When I am preparing the selection of my first wave of album and EP reviews for each weekend, I sometimes run into artists or album covers, which just make me listen into an artist I did not know before at all. One of these artists was Natalie Shay, who seems to have received already quite some reputation in the United Kingdom. Here is her debut EP, Naked, which Shay released on 17th April 2020.
Natalie Shay – About The Artist
Natalie Shay is a twenty year old independent pop artist from North London. Her musical background is classical guitar, which gave her the chance to learn at the BRIT school, which also was part of the music education for talents like Adele. She gained reputation in the London music scene, won the Mayor of London Gigs contest twice and even was part of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest jury for Great Britain.
Natalie Shay – Naked – Track by Track
The EP contains of five tracks. The total playtime is 18 minutes.
1. Not The Girl
I just ran into a short part of Not The Girl, which made me decide that I should review this EP definitely. A very straight pop track, reminds me a bit of the 1980’s Bananarama sound – wow!
2. Owe It To You
Owe It To You was as well published before the album release. Right after the first track, it just feels a bit weaker, but it is still a very nice and good listen radio track. Nice!
3. People Like Me
People Like Me might have a bit more of a modern touch than Not The Girl, but I just love the spirit this track has. Just a great listen – this time with stronger guitar elements and maybe even more power, but slightly less genius.
4. Naked
The fourth track is the title track Naked. Again, it is a nice entertainment pop – this time I feel like being back in my younger years again. Could as well be a Stephanie track, for example. A bit more 2020’s style towards the end of the song.
5. Yesterday (Slow Version)
The slow version of her song Yesterday is a lovey finish of the Naked EP. Very intense, great atmosphere. I like that version quite a bunch.
Natalie Shay – Naked – Spotify
Here is the Spotify preview for Naked:
Natalie Shay – Naked – My View
It is always some sort of blind travel book when you decide to review an artist you don’t know too much about. Natalie Shay felt to persuade me with a couple of tunes – and finally prooved with her five track Naked that she absolutely deserved to have a closer look into her music. Really nicely produced tracks – the first four tracks are a bit too close to each other in my point of view. The slow version of Yesterday is a very necessary addition to the EP to add some variety to the recording. Good job!
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Lindsay Ell – Love Myself EP


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Jonas Green – Neue Wege EP


Imagine Dragons – Loom



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Veigh Malow – Why EP


Lindsey Stirling – Duality


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Being Anne – Thank You For Ruining My Summer EP



Holly Humberstone – Work in Progress EP


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Loving – Any Light


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Skuppin – Reliquen



Fabian Kuhn – Constellations EP


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Zara Larsson – Honor The Light EP


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Robert Finley – Black Bayou


The Shindellas – Shindo


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Twinnie – Blue Hour (After Dark)



Bo Milli – Making Friends


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Holly Humberstone – Paint My Bedroom Black


Rick Astley – Are We There Yet?


Antje Schomaker – Snacks



Sacropolis – Dormir Au Soleil EP



They Called Me Phoebe – Overthinking EP


Thirty Seconds To Mars – It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day


Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses


Arstidir – Blik



Bellucci Boi – Lost in Berlin EP


Allison Russell – The Returner


Adam Wendler – Living the Dream


Philipp Artmann – Guten Morgen schönes Leben


Dadi Freyr – I Made An Album



Daniel Seavey – Dancing In The Dark EP


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X-Perience – We Travel The World


Hanna Sikasa – Sequel


Bianca James – Bianca James


Kool & the Gang – People Just Wanna Have Fun


Sasha – Toto und der Mann im Mond (music album)



Santans – Koi Boi EP


Cygnotic – Mortal Dreamers



Avec – I Feel Alone These Days EP


Michael Bolton – Spark of Light



Eyelar – Mistakes & Contradictions EP



Sekou – Out of Mind EP



Sylvia Aimee – Identity EP


Pascal Blenke – Gedankenspiele


Emma Steinbakken – Home


Lloyd Cole – On Pain



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freekind. – Since Always and Forever


Ron Pope – Inside Voices


Silbermond – Auf Auf


Sören Vogelsang – Optimismus Prime


Anna Demetriou – More To This



Belinda Carlisle – Kismet EP


Indecent Behavior – Therapy In Melody


Sebel – Der Boxer


Kati von Schwerin – Welcome Back Home


Emm Gryner – Business & Pleasure


North West – Hamburg



Jennifer K. Austin – Cards EP


Welshly Arms – Wasted Words & Bad Decisions


Overcoats – Winner



Milow – Great To Know You EP


Pat Burgener – PAT The Album


Katie Melua – Love & Money


Sophie B. Hawkins – Free Myself


Sophia – Niemals Allein


Leony – Somewhere in Between


Ailbhe Reddy – Endless Affair



Kendall Lujan – Forget Me Knots EP


Ripe – Bright Blues


Ane Brun – Portrayals


Mael & Jonas – Rocket Science


Lina – 24/1



Antonia Kubas – Liebe und Musik EP


OH FYO! – Level 3: Discovery


Drew Sycamore – Superfaith


P!nk – Trustfall


Ron Sexsmith – The Vivian Line


Tennis – Pollen


Ian Fisher – Burnt Tongue


The Rehats – Heart & Mind


Umme Block – State Of Limbo


Vic Allen – Some Place I’d Rather Be


Siv Jakobsen – Gardening


Alexander Liebe – Spielautomat


Lukas Graham – 4 (The Pink Album)


Ski Holiday – Ski Holadiy


Masha The Rich Man – Sheyne Ziere


Groenalund – #lovestorm


Joesef – Permanent Damage


Gabbie Hanna – This Time Next Year


Nicole Scholz – Nur Du


King LX – Broken Crown



Upsahl – Sagittarius EP


Isafjord – Hjartsatjaki


Olly Murs – Marry Me



Myle – Sad Boy Summer EP


Amberian Dawn – Take a Chance (A Metal Tribute To ABBA)


Boppin’ B – Saxbomb



Tanzos – Win Fight Dream Lose EP



Samuel Rösch – Für den Augenblick EP



Hanne Mjoen – Fall in Love/Apart EP


Sarah Connor – Not So Silent Night


DJ BoBo – Evolut30n



Tiffany Johnson – Over Emotional EP


PG Roxette – Pop-Up Dynamo!


Börni – Two Truths


Debbie Gibson – Winterlicious


Atlas Bird – Atlas Bird


Backstreet Boys – A Very Backstreet Christmas


Alvvays – Blue Rev



Jim Kroft – The Isolation Diaries Vol. 3 EP



Arina – A+ (EP)


Richard Marx – Songwriter


5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOS5


LeAnn Rimes – God’s Work


U96 – 20,000 Meilen unter dem Meer


Kane Brown – Different Man



Moncrieff – Warm EP


Heather Nova – Other Shores


Adam Wendler – Motions


Mani Orrason – The World Is Big and You Will Never Find Me


Wooden Empire – Ghosts



Jeremy Black – Part of Me EP


Sykamore – Pinto


Vanessa Mai – Metamorphose



HAVET – Mamas Lullaby EP


Vin Deca – Chineke


Lauv – All 4 Nothing


Amanda Shires – Take It Like A Man


She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson



Will Linley – Kill All My Feelings EP


Philipp Eisenblätter – Das Jahr, das sich um eins verschiebt


Confirmation – Survive EP


Bryde – Still


Alan Parsons – From the New World


Markus – Das Leben liebt mich … und ich liebe das Leben



Sophie Fellner – Brown Eyes EP



Ewan Mainwood – Broken EP



Leepa – Brain Freeze EP


Charly Klauser – Mehr


Clara Louise – Enough Is Enough


Kasalla – Rudeldiere


Mary Keey – Digital Me


George Ezra – Gold Rush Kid


Fräulein Frey – Ein Wagnis



Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP



MARBL – The Sunsets and Dawns of Everything EP


Karaboom – Follow Your Heart



Like Mint – I Wish I Was Awake EP


Avi Kaplan – Floating On A Dream


VoixxBradler – Blast


mxmtoon – rising


Milow – Nice To Meet You


Dr. Umwuchts Tanzpalast – Im Zentrum der Wirklichkeit


Leo Rojas – Colours of Nature


Suki Waterhouse – I Can’t Let Go


Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer


Patrick Noe – Ich



Amber Run – The Start (Act II) EP


Stephen Jay – Vita Beata


Mira & Adam – Prolog


Hatchie – Giving The World Away


Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant



Lyn Lapid – The Outsider EP


Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone



NANEE – Tausend Farben EP


The Jeremy Days – Beauty In Broken


Placebo – Never Let Me Go


KIDSØ – Fir


Der Sonne zu Nah – Schwerkraft


The Shires – The 10 Year Plan


The Dip – Sticking With It


Emma Elisabeth – Some Kind of Paradise


Michael Lane – Take It Slow


Jördis Tielsch – New Mornings


Klaus Lage – Je wahrer die Liebe


Boulevards – Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud


Rickie Lee Kroell – Hauptsache was mit Deichkind


Erin Rae – Lighten Up


The Krontjong Devils – Music From The Stars Vol. 1


Joe Carpenter – Meine Lieder


Pictures – It’s OK



Joe Sciacca – Kleine Wolke EP



Spoon And The Forkestra – The Fondest Flinch EP



Rockmann – One Guitar Hit EP


Jona Bird – Januar


Morris Jones – Out & About


Lauryn Mark – Aperitif EP


Johannes Scheurich – Mehr Davon



Al Lewis – Moving On Moving Past EP



Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 2 EP


Yvonne Catterfeld – Change


Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Flood


Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)


Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)


Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition)


X: THC – Fall Down Seven Times, Rise Up Eight


Cat Ballou – Alles Bunt



Alex Diehl – Die Songs, die ich nie schreiben wollte EP


Max Giesinger – Vier


Dieter Hallervorden – 80 plus


ABBA – Voyage


Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben



Thabile – Look At The Sky EP


Duran Duran – Future Past


Elton John – The Lockdown Sessions



Dahlia Sleeps – Overflow (A-Side) EP


Winter 2 – Winter 2


MEDLZ – (das) Läuft bei uns Vol. 2


Cassadee Pope – Thrive


Go Go Berlin – Expectations


Vanilla Ninja – Encore


Cimafunk – El Alimento


Paule – Wunderschön unperfekt



Simon Jela – Safe Place EP



Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP


Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name


Wolfgang Petry – Auf das Leben


Natalie Imbruglia – Firebird



Hanne Mjoen – Emotional Fever EP


Peter Vale – Deep River



Power Plush – Vomiting Emotions EP



Amber Run – The Search (Act 1) EP


Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed


Baby Queen – The Yearbook


David Hasselhoff – Party Your Hasselhoff


Echo Bloom – Wake


Imany – Voodoo Cello


LaFee – Zurück In Die Zukunft


Kool & The Gang – Perfect Union


Annie Chops – Level Up


Dan + Shay – Good Things


Mark Forster – Musketiere


Perlregen – Drei


Zwanie Jonson – We Like It


Torres – Thirstier



Lauran Hibberd – Goober EP


Prince – Welcome 2 America


Joshua Radin – The Ghost and The Wall


Molly Burch – Romantic Images


Egotronic – Stresz



Sarah Straub – Tacheles EP


Charli Adams – Bullseye


Gary Kemp – INSOLO


Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen – GschichterIn aus dem Park Cafe



Luna Morgenstern – Taking The Blow EP


Super db – Ecoute Ca


7fields – Under My Skin EP



Dominik Klein – Reflections EP


Kat Eaton – Talk To Me



Orian – Before It Weighs Us Down EP


The Heels – I Am


Polo & Pan – Cyclorama



ferdinant. – Airplanes EP



Paul Weber – Alles im Arsch EP


Maroon 5 – Jordi


Fancy – MASQUERADE (Les Marionettes)


Gary Louris – Jump For Joy


No Angels – 20



Brynn Cartelli – Based On A True Story EP


Die Prinzen – Krone der Schöpfung


Jon Allen – …meanwhile



Noah Levi – Indigo EP



JJ Wilde – Wilde EP


Stefanie Heinzmann – Labyrinth



People Club – Take Me Home EP


Claudia Koreck – Perlentaucherin


Watershed – Elephant In The Room



Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 1 EP


Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8


Wincent Weiss – Vielleicht Irgendwann


VINTER – Seasons



Stef – A Glitch in our Virtual Reality EP


Klee – Trotzalledem


Ashley Monroe – Rosegold


LOST – Long Nights Good Friends Red Wine


Sarah Lombardi – Im Augenblick


Samuel Rösch – Geschichten


JORIS – Willkommen Goodbye



Diane Weigmann – Die Wahrheit liegt irgendwo dazwischen


London Grammar – Californian Soil


Clicks – G.O.T.H.


The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under A Full Moon


Thomas Anders – Cosmic


Kora Naughton – Nineteen



Billy Lockett – Reflections EP


Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun


Hanna Batka – Mitten in Berlin


Morgan Wade – Reckless



Schorl3 – Sprudelpop EP


Blutengel – Fountain of Destiny


Stereoact – #Schlager


Alyssa Trahan – Baby Blues & Stilettos


Zara Larsson – Poster Girl


Ron Gallo – Peacemeal


PeterLicht – Beton Und Ibuprofen


Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones


Iuna Lux – All of my Answers EP


Dustin Bird – Unscripted


Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!


Paso Doble & DJKC – Urknall



LINA – Meins EP



Bow Anderson – New Wave EP


Peter Schilling – Vis Viva



Devin Dawson – The Pink Slip EP


Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1



Bella Lambert – Memories EP


Taylor Swift – evermore


Jennifer K. Austin – Journey


Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts


Gary Barlow – Music Played by Humans


Caitlyn Shadbolt – Stages


Kylie Minogue – Disco


Sam Smith – Love Goes


Jojo – December Baby


Meghan Trainor – A Very Trainor Christmas


Alexander Eder – Schlagzeilen


Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface


Ward Thomas – Invitation



mxmtoon – dusk EP


Melanie C – Melanie C


Ava Max – Heaven and Hell


Hurts – Faith


Katy Perry – Smile


miu – Corona Tapes EP


Yello – Point


Erasure – The Neon


X-Perience – 555


Carly and Martina – Are You Listening?


Ronan Keating – Twenty Twenty


Taylor Swift – folklore


Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue


Dixie Chicks / The Chicks – Gaslighter


Donna Missal – Lighter


Marquess – Turbulento


Bob Katsionis – Amadeus Street Warrior


Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?


Haim – Women in Music Pt. III



Georgia Ku – Real EP


Right Said Fred – Good Times Everybody EP


Gabby Barrett – Goldmine


Nicole Atkins – Italian Ice


Lady Gaga – Chromatica


Das Moped – Erstaunlich Klar



Dagny – Strangers / Lovers EP


Maple & Rye – For Everything


Ilse DeLange – Changes


Nico Santos – Nico Santos



Hailee Steinfeld – Half Written Story EP


JoJo – good to know


Cutting Crew – Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven


Lennon Stella – Three, Two, One.



Karen – Repeat


Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy


Celeigh Cardinal – Stories from a Downtown Apartment


Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia


Vanessa Carlton – Love is an Art


Adam Lambert – Velvet


Conan Gray – Kid Krow


Delta Rae – The Light


Rachel Reinert – Into The Blue

