Generally, I like to think of myself as a bit of a little-miss-sunshine. You know, I’m quite a happy lass and can find a bit of good in most things. But man, did I struggle with the latest One Love release. Now, I hate to be a Negative Nancy, but here’s where Tommy Trash, Grant Smillie and Acid Jacks go wrong:

A) There are a significant number of tracks on the album that even (dare I say it) the commercial radio stations had done to death months ago – think Empire of the Sun’s Walking on a Dream and the Ting Tings Shut up & Let Me Go. Now really. I remember a time when the Onelove albums were musically ahead of the game. On this album? Not so much.

B) There aren’t many standout, amazing tracks on the album. And as much as it pains me to utter a comment like this (and thus age myself at about 40 years) – it all sounds the same. There, I said it. But it’s true, and this kind of album would be one to justify the beliefs of those who think electronic music is just repetitive and noisy. A melody here or there wouldn’t have gone astray, boys.

And C) The rehashed, remixed, overdone and overplayed remixes. For example, how many times are we gonna hear another remix of Shakedown’s At Night? And for the love of all that is holy, will everyone just leave Lola’s Theme alone. The original was amazing. Most remixes are crap. You won’t top it so leave it alone.

To be fair, Grant Smillie’s disc is probably the one that’s holding the album together, but not by much. And the inclusion of tracks such as Kaskade’s Step One Two and Booka Shade’s Charlotte did help bring up the general worth of the album. All in all though, the guys over at Onelove need to have a long hard look at themselves if they don’t want to end up heading fast. Suggestions? Less focus on the too-cool-for-school image and more on the music, kids.