I was referring to:
"Such a polished album should contain outstanding songs or it will just end up sounding bland."

and:
"I was hoping Gemma would become less conventional, not more mainstream."

plus:
I was beginning to think I was the only one not in love with Undercover

but this is just stupid:
"This album is like trying to drink a pint of double cream in one go."

and the rest of the piece does smack of reviewing-by-numbers