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Eoghan Quigg: 'Eoghan Quigg'
Released on Monday, Apr 6 2009
Published Sunday, Apr 5 2009, 11:31 BST | By Nick Levine | 73 comments
Anyway, it comes as a bit of a surprise to find Eggnog, who made his way to the final as much on boyish charm than any innate singing talent, releasing the first X Factor Class Of '08 record. RCA seem to have missed a trick in failing to put this out before Mother's Day, but the delay can't have been caused by a painstaking search for the right material. Eunice's album features just one original track, a fairly laughable pop-rock tune called '28,000 Friends' that sounds like track eight from a Busted album.
That aside, Enoch's album is filled with covers of songs he sang on The X Factor (a cheap-sounding remake of 'We're All In This Together', a listless take on 'Does Your Mother Know', a version of 'Never Forget' that's about as rousing as a bout of the flu) and songs he probably would have sung on The X Factor were it a few weeks longer ('She's The One' - pleasant enough, 'All About You' - dull as dieting). The only relatively obscure selections are 'Learn To Fly', a forgotten a1 ballad, and 'When You Look Me In The Eyes', a Jonas Brothers single that flopped on this side of the Atlantic.
Unsurprisingly, none of these covers trumps the version we all know and love. More shocking is the low quality control that's been applied to Emmenthal's vocals. 'Does Your Mother Know' and 'All About You' both feature bum notes aplenty, while the way he attempts to sing the chorus of 'Never Forget' is positively wince-inducing. These shaky performances serve to make the album sound amateurish as well as utterly redundant - and Elephant shows only fleeting glimpses of the charm that endeared him to X Factor viewers. The only saving grace? We won't be worrying how to pronounce his name again until Dancing On Ice 2011.
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The only reason this album did badly was because Simon Cowell didn't give him the chance to work with great producers, the way he did with Alex and Leona.
Eoghan is an Irish spelling of the name Owen. Your ignorance of this, and your persistance in repeating your point is racist. You would poke fun at a muslim artists name, now would you?
Ben, Leicester, on October 6th, 2009
I never liked Eoghan on the X Factor, and I'm glad he's been a flop. It's nice to see, Nick, that you agree. But seriously, picking on his name is a poor reason to bash him. The recurring joke wasn't even funny to begin with, and you're giving off the impression that you're partially judging him on his name rather than the quality of music he brings out. I'm sure that's not the case, but you should stick with the music and not levy personal insults at the artist in question.
I never liked Eoghan on the X Factor, and I'm glad he's been a flop. It's nice to see, Nick, that you agree. But seriously, picking on his name is a poor reason to bash him. The recurring joke wasn't even funny to begin with, and you're giving off the impression that you're partially judging him on his name rather than the quality of music he brings out. I'm sure that's not the case, but you should stick with the music and not levy personal insults at the artist in question.
I love Eoghans album and can wait to hear more. I no that it may not be all original, however his voice is amazing and I really like it. I can understand people have their own opinion but to call it s*** is an over exaggeration in my view, an I feel that if you have such a strong opinion you should keep it to yourself.
Hilarious review. This album is the biggest pile of s**t I have ever bought. I think someone should inforce a law to stop Eoghan from singing. Forever.
I was really looking forward to buying this album, and when i brought it, lets just say i wasnt pleased. The vocals aren't as good as those on x factor, and the songs on it dont really show how good his vocals can be. Maybe if he waited a few more months to release this album it would have been better? But i still love '28000 friends' and 'Ben' Great songs
omg this is too bad he seriously hasnt given a single thought on this album full of cheesy covers.....what were u thinkin
It's not tht bad (obviously you're a George Sampson fan) .. btw George Sampson can't sing to save his life !! .. Eoghan is good .. and personally i am very proud of him .. he is doin really well .. Hardly anyone in the UK take any notice of the talent in Northern Ireland .. and it's not fair .. he might not like up to those ppl who are like really famous .. but u hav to admit he has got talent .. he wudnt hav got thru the show if he was crap .. I Love Eoghan .. and im really proud off him !!
This reviewer is GENIUS. :D Thankyou so much. The album is so bad.. pile of poop
high school music...what is he doing?! argh he sounds awful, trying to be a solo busted guy! let diana vickers release an album already!
"youtube, myspace facebook IMMMMM!" what an absolute load of tosh! the producers must think they're so down with the kids, however... little do they realise they're producing exactly whats wrong with the music industry nowadays! i'm 16 myself and i'll give any music a chance, but i cannot stand this tasteless pile of W***. poor old eoghan i say, any ounce of credibility he did have has just been lost! although... he's quite cringeworthy himself sometimes!
i absolutely adore all Eoghans songs, especially 'learn to fly' !!!. Eoghan has the voice of an angel, and those that can't hear or see it, are deaf and blind. I LOVE YOU EOGHAN QUIGG !!!!! x-x-x-x-x-x
Sounds like a awful rendition from a lad hiding his homosexuality well done Eggnog, this awful album is a flop lmao.
Loved the review, especially the Elephant bit. Hahaha. Seriously, this is a pile of tripe. Terrible songs, made even more terrible by egg's awful vocals. It seems to me that the record company is laughing at him to be quite honest. If not, they are rather deluded if they think the public is going to take a 16 year old covering Busted and High School Musical seriously. Oh and Caroline, Ireland, I really DO NOT think that this album will ascend any higher that #14, it got to a higher position that it deserved in the first place. Anyway, the fact that it reached #1 in Ireland doesn't really say much for the Irish HAHAHA. I say Dancing on Ice or maybe CBB? There arent many deserving celebs on that crappy show, Egg boy fitts the bill well.
I am fed up with eoghan quigg! i bought the album and i think it is rubbish. he couldnt hit more bum notes if he was trying (and he hit so many im sure he was) its full of covers, i mean come on i know its good that their the songs from the show but 10 out 0f 11 thats just wrong. i would also like to add that not all young teenage girls like him!!! as me and some of my friends think he can't sing and looks like any other boy we know. and to say george sampson is a flop... what goes around comes back around.
He's another X-factor talentless loser, is it really a surprise that his album is a pile of crap. It's flopped already, he'll be serving big macs to people in no time.
If talent is hitting bum notes left right and centre then he,ll go a long way! As far as I,m concerned the music takes second place to pity and thats what this is, pityful. Northern Ireland is producing some great talent, Snow Patrol,The Killers etc so lets leave this crap to the tone deaf and move on!!
OMG this is the most incredibly amazing album I have ever heard in my entire life!!!!! It has literally changed my whole life and the lives of all my family and even my pet lizard frank. I think if everyone bought a copy we would suddenly see the secret to world peace! OMG OMG OMG it's amazing I love you Eubhasguibdt!
I love the review. My gosh when is someone actually going to tell him that he can't sing or at least that he should wait for his voice to develop first before going for the singing dream?! He sounds annoying when singing because he tries too hard when he cn't do it. He only has fans cos of his adorable-ish looks. If he was ugly we wouldn't even of have had the chance to hear anything to do with him.
Best. Review. EVER! :'D