''Don't Look Back'' is the debut album by Slovak-based

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, released on April 3, 2012 through a

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Reception

Critical response

''Don't Look Back'' received very favorable reviews from

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praised the album as "one of the best debut records that has ever been released by the finalists of any local talent contest". Complimenting young artist for "having surpassed all fellow singers of her own", Daniel Maršalík attributed much of "Buckingham's allure" to her ability to see beyond the horizons of her homebase in the first place. Beside the album's anthem " Run Run Run and its titular ballad, he would find the most aspiring up-tempo tracks, namely "Hello Stranger", "Bleeding" and "

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". Giving the set six (out of seven) points, he only reproached the Slovak cut "Mám ťa málo", respectively the spoken intro of "Stupid Love Games", both of which he saw "disturbing to no purpose". In a review published in the

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''MusicServer.cz'', Honza Balušek introduced the product as "a fresh and brilliant record", continuing further: "However unbelievable, (at the time of recording) sixteen-year-old Celeste Buckingham is on the absolute top of the best ''

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s finalists... Wow!" Despite noting the broad genre influences, such as e.g.

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, the columnist stressed Buckingham's skills as a sovereign

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. Except for the opening tune " Nobody Knows", reportedly disliked due to " tswrecked rhythm", he felt all of the album's tracks as "radio-friendly hits." Among other, he lauded "Run Run Run" as his favorite and, especially, the singer's duet "Heart" featuring Noah Ellenwood. Unlike Maršalík of the ''REPORT'', he saw also a potential in her collaboration with Martin Harich, describing their result ("Mám ťa málo") to sound "like the best in the Slovak classic pop" music. Eventually, he graded the album with eight points (out of ten in total).

Chart performance

On July 26, 2012, the album entered the Top 50 Prodejní, a chart effective for both countries

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, debuting at number forty. The following week, on August 3, 2012, the set topped its chart run at number thirty-seven. In total, the record would spend four weeks on the list.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

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, producer * Andrej Hruška - writer, producer,

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* Martin Šrámek - writer, producer,

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* Marián Slávka -

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* Maťo Ivan -

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* Carmel Buckingham - writer * Martin Harich -

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, writer * Noah Scott Ellenwood - backing vocalist * LittleBeat -

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Charts

Singles

Release history

References

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External links

CelesteBuckingham.com > Music

AllMusic.com > Celeste Buckingham > ''Don't Look Back''
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