Not that the rest of it isn't good, because it is, but it's just not amazing, and if you can be amazing for about a minute's worth of song, I don't see why you can't be equally amazing for the other three. If the rest of the track was up to that standard, I'd probably be asking Fraser if he could make a seven-star graphic for me to give this song.
Surely it can't get better than that? Oh, but it does: we repeat the above pattern for the second verse and chorus, the effect of which is lessened a little bit now that we all know what's coming, but then just when we think we've figured it all out (again), all of the backing crashes out and Jordin informs us that "you'd better go and get your armour" and then the bells come crashing in and you half expect a tank to come crashing through the wall, it's that brilliant.Ĭlearly this song takes the expectations brought on by the title 'Battlefield' very seriously.Įssentially it's about four different songs all mashed together and jostling for space, but the only thing that's stopping this from being a five star song is that after the initial novelty wore off, I tended to find myself mentally hurrying the song along for the first two minutes because I wanted it to get to the "better go and get your armour" bit, which remains amazing. Then again, just when you think you've got the measure of it, it does ANOTHER switcharoo on you and turns into some kind of battle charge with Jordin bellowing "why does love always feel like a BATTLEFIELD? A BATTLEFIELD? A BATTLEFIELD?" in a way that compels you to punch your arm in the air as though you're lining up ready to storm the Houses of Parliament to demand that they table a new law to outlaw love ever having to be like a battlefield, or something. Upon its release, Battlefield received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, most of whom complimented the production and Sparks' vocal performance, but criticized its lack of originality in terms of pop music.( Here's the video, which seems to be set in a Mariah Carey version of Glastonbury.)Īnyway, the single: it begins as a breathy, earnest ballad led by piano and a drum loop, with Jordin musing about a difficult relationship ( "one word turns into a war/why is it the smallest things that tear us down?") and then just when you think you've got the measure of it, the chorus kicks in in a BMM-BMM-TISCH sort of way and everything gets much louder and pleading./ (Let the Music Play)" (which contains a sample from Shannon's 1983 single "Let the Music Play") was released as the second single from Battlefield in August 2009, followed by "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (a cover version of Fefe Dobson's song of the same name) as the third single in January 2010. The title track was released as the lead single from the album in May 2009, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Contributions to the album's production came from a variety of producers, including Harvey Mason, Jr., Claude Kelly, Ryan Tedder, Dr. The album debuted at number 7 in the United States, number 11 in the UK, number 34 in Australia and top 20 in many territories. Battlefield is the second studio album by American singer Jordin Sparks, first released on Jthrough Jive Records and 19 Recordings.
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