Chris Brown - Crawl

Elsewhere, while epic ballad ‘Crawl’ (produced by The Messengers) serves as one of the album’s standout cuts, really showcasing Brown’s matured vocals, it’s largely the LP’s slower-paced offerings which leave much to be desired. Besides not re-capturing the grandeur of ‘Crawl’ or exhibiting Brown’s artistic growth as well, tracks such as ‘So Cold’ and ‘Lucky Me’ sound as if they were placed on the record with the sole intent of garnering pity. Particularly interesting to note is the sarcastically titled ‘Lucky Me’, for in reality Chris couldn’t be any luckier to even have a record out, a fact I’m sure he should be/is grateful for. Hence, the poor-me gig could have been left on the cutting-room floor. Other tracks which could have joined it there include 80s Synth-Pop filler ‘I.Y.A (I Wanna Wake Up In Your Arms)’and ‘I’ll Go’ (produced by Brian Kennedy) – which sounds a little too similar to Oasis’ ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ (I kid you not).