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Agnes: 'Release Me'
Released on Monday, Jun 15 2009
Published Tuesday, May 12 2009, 10:22 BST | By Nick Levine | 21 comments
'Release Me', her UK debut single, is a far classier Europop banger than September and Velvet have been dishing up recently - the all-conquering chorus and thumping beats are present and correct, but this has lashings of strings and lavish production flourishes too. Call it a Waitrose organic pork and apple to their Tesco Value jobbies.
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Bobby and Tom are clearly "trolls". This woman can sing and she wouldn´t have won swedish Idol if she couldn´t sing. Check her sing live here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-NiN-OFSZc
Oh i love this :)
Awesome review - I very much agree. Cannot wait for her album. She does look like Leona too :o that isn't a bad thing of course. Filling in my awaiting new Leona album very well I must say ;) Release meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been following this song since it was released in Sweden and was over the moon that it was getting a UK release. Even better is that it has done so damn well on downloads alone. Now that it gets a physical release lets hope she gets to the top. The Swedes know what they are doing when it comes to pop and sooner this country realises that the better! This is a start!
She rules!!! Super cool, super talented!! What's up Bobby and Tom? have life treated you so bad?? Let me see..unemployed, ugly, no talents?
its good and catchy with a woman who proves she can actully hold a tune. It's very addicitive but is also a dull after a few listens. it deserves a top 5 placing though.
i agree wiv tom her voice is crap she is not rated shes crap the songs crap and more and more craps can be used to describe anges no.1 no.180 i would place her
loads of people have being saying how brilliant this womens voice is to me her voice is rubbish i cant understand how people can say its good i dont think shes going to have number 1s in the future and i just dont rate her 90s sound more like 3000 years ago sound
i love thsi song its catchy for sum reason it has a 90's sound to it cool
Awesome song!
Awesome song & i'm absolutely loving the album! Keep up the good work.. looking forward to the next one!
this is a cracking track! Very popular in the world of Modern Jive! And her Album is very impressive too! Not sure she's better than September but certainly a bright new star!
Fantastic voice and a fantastic single from a fantastic album - finally getting a release in the far behind as always UK market. Agnes is the best new artist in a long time. Other tracks to watch out for are On And On, Love Love Love (outrageously not chosen to represent Sweden at Eurovision this year), How Do You Know and the fantastic Look At Me Now. Also a wonderful ballad in there called Sometimes I Forget. Great to see an artist free of the Pop Idol shackles and making great music - if only Leona could now develop into an artist with personality and input into her music as Agnes that is worthy of her talent.
I love her, she's got such good songs and a really good voice and does sound a lot like Leona but they are two complete different styles and people, i've gotta say I don't agree with Simon's comment about Leona and millions of other people would agree with me.
Great pop song and brilliant vocals. I can't help thinking she looks exactly like leona in the cover art.
Its a great dancepop song! Agnes sings very good and are very beautiful! I Hope this will be a Top 10 hit for her. Alkso listen to her song "On & On" - very good as well!
Simon, Sussex, on May 13th, 2009
@ Ian, that made me chuckle! Anyhoo, onto the song. LOVE IT! If Leona made records like this, she'd be a WHOLE lot more interesting!!
@ Ian, that made me chuckle! Anyhoo, onto the song. LOVE IT! If Leona made records like this, she'd be a WHOLE lot more interesting!!
Wooohooo, Agnes' albums are fantastic, and she deserves success over here!
An absolutely awesome track, especially the Cahill Club Mix. The charts are in dire need of some classy pop. A real gem in a sea of r&b turds.
This was a good song and yes she sounded the same as Leona also she has a similar look to her :o