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Post by 2ton on Nov 11, 2008 20:48:02 GMT -5
So, does this reviewer like it or not, lol!
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Post by mljbray on Nov 11, 2008 20:55:53 GMT -5
Hard to tell, isn't it Toni? LOL Here's another review.......... latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/11/album-review-da.htmlAlbum review: David Archuleta's debut 05:54 PM PT, Nov 10 2008 Why do "American Idol" fans consistently reward male pop singers for being entirely sexless on the show? Pouty lips and flirty lashes are practically entrance requirements for female singers, and "rocker" guys can bellow and strut to their content. But there's a kind of elfish contestant who always does well despite the possibility of vanishing in a cloud of unicorn glitter were he to sing something arousing. Which brings us to the curious case of David Archuleta's debut album. It's an exacting distillation of a 13-year-old girl's wholesome romantic aspirations as imagined by 50-year-old label reps. Yet the show revealed that image is actually true to Archuleta's personality (albeit, one creepily stage-managed by his dad). It's as if Archuleta's influences as a singer were solely previous "Idol" contestants, and he's a blank screen for viewers to project onto via millions of speed-dialed votes. Archuleta has one magisterial single, "Crush," that will smother all who encounter it with the refinement of its craft. But the record is larded with awkward modernist R&B, Christian semaphore ballads like "You Can" and warm-milk mewling that makes David Cook, Archuleta's "Idol" foe, sound like Robert Plant. The best teen pop is often code for exploring more dangerous ideas, yet Archuleta counts Tamyra Gray and Kelly Clarkson as influences in his liner notes. Kids deserve more salacious pandering than that. --August Brown
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Post by 2ton on Nov 11, 2008 20:58:41 GMT -5
Okaaaay, this one def does not care so much for the record!
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Post by ChiFan on Nov 12, 2008 11:39:07 GMT -5
The reviews are definitely mixed, but aren't they always? Billboard gave it a good review, along with many others. I bought the CD and I'm liking a lot of the songs. Right now I'm listening to You Can which sounds a little more geared toward my age group lol. It has a bit of a James Taylor vibe to me.
And now just 6 days 'til Cook's CD!
eta: there must be a power struggle at la times; there's a blog in the entertainment section giving DA's album a glowing review, and kind of critiqueing reviewers. I found that kinda funny.
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Post by 2ton on Nov 12, 2008 20:38:18 GMT -5
hahaha, reviewing the reviewers, ... I love it! The British Press was always brutal to Queen, but they are still selling tons of records! And I don't mean Q+PR, I mean the original Queen.
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Post by mbucksfan on Dec 8, 2008 12:23:47 GMT -5
thought this was amazing performance by the wunderkid
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Post by 2ton on Dec 8, 2008 20:16:05 GMT -5
Dang, he was much better as a little kid than he was on AI!!!!!!!! I think that's what annoys me about Crush...it's all manufactured formula pop, and his voice is mostly always buried under all the triple tracking and instruments.
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