Salute

by Little Mix

Overview

The sophomore full-length album from Little Mix, 2013's Salute, showcases the British all-girl group's bright, high-energy pop music. The album follows up the former X Factor champions' 2012 debut, DNA. Once again, this album features the vocal talents of Little Mix members Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall. Surrounded by a sea of similarly inclined girl group acts like Fifth Harmony and the Saturdays, Little Mix do a nice job of standing out from the crowd here. This is not so much due to any reinvention of the pop wheel (although they do sound a lot more Americanized than their British contemporaries); what separates them is great songwriting and production, and on that score Salute is a big win for Little Mix. This time around, Little Mix worked with a handful of big-name producers including Future Cut (Lily Allen, Shakira), MNEK (Rudimental, Misha B), TMS (Emeli Sande, Olly Murs), and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey). The result is that they have a heavier, more R&B and hip-hop-influenced sound on Salute than they did on DNA. In that sense, Little Mix are more in line with acts like Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and Beyonce. Twenty years on from the days when En Vogue and TLC reigned as R&B divas, their distinctive '90s production sound is back in vogue and Little Mix are clearly enamored with it. Cuts like "About the Boy," "Mr. Loverboy," and "Move" have a strong '90s club aesthetic that smartly bridges the gap between vintage house music and contemporary electronic dance music of the 2000s. Ultimately, while Salute retains all of Little Mix's infectious, teen-friendly ingredients, it reveals a new recipe for fans whose palates have matured right along with the band. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	02/04/2014
Label:	Syco Music
UPC:	0888837893626
Rank:	147766

Tracks

1. Salute
2. Move
3. Little Me
4. Nothing Feels Like You
5. Towers
6. Competition
7. These Four Walls
8. About the Boy
9. Boy
10. Good Enough
11. Mr Loverboy
12. A Different Beat

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Little Mix   Primary Artist
Ben Kohn   Bass,Piano,Guitar
Andrew Parker   Strings
Simon Clarke   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Bruce White   Viola,Strings
Deborah Widdup   Strings
Richard George   Violin
Frank Schaefer   Strings
Sonia Slany   Strings
Shaznay Lewis   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Boguslav Kostecki   Strings
David Daniels   Strings
Paul Spong   Soloist,Trumpet
Nick Holland   Celli
Emlyn Singleton   Strings
Jamie Scott   Piano
Jonathan Hill   Violin
Martin Anderson   Guitar,Guitar
Iyiola Babalola   Drums,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Peter Lale   Strings
Martin Loveday   Strings
Patrick Kiernan   Strings
Richard Henry   Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
The Kick Horns   Horn
Cliff Masterson   Conductor,String Conductor
Perry Montague-Mason   Strings
Iain James   Vocals (Background)
Emre Ramazanoglu   Tambourine
Fred Ball   Percussion
Kerenza Peacock   Violin
Nicola Roberts   Vocals (Background)
Nerys Richards   Celli
Christopher Tombling   Strings
Nathan Duvall   Vocals (Background)
Kris Houston   Piano
Marianne Haynes   Violin
Tom Piggott-Smith   Violin
Peter Kelleher   Keyboards
Duvall   Vocals (Background)
Rachel Bolt   Strings
Thomas Bowes   Strings
Cathy Thompson   Strings
Laura Melhuish   Violin
Tom Barnes   Bass,Drums
Tim Sanders   Sax (Tenor)
Ryan Quigley   Trumpet
Mark Berrow   Strings
Maegan Cottone   Vocals (Background)
Jeremy Isaac   Violin
Camille Purcell   Vocals (Background)
MNEK   Vocals (Background)
Boguslaw Krostecki   Strings
Guy "Wu Twang" Clangley   Guitar
Milo Ball   Toy Instruments
Reuben James   Piano
Steve Morris   Violin
Darren Lewis   Bass,Piano,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Kiris Houston   Piano
Lucy Morgan   Viola
Rolf Wilson   Violin
Dave Liddell   Trombone
Timothy Grant   Viola

Technical Credits

Richard "Biff" Stannard   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Mixing,Composer
Ben Kohn   Composer
Simon Clarke   Arranger
Gabriel Faure   Sample Source
Shaznay Lewis   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing
Rick Parkhouse   Composer
Ryan Williamson   Composer
Ash Howes   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Jamie Scott   Composer
Iyiola Babalola   Composer,Instrumentation
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Tony Maserati   Mixing
Ken "Duro" Ifill   Mixing
David Juritz   Leader
Cliff Masterson   String Arrangements
Duvall   Engineer,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Iain James   Composer,Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Fred Ball   Composer,Producer,Programming
Nicola Roberts   Composer
Henrik Michelsen   Composer,Programming,Instrumentation
Ayak Thiik   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Philippe Marc Anquetil   Vocal Producer
Electric   Producer,Producer
Clarissa Farran   String Arrangements
Dave Moore   Engineer,String Engineer
James Reynolds   Mixing
Wez Clarke   Mix Down,Mixdown Engineer
Jez Ashurst   Programming,Instrumentation
Nathan Duvall   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Nicky D'silva   Programming,Additional Production
Tom Piggott-Smith   Leader
Peter Kelleher   Composer
Future Cut   Engineer,Producer
Little Nikki   Composer
Tom Barnes   Composer
Bradford Ellis   Composer
Tim Sanders   Arranger
Maegan Cottone   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Ben Collier   Vocal Engineer,String Arrangements
Hillary Skewes   String Contractor
Roz Colls   String Contractor
Edvard Forre Erfjord   Composer,Programming,Instrumentation
George Tizzard   Composer
Uzoechi Emenike   Composer
Camille Purcell   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
MNEK   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Rykeyz   Engineer,Producer
Ben "Bengineer" Chang   Vocal Engineer
Roma Martyniuk   Art Direction
Jade Thirlwall   Composer
Jesy Nelson   Composer
Leigh-Anne Pinnock   Composer
Perrie Edwards   Composer
Dan Lancaster   Mixing
TMS   Producer,Vocal Engineer
Sam Klempner   Vocal Engineer
Aaron Ahmad   Assistant
Dylan Don   Photography
Olga Fitzroy   Engineer,String Engineer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Jordan Dollar   Composer
Darren Lewis   Composer,Instrumentation
Rolf Wilson   Leader
Tom Hough   Engineer
Hilary Skewes   String Contractor