Call Upon The Author

Four monosyllabic words to give you the outline of this album, four words that make for a very accurate description: Lord of The Rings. Sharam’s ‘Get Wild’ begins amazingly; in fact the start is brilliant. But once you get past the goldmine that consists of fantastic tracks like ‘She Came Along’ featuring Kid Cudi and ‘Don’t Say a Word’ with Anousheh Khalili the bitter tang of disappointment starts to settle in.
It’s not that ‘Get Wild’ is bad, it’s definitely an okay album, you just get a bit bored after a while. The start of the first disc and the end of the second are both high points but the journey between the two of them is a hard one to make. After the first three songs the entire album just melds into one long, never ending dance track. Of course some people might find this appealing but surely a bit of variety is good as well. Yes the tempo and the beat change from time to time but the tracks become so ridiculously long that you forget what the song before sounded like. Just like with Lord of The Rings, there’s a limit to how much more of it you can take.
Thankfully brief respites come in the form of ‘Sweat’ featuring Tommy Lee and ‘Party All The Time’ with a vocal appearance from P Diddy. In fact the latter of the two tracks becomes all the sweeter once you realise that it is the penultimate song of the album. Sharam definitely has the potential, but it seems that what he lacks is self-control, if he can get a grip on that then he could be competition for the likes of David Guetta.