DNA [Deluxe Edition]

by Little Mix

Overview

The 2011 winners of Britain's The X Factor TV show, four-piece girl group Little Mix deliver a slick, high-energy mix of dance-oriented pop music with their debut full-length album, 2012's DNA. Showcased here are the soulful vocals (and various British accents) of Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards from the coastal town of South Shields, Jesy Nelson from the East London neighborhood of Romford, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock from the High Wycombe area of Buckinghamshire. Working with a bevy of big-name producer/songwriters including Steve Mac (the Wanted, the Saturdays, JLS) and TMS (Professor Green, Emeli Sande) as well as Jon Levine (Nelly Furtado, Selena Gomez), Diplo, and others, Little Mix deliver a fun, catchy mix of pop songs that showcases the slight differences in each member's personality and vocal style while never detracting from the overall girl group aesthetic. To these ends, we get a handful of truly catchy, infectious cuts including the pounding, electronic-infused title track, the yearning, Rihanna-esque ballad "Always Be Together," and the flirty female empowerment anthem "How Ya Doin'?," which sounds a lot like Beyonce fronting the '90s acid-jazz R&B ensemble the Brand New Heavies. Ultimately, while DNA certainly makes good on Little Mix's promise of updating the '90s sound of En Vogue and TLC, it's also just a solidly enjoyable, radio-ready pop album. [A Deluxe Edition added four tracks.] ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	05/28/2013
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0888837260923

Tracks

1. Wings
2. DNA
3. Change Your Life
4. Always Be Together
5. Stereo Soldier
6. Pretend It's OK
7. Turn Your Face
8. We Are Who We Are
9. How Ya Doin'?
10. Red Planet
11. Going Nowhere
12. Madhouse
13. Love Drunk
14. Make You Believe
15. Case Closed
16. We Are Young [Acoustic Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Little Mix   Primary Artist
Iain James   Vocals (Background)
Rocky Morris   Drums,Keyboards
Rufio Sandilands   Drums,Keyboards
Sam Klempner   Guitar
Rene Woollard   Guitar
Missy Elliott   Featured Artist
Tim Sanders   Sax (Tenor)
Ryan Quigley   Trumpet
Carmen Reece   Vocals (Background)
Chris Laws   Drums
Ben Kohn   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards
Simon Clarke   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Slick Rick   Featured Artist
Jon Levine   Piano
Darren Lewis   Keyboards
Darren Wiles   Trumpet
Dave Liddell   Trombone
Ben Epstein   Bass
The Kick Horns   Brass
Steve Mac   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Mike Hamilton   Bass
Thomas Barnes   Drums
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins   Featured Artist
Iyiola Babalola   Drums
Fred Ball   Keyboards,Percussion
Peter Kelleher   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Robbie Lamond   Guitar
Michael Hamilton   Bass

Technical Credits

Iain James   Vocal Arrangement,Composer,Vocal Producer
Fred Ball   Composer,Producer
Matt Gray   Programming
MNEK   Programming
Josh Jenkin   Programming
Nicholas Bernard Thorp   Composer
Nathaniel Ruess   Composer
James F. Reynolds   Mixing,Vocal Producer
Rocky Morris   Composer,Programming
Rufio Sandilands   Composer,Programming
Jade Thirlwall   Composer
Jesy Nelson   Composer
Leigh-Anne Pinnock   Composer
Perrie Edwards   Composer
James Stanley Carter   Composer
TMS   Arranger,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Daniel Rivera   Assistant Engineer
DAPO   Mixing
Shea Stedford   Assistant Engineer
Iaian James   Composer
John Hanes   Engineer
Paul Meehan   Composer,Producer
Wayne Hector   Composer
Jeff Bhasker   Composer
Tim Sanders   Arranger
Carmen Reece   Vocal Arrangement
Chris Laws   Mixing
Jack Antonoff   Composer
Richard "Biff" Stannard   Composer,Producer
Ben Kohn   Composer
Toby Scott   Engineer,Programming
Simon Clarke   Arranger
Dan Parry   Mixing
Ester Dean   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer
Shaznay Lewis   Composer
Steve Mac   Composer,Producer,Piano Arrangement,String Arrangements
Miranda Cooper   Composer,Programming
Jon Levine   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Darren Lewis   Composer,Musician,Instrumentation
Miguel Drummond   Composer
Alessandro Benassi   Composer
Xenomania   Producer
Heidi Rojas   Composer
Matt Furmidge   Mixing,Producer
Pegasus   Producer,Producer
Priscilla Renea   Composer
Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot   Composer
Julian Brookhouse   Composer
Ben Taylor   Engineer,Programming
Ben Epstein   Producer
Tim Woodcock   Composer
Autumn Rowe   Composer
Phil Seaford   Assistant Engineer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Jeremy Wheatley   Mixing
Future Cut   Engineer,Producer
Erika Nuri   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing
Michelle Lewis   Composer
Thomas Barnes   Composer
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins   Composer
Ash Howes   Composer,Producer
Cathy Dennis   Composer
Dapo Torimiro   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Instrumentation
Andrew Dost   Composer
Daniel Pursey   Engineer
Iyiola Babalola   Composer,Musician
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Brian Higgins   Composer,Producer,Programming
Dan Aslet   Vocal Engineer
Nicola Roberts   Composer
Philippe Marc Anquetil   Mixing,Composer,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Mischke   Composer
Ina Wroldsen   Composer
Tim Powell   Composer,Producer,Composer,Producer
Andy Robinson   Programming
Glenn Francis Skinner   Composer
Peter Kelleher   Composer
Ben Collier   Vocal Engineer
Robbie Lamond   Composer,Producer
Luke Fitton   Composer,Programming
Daniel Aslet   Vocal Engineer
Tyson Kuteyi   Engineer