British pop-R&B songstress Alexandra Burke has finally come to her senses and premiered the music video for the colossal-sized ballad track "The Silence" via MSN Videos UK on early Wednesday. Burke revealed via her official twitter page that "The Silence" will serve as the fifth commercial single from her upcoming the re-release of Burke's Platinum selling debut "Overcome," due in stores November 29.Fresh from her UK chart-topping single "Start Without You," the latest X-Factor winner returns with this stunning re-recording of her album track, "The Silence," as the final single she plans to release this year. Apparently the song is re worked for the single release. It has some differences compared to the original version, new adlibs, high notes, and choir in final choruses. The re-recorded version song really lace Burke's delivery with a fresh layer of emotion and conviction. Putting that aside, "The Silence" is one of the strongest songs from her very underwhelming debut album and it shows that producer RedOne isn't just a one trick pony when it comes to producing certain songs for certain artists.
As an X Factor contestant, Burke proved more than capable of handling a power ballad. Yet after 4 pop-tastic singles, not including her winner's single "Hallelujah," "The Silence" is the first in which she truly gets to demonstrate her vocal prowess. "The Silence," a gargantuan power ballad bridging the gap between Bonnie Tyler and Beyoncé, fully demonstrates the rich, emotive vocals which refuse to play second fiddle to the roll-call of producers du jour.
The video for the RedOne-produced ballad track is a tasteful black and white affair involving Burke in various stylish outfits, and doing a photo shoot and getting all emotional. Burke passes on the all the cliched elements of a power ballad video. In some scenes, she's just sitting there behind a fake set of tower blocks, belting away and putting on her best faux-emotional facial expressions. The visual lacks any type of storyline and was clearly on that recession special. It fits the strong ballad song's vibe - probably the best example of a simple, elegant, yet potently effective but good! Burke will be performing on the seventh series of The X Factor.
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