The Alesha Show

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Digital Spy	[5]
Dotmusic	[6]
The Independent	[7]
MusicOMH	[8]
Orange	[9]
Teentoday.co.uk	[10]
The Times	[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Alesha Show has an average score of 68 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews,"[3] Allmusic editor Jon O'Brien found that "the seven songs produced by the team behind Girls Aloud is full of exciting, hook-laden, spiky dance-pop [...] Much more inventive than expected, The Alesha Show cleverly manages to appeal to both the older Strictly crowd who revitalized her fortunes, and the younger Radio 1 crowd who supported her earlier girl-band days."[4]

Alex Foster of the BBC praised Dixon on launching a well orchestrated comeback, saying "Modern celebrity is a fickle beast. After it chews you up and spits you out only a few are rewarded for their resilience with one more bite of the cherry".[12] However, Foster continued onwards criticising Dixon's apparent genre change, stating "Is this the Britney of old? A rhymes-spitting, N.E.R.D video featuring, uniquely British R&B vixen that can ace rather than ape the Americans? The answer sadly is 'no'".[12] However Foster did praise tracks such as "Breathe Slow" and "Hand It Over".[12]

Nick Levine of Digital Spy stated that "Dixon tries her hand at everything from 60s glitz ('Cinderella Shoe') to synthy R&B ('Breathe Slow') to mellow ballads ('Don't Let Me Go'), managing more often that not to pull it off [...] Not unsurprisingly given its relentless genre-hopping, The Alesha Show does feature a few misfires. 'Ooh Baby I Like It Like That' sounds like a Dannii Minogue B-side from 2003".[13] However, the review ended on an optimistic note, saying that "these quibbles aren't enough to sink an album that's often as lively and likable as the woman who made it".[13]

The Alesha Show entered the UK Albums Chart at number twenty-six, selling over 26,000 copies.[14] It dropped off the top 75 chart after four weeks.[14] The album slowly climbed up the chart and, after the success of second single "Breathe Slow," it rose to a new peak of 12, giving the album its first top-twenty chart placing.[14] Following the release of third single "Let's Get Excited", it rebounded to a new peak of 11.[14] It also reached number seven on the UK Digital Albums.[14] On 12 December 2008, The Alesha Show was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[15] On 22 July 2013, it gained platinum status, indicating sales in excess of 300,000 copies.[15]

Elsewhere, The Alesha Show peaked at number 20 on the Scottish Albums Chart and entered the top 30 in Finland and Spain where it peaked at number 23 in both countries.[16] It also entered the top 40 in France, reaching number 39.[16]

Sample credits

• "Don't Ever Let Me Go" samples "Paper Aeroplane" by Angus & Julia Stone.