Goes Without Saying

Release Date: 11th September 2006 Label: Squimmy Records

"Charlotte has a huge career in front of her" - Richard Allinson, Radio 2

 

She's been singing and dancing since the age of three. She's been winning talent contests since the age of eight. Now, 17 year-old Charlotte Cooper is ready to make her true impact on the music industry with the September release of her debut album Goes Without Saying, which is produced by the legendary Steve Levine (Beach Boys, The Clash and Culture Club).

Alongside his old colleagues and Charlotte's very own discoverers, Beach Boys' Jeffery Foskett and Billy Hinchse, Levine began to sculpture the most angelic and blissful sound since The Carpenters, a sound which gives Goes Without Saying a distinctive combination of classic easy-listening, and catchy pop-balladry.

Debut single, Lucky Guy, achieved various play-list slots on over thirty radio stations across the country, including Radio 2 and Radio London, where Charlotte received mass-support from Richard Allinson and Mike Read respectively. It was Read especially who put a lot of dedication into Charlotte's cause, playing many of the fabulously written acoustic-pop songs off Goes Without Saying, as a result of Charlotte's new-found status as one of the most requested new artists on Radio London.

And the heavyweight industry connections don't end there. Apart from the Beach Boys themselves, special guest performers on the album include Gerry Beckley, the founding member of popular 70s US rock band America, and the legendary Elton John collaborator, Kiki Dee. What makes the contributions even more impressive is that they both sing backing-vocals on their own songs, which Charlotte has covered.

Partly as a consequence of the musical backgrounds of many of Charlotte's contributors, the songs off Goes Without Saying, many of which are written by Charlotte herself, are of an admirably mature caliber, especially considering Charlotte's youthful age. Her vocals on tracks such as Sometimes I Wish and title track Goes Without Saying, are performed with such adult confidence, they certainly have the capacity to compete with such contemporaries as Katie Melua and Norah Jones, as well as attracting similarly-sized followings

Amongst her celebrity admirers are Chicago's Robert Lamm, Eagles' Timothy B Schmidt and Chris Rainbow. Oh yes, and her school friends included McFly's Dougie Pointer, and the star of Billy Elliot, George Maguire.

Not often does an every-day teenage girl receive such heavyweight industry backing at such a tender stage in their career. Then again Charlotte is not your every-day teenager. Having been immersed by music, dance and admirers in both fields from such a young age, it was inevitable that her break would come. Now it is her time to really shine, and Goes Without Saying does not fail as a debut displaying the immense talent of a future star.

 

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