. Of course it isn’t as sweet as her debut, Alright, Still (which did have a candyfloss side and bright eyes in spite of its wordy bravado), but it is just as cheeky if you allow for the glitter, sheen and high production values that are working to elevate her to Proper Pop Star status. This is not an album that sounds like it came from lying on her bed on a Sunday morning putting her world to rights from the night before, but listen to the eloquent javelin-sharp sarcasm of “The Fear”, touching confessions of budding love on “Who’d Have Known”, or revelling in the ordinariness of a relationship on “Chinese” and you recognise the talent that got everyone excited about the ladette Mike Skinner in the first place, even if on those two softer moments she evokes Kate Nash more than Kate Nash does Lily Allen, oddly. Overall though, this chic electro pop matches and sometimes surpasses the ska-lite DIY of her debut. --James Berry

CD Description
The outspoken mockney popstrel Lily Allen's debut album, 'Alright Still', established her as the voice of a new breed of young person, and the long-awaited follow-up 'It's Not Me It's You' is full of similarly zeitgeist-inflected tunes. The first single, 'The Fear', is somewhat heavier in tone thanprevious singles such as 'LDN' and 'Smile', and sees Allen dealing with notions of modern celebrity, a theme that continually crops up on the album. Allen also confronts politicalissues on this markedly more adult album than its predecessor, perhaps intentionally preparing a more mature image for the future.

Customer Reviews

Quirky, Original and Breezy
I loved Alright Still and really wondered if Lily Allen could produce another album of equal quality and appeal. The answer is a big YES - this has all the quirky appeal of the first album with poetic lyrics and tunes that hook and stay with you (I've lost track of the number of times I keep singing 'you're so mean' to myself). The tone throughout is once again modern girl with attitude and wrapped up perfectly with the music. The best album out there at the moment in my opinion.

Lily Allen, Surprisingly Very Good!
Normally I'd turn my nose up at Lily Allen but after hearing The Fear I thought I'd finally give her a chance.

I got myself a copy of the album and haven't been able to stop listening to it.

The tracks aren't all amazing mind you but she isn't trying to be a vocal diva. F**K You is the most addictive of the radio friendly songs this album has to offer but they would be nicer if she replaced a few of the harder words with nicer ones, instead of trying to shock.

A very good attemp of a second album, this coming from somebody who normally turns over whatever I hear her or see her on television.

It's good for a listen when cleaning if nothing else.

Shockingly Intelligent
Three long years after the massively successful debut album "Alright, Still" Lily Allen returns with her deceptively beautiful voice, and erudite commentary on todays youth society to make yet another massively successful album. I must tell the truth from the get go and say that from the beginning I absolutely despised Lily Allen. I found her vulgar and crass and saw her as the personification of the ill respectful chav culture. This idea was of course before I became familiar with the girl and the music she presents to the world.

Throughout the last 3 years I have become aware that there's much more of a charming and wonderful character behind some of the foul language and the hate filled rants against her fellow celebrities. She is someone who is in reality quite a frail person and that is sometimes evident in her music, but she shows a genuine love for her family and her life at the same time. The song "Alfie" from "Alright, Still" presented a fun loving depiction of her younger brother which I'm sure he's still not too happy about.

Anyway, let's look at this album. So what's different? Well, Lily's 3 years older and much wiser because of the fact which has also led her to calm down a little. Two songs on this album really stand out from the crowd. They shout "THIS IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE" which is especially in the case of the first single "The Fear." She sings about the youth culture and celebrity status and in a recent interview says that the recent rise of celebrities who are famous for being famous give children nothing to aspire for. This is surprising intelligence displayed by what many would consider to be quite a cliché pop singer (of course those who say that don't know her).

The other genuinely memorable song is the shockingly entitled "F**k You" which is her own farewell song to the man that is George Bush. Now it may be old news to us now, but I'm sure when she was writing it, Bush was at the height of his public idiocy. This song although a harsh commentary on the Bush years presents itself in a sarcastically upbeat tone.

She's a fantastic musician and although the majority of the album is an upbeat pop sounding album, to listen to the lyrics is to gain a wider education about ourselves and our society. Lily has had an eventful 3 year career in the public eye, some of it unfortunate, some of it joyful. What we need to be aware of is that she makes fantastic music which nobody should be ashamed of listening to although I can imagine many may be slightly embarassed to begin with.