Sorry I'm Late (explicit) (CD)

Spunky and sweet, multi-Platinum selling Cher Lloyd, who the New York Times called 'the future', is back with her 2014 sophomore album. Shortly after being named an X Factor UK finalist, the now twenty-year-old Lloyd began making waves in the United States with her debut album, Sticks and Stones. Featured on that album are smash hits 'Oath' & 'Want U Back' which has sold over 2.2 million units.

Cher Lloyd's sophomore full-length album, 2014's Sorry I'm Late, finds the former British X-Factor contestant maturing just enough from her 2011 debut, Sticks and Stones, to show growth, while still retaining all of her bright, infectious pop sensibilities. Produced by Savan Kotecha and Shellback, the album also features songwriting contributions from a handful of inspired sources including punk-soul diva Beth Ditto and Swedish super producers Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, among others. As with Sticks and Stones, the trick with Sorry I'm Late is that while itￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾄﾢs an unapologetically slick, uber-produced pop album, it never overwhelms its subject's firecracker personality. Lloyd remains her cocksure, and cockney-accented self, able to flow between hip-hop- and dancehall-inflected party tracks ('Killin' It"), Washed Out-style electronic dance anthems ("Alone with Me"), and earnest acoustic ballads ("Goodnight"). She has a big voice that can crackle with swagger one second and soar with sweet resonance the next, and she uses it to great effect throughout all of Sorry I'm Late. More often than not, she comes off as a pint-sized Dale Bozzio bursting through these neon-colored, Bollywood-sized productions with an exuberant, irrepressible energy. Even when she liberally apple picks her ideas from the tree of retro-pop music culture, as she did while reworking of Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance" for "Playa Boi" on Sticks and Stones, it just works. This time around, she reinvents Skee-Lo's "I Wish," turning it into a slyly deprecating volley of female empowerment. If she split public opinion during her time on the X-Factor and Sticks and Stones did nothing to sway you over to her camp, then Sorry I'm Late probably won't win you over either. That said, in the 21st century world of extreme pop divas and powerhouse productions action-packed with hooks, beats, and hashtagged lyrical content, Lloyd comes off as a natural, a likeable girl next door with a queen-sized attitude and voice to match. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi

Performer	Cher Lloyd
Music genre	Pop Rock, Pop
Media format	CD
Original release date	2014-05-27
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Record label	SONY CORP. (MUSIC)
Track name	{"Cher Lloyd - Sorry I'm Late": ['Just Be Mine', 'Bind Your Love', 'I Wish (feat. T.I.)', 'Sirens', 'Dirty Love', 'Human', 'Sweet Despair', "Killin' It", 'Goodnight', 'M.F.P.O.T.Y.', 'Alone With Me'], "Mae Muller - Sorry I'm Late": ['Better Days', 'Feels This Good', 'Tatiana', 'Nervous (In a Good Way)', 'Sorry Daniel', 'Breathe', 'Me, Myself & I', 'I Wish I Could Hate You', 'Written By a Woman', 'I Wrote a Song', 'Miss America', 'Something Real', "MTJL (Maybe That's Just Life)", 'Bitch with a Broken Heart', 'Porn Lied to Us', 'I Just Came to Dance', 'Somebody New', 'Little Bit Sad'], "BNXN - Sorry I'm Late": ['Daniel Benson (BUJU)', 'Never Stopped', 'Kilometer', 'Something sweet', 'Ogechukwu', 'For Here', 'I Do'], "RØRY - Sorry I'm Late": ["SORRY I'M LATE"], "Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Sorry, I'm Late": ['Sorry I Am Late (Extended)'], "Kreep - Sorry, I'm Late": ['N/A']}
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N