莉莉的直言不讳，与原创性十足的音乐创作，让英国专业乐评对她的首张专辑《Alright still》，佳评如潮、好评不断，包括NME、Mojo、Word、Q、Uncut、Time Out纷纷盛赞这张专辑为今年英伦流行乐坛带来新的看法，为「今年年度必备的流行专辑之一」、「继贾斯汀之后，流行歌坛最棒且最具突破性的一张专辑。」、「足以代表伦敦新声的重要作品」。此外，知名杂志Attitude甚至盛赞莉莉「为流行音乐和女性主义跨出了一大步。」首支单曲和专辑一鸣惊人、专业乐评一面倒的佳评，加上极具个人特色的行事风格，也让英国传媒不禁为莉莉冠上「排行小公主Chart Pop Princess」的称号！　　也许这一切确实很有炒作意味，可听过Lily Allen那些经常走着Ska \u002F Raggae因而很有夏日风情、半念半唱的歌，却很难忍住不跟着哼。首张专辑《Alright Still》由曼彻斯特知名DJ混音搭档Future Cut(也就是几年前曾找来歌姬Jenna G合组Drum’n’bass \u002F Urban三人队伍Un-Cut的那两位)与全才嘻哈制作人Mark Ronson等各方要角坐镇的制作群，以放克、Space-Age Lounge甚至是Madchester风格为底，给足了这才二十出头的女孩极大的发挥空间，让她无碍的说自己想说的话，那些关于男女朋友之间，有点滑稽的情节与情绪，比方「You ask if we can still be lovers \u002F I'll have to introduce my brothers」这类摆明是为了押韵但又很好笑的歌词。也许正如ID杂志所言︰「When’s the last time we had an opinionated female pop star？」，于是当新世代听见这么有主张，彷佛电影【Mean Girl】真人版的女生，伴随着悠然的律动，那热烈的回应就此爆发了。NME照例很夸张地说她将改变我们对流行乐的想法，我们不妨先听着莉莉的《Alright Still》来慢慢体会其中之意！Like most British pop, Lily Allen's debut album, Alright, Still, overflows with impeccably shiny, creative productions. However, Allen attempts to set herself apart from the likes ofRachel Stevens,Natasha Bedingfield, andGirls Aloudwith a cheeky, (mostly) amusing vindictive streak in her lyrics that belies the sugarcoated sounds around them. You know exactly what she means when she says her ex is not big whatsoever on Not Big; later, she revels in being the one that got away on Shame for You. However, this nice-then-naughty approach is at its best on Alright, Still's singles, which open the album in a one-two-three punch. Another ex-boyfriend kiss-off, Smile, has a silky verse melody that just barely conceals her spite, which finally spills over on the chorus: At first, when I see you cry\u002FIt makes me smile. But even here, Allen keeps her revenge sweet -- she sounds like she's singing about how ice cream or puppies or being in love makes her smile, which gives the song an extra sting. Knock 'Em Out is an even sassier, more stylized battle of the sexes thanthe Streets' Fit But You Know It (and could very well be the response from the girl inMike Skinner's song). And LDN is a glorious summer confection, even if it's all lies underneath theLord Kitchenersample and sun is in the sky chorus. Alright, Still's production and arrangements, courtesy ofGreg Kurstin,Mark Ronson, andFuturecut, balance Allen's tart observations with a backdrop of pop-grime beats and freewheeling, feel-good ska that makes her sound playful and kittenish instead of just catty. While the album doesn't exactly go downhill after its opening salvo, it does lose some steam, particularly with Take What You Take, a song that feels out of character with the rest of Alright, Still because it's uncharacteristically dull, and Alfie, which falls especially flat as the album's final song. Allen softens her tough-girl pose more successfully on Little Things, a ballad that celebrates the mundane moments of a dying relationship (You'd take me out shopping and all we'd buy was trainers\u002FAs if we ever needed anything to entertain us) and Everything's Just Wonderful, where bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage are the targets of her ire instead of a previous (or soon-to-be previous) boyfriend. As withNellie McKay(another young, opinionated woman eager to make herself the maverick in her chosen style of music), the dichotomy between Allen's sweet sound and ironic lyrics could be seen as either witty or clever-clever. Still, enough of Alright, Still works -- as pure pop and on the meta level Allen aims for -- to make the album a fun, summery fling, and maybe more. [The U.S. version of Alright, Still includes a remix of Smile and the50 Centparody Nan You're a Window Shopper as well as U-MYX software, which allows listeners to make their own remixes of Smile and Knock 'Em Out -- not an essential addition, but a surprisingly fun one nonetheless.]