What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

CARLY RAE JEPSON "kiss" cd, 2012

career stats:
studio albums......3
singles...............12

this album.................#5 CAN...#8 AU...#6 US..#9 UK
singles:
"call me maybe"......................#1 CAN...#1 AU...#1 US...#1 UK
"curiosity".............................#18 CAN
"good times"...........................#1 CAN...#5 AU...#8 US...#5 UK
"the kiss"..............................#21 CAN
"tonight im getting over you"...#88 CAN.#38 AU.#90 US..#33 UK

Canadian born Carly's second album...
she was 26 when this one was released, damn, I thought she was younger than that...
some good pop tunes on this one IMO...
favourite being the one featuring Owl City...
one more featured artist on here also....the dreaded Bieber...yuck!
album has sixteen tracks, just too long IMO, ten would have sufficed what I needed on here,
the remaining six let the score down bigtime....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: your heart is a muscle
best track: good time

[video=youtube;H7HmzwI67ec]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HmzwI67ec[/video]

tracks:

1...tiny little bows *
2...the kiss **
3...call me maybe ***
4...curiosity ***
5...good time ***
6...more than a memory **
7...turn me up **
8...hurt so good **
9...beautiful **
10.tonight im getting over you *
11.guitar string, wedding ring *
12.drive *
13.your heart is a muscle *
14.wrong feels so right *
15.sweetie **
16.i know you have a girlfriend **

3s=3
2s=8
1s=5

rating: 1.9

[CRAZY-HORSE]

CHRISTINA AGUILERA "back to basics" cd, 2006

career stats:
studio albums................7
singles........................42

this album.....................#1 US...#1 AU...#1 CAN...#1 UK
singles:
"aint no other man"........#6 US...#6 AU....#4 CAN...#2 UK
"hurt".........................#19 US...#9 AU...#28 CAN..#11 UK
"candyman".................#25 US...#2 AU....#9 CAN..#17 UK
"slow down baby".....................#21 AU
"oh mother"....................no chart action

Christina's fifth studio album and a double disc set to boot!
a good mix of pop, r+b, soul,swing, jazz, blues and ballads on this one, plus two or three that
sound like Andrews Sisters' style....
all original tracks either written or co written by Christina....
not very often a double disc studio album keeps me enthralled throughout as theres usually
plenty of filler inbetween the good tracks, but this one is brilliant IMO...
one of the best female vocalists in the business yet often forgotten in "best of" lists...
her best album IMO....

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: thank you
best track: candyman

(song in live performance doesn't start till 0.42)
[video=youtube;T32J4TzuUJ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32J4TzuUJ4[/video]

tracks:

.....back to basics intro
1...makes me wanna pray ***
2...back in the day ***
3...aint no other man ***
4...understood ***
5...slow down baby **
6...oh mother **
7...F-U-S-S **
8...on our way **
9...without you **
10.still dirrrty ***
11.here to stay **
12.thank you *
.....enter the circus intro
13.welcome ***
14.candyman ***
15.nasty naughty boy ***
16.i got trouble **
17.hurt ***
18.mercy on me ***
19.save me from myself **
20.the right man ***

3s=11
2s=8
1s=1

rating: 2.5

[MFS]

Good old Eurodisco ballad - unknown to most of you, I guess... but it doesn't remind of his more known hits... try it

E-type "Star"
[video=youtube;FFcjDTCdZDk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFcjDTCdZDk[/video]

[Oceansoul]

I'm listening to Banks - The Altar (New album)

[MFS]

Axwell ^ Ingrosso (former Swedish House Mafia)
[video=youtube_share;nbXgHAzUWB0]http://youtu.be/nbXgHAzUWB0[/video]

[Lovely Linda]

HI, Still recovering. Heard this song on Designing Women. Loved the song mile:
[video=youtube;Smc5FHbZtG4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Smc5FHbZtG4[/video]

[Lovely Linda]

A blast from the past. These "singers" today can't hold a candle to those singers.
I just love Linda. Didn't know she has Parkinson's Disease :frown:

[video=youtube;Kp9G0zkorio]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Kp9G0zkorio[/video]

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE SUNDAYS "reading, writing, arithmetic" cd, 1990:

career stats:
studio albums.......3
singles.................7

this album..................#4 UK...#40 AU...#39 US
singles:
"cant be sure".......................#45 UK...#74 AU
"heres where the story ends"...no chart action

debut set from this UK alt-pop band...
female vocals....
dreamy pop sounds for the most part....
bought this one for the second single, which I love, and which didn't chart anywhere...
album is a bit of a downer for the most part, hating almost half of the album but the
one track I love pushes it over the line...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: skin and bones
best track: heres where the story ends

[video=youtube;Yq9x-ff0fXs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq9x-ff0fXs[/video]

tracks:

1...skin and bones *
2...heres where the story ends ***
3...cant be sure **
4...I won **
5...hideous towns **
6...youre not the only one I know *
7...a certain someone *
8...I kicked a boy *
9...my finest hour **
10.joy *

3s=1
2s=5
1s=4

rating: 1.7

[bob_32_116]

^^ I played that Sundays clip out of curiosity, and realised I have heard that song many times without ever knowing who sang it.

It's always a bummer when you listen to an album to which you were drawn by one track, and you find that most of the album is not that great.
An example of my own: I had a listen to "Title of Record" by Filter, because I love that song "Take a Picture". Unfortunately that's easily the best song on the album. "Miss Blue" is quite good also, though the ending is very silly; the rest of it is fairly generic garage rock.

"Miss Blue" contains a 13-minute sample of 4'33" by John Cage.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

I agree, makes you think twice about getting another by the artist...
back to The Sundays,
others maybe thought the same because they only lasted for three albums and each one sold progressively less than the previous...