Alexis Petridis of The Guardian reviewed Daniel Bedingfield’s latest album ‘Second First Impression’, giving it only 2 out of 5 stars. Petridis said, “Having pulled off one of pop history’s more dramatic image-shifts – from hot urban upstart to a kind of millennial Cliff Richard in 12 months – Bedingfield clearly sees no reason to upset his mumsy fanbase with his second album. He goes heavy once more on the lachrymose ballads. If he seems less obsessed with getting into a morning suit, there is still plenty of agonizing over fleshly pleasures (‘A kiss without commitment’s like a flower without the rain,’ complains one track) and pity for the doomed heathens who don’t share his beliefs.” Read more.