Natasha Bedingfield Album: “Pocketful of Sunshine”

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Personnel: Natasha Bedingfield (vocals, background vocals); Toby Gad (various instruments, programming); J.R. Rotem, Dernst "D.Mile" Emile, Greg Kurstin, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins (various instruments); Wendy Melvoin, Nick Lashley (guitar); Mike Elizondo (guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, programming); John Shanks (guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, background vocals); Mads Hauge (guitars); Carla Campbell, Mark Robertson, Julie Gigante, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond (violin); Hanoh, Keith Greene (viola); Vanessa Freebirn, Sebastian Toettcher, Victor Lawrence (cello); Richard Altenbach (strings); Wayne Wilkins (keyboard, keyboards, programming, drum programming, background vocals); Danja (keyboard); Andrew Frampton (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Charlie Judge (keyboards); Michael Valerio (bass guitar); Trevor Lawrence (drums, cymbals); Jeff Rothschild (drums, programming); Ravaughn Brown, Stee Kipner, Danielle Brisebois, Rico Love, Meleni Smith (background vocals). <p>Additional personnel: Sean Kingston. <p>In 2008 popster Natasha Bedingfield dropped a finely constructed, hook-filled effort in POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE. Rootsy and groove-oriented, but with plenty of contemporary R&B studio polish (a combo especially evident on the reggae-inflected standout "Love Like This," featuring Sean Kingston), POCKETFUL manages to be both laid-back and glamorous at once. <p>Bedingfield is equally adept at breezy, catchy dance-pop (the title track) as she is at heart-tugging love ballads ("Soulmate"). Sharp productions, head-nodding beats, singalong choruses, and Bedingfield's smooth, appealing vocals make POCKETFUL go down easy, and will keep fans coming back to these tracks again and again.