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Real Girl | 
| Artist: Mutya Buena
Label: Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 2713
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 51
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
UPC: 602517346109
EAN: 0602517346109
ASIN: B000PE0EV6
Release Date: June 4, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Just A Little Bit | | • | Real Girl | | • | Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) | | • | Breakdown Motel | | • | Strung Out | | • | It's Not Easy | | • | Suffer For Love | | • | Not Your Baby | | • | Wonderful | | • | B Boy Baby | | • | This Is Not (Real Love) | | • | Paperbag | | • | My Song |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 mutya = amazing November 23, 2008
mutya was always the more tallented of the sugababes and it shows on this cd, its full of amazing songs like paperbag, real girl, bboy baby . . .
i advise anyone to buy this album A.S.A.p! :P
 Premature Album Release for ex-babe November 30, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mutya is a true personalty with a great and distinctive voice. The Sugababes have produced some of the best pop music of the 21st century, and I was very dissapointed when Ms Buena decided to leave the group. At the time she left she stated it was because she wanted to concentrate on her family, but then it seemed this was just a "line" and she actually wanted a solo career. I first encountered her new music after purchasing George Michael's latest compilation "25", and thought their duet was pretty good. Then when she released the single "Real Girl" I was excited as I was expecting great things. Then the collaboration with Grove Armada absolutely blew me away and I eagerly purchased her album. What a let down. Full of boring formulaic R&B/pop that you can find on numerous other chart albums. If you want a good record by an ex-babe buy Siobahn's "Ghosts".
Not my usual, but totally addictive... November 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let's get one thing straight, I am usually a house music girl. I look down on music that's too commercial as not worth a listen based on the fact that they seem to be filling the coffers of the faceless executives and are not based on anything more profound than that. This, however, is a brilliant album based on Mutya's fabulous voice and she is incredible. It's got such an addictive punch to it and I love it. It's pure pop excellence and makes me want to dance around my room with a big smile on my face (I am a big fan of Song for Mutya for this) and Real Girl is going to turn into a real "I need a bit empowerment, please" anthem. This album has got depth, soul and a big thumbs up from me. Buy it!
a grower September 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this album is definitely a grower. on first listening, it appears to be just another run-of-the-mill production-line squeeze-out. but after several listens it really starts to sink in how well produced, sung, written and arranged it is.
favourite songs will probably include "breakdown motel", "strung out", "it's not easy" and (my own personal favourite) "my song".
mutya (hope you don't mind the familiarity) sings with conviction and style. just keep up the good song choices for the difficult second album, please. i'll happily write something for ya! :-)
Formualic, but better than average. September 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There is no doubt that Mutya could have perhaps been a little more adventurous when selecting songs for this, her first solo album, however that is not to say that this is not a good album. I mean why are songs formulaic, because they are easy to listen to and tend to do well in the charts. So therefore one cannot blame Mutya for creating a chart-friendly album and indeed it has fared better than many female pop artists of late:
1.Just A Little Bit-A brilliant start to the album. 9/10
2.Real Girl-The fantastic and successful first single. 10/10
3.Song 4 Mutya-An amazing dance track. 10/10
4.Breakdown Motel-An interesting ballad, simple but effective. 8/10
5.Strung Out-One of my least favourites: predictable. 6/10
6.It's Not Easy-Not a bad effort. 7/10
7.Suffer For Love- A great song. 9/10
8.Not Your Baby-A bit of a blending song. 7/10
9.Wonderful- An almost perfect ballad (if it were not for the key change mid-chorus!). 10/10
10.B Boy Baby-Amy Winehouse's outstanding vocals in the background and one can't help but wish that it were in fact her singing foreground as well as background. Saying that I do like this song. 9/10
11.This Is Not (Real Love)- Dull and dragged out. 5/10
12.Paperbag-A great lower vocal range. 8/10
13.My Song-A perfect ending to the album. 9/10
So a real mixed bag here- from the sublime to the dull, however there is enough good-excellent material here to warrant a four star rating.
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