Shelly Poole, 'I Don't Need Anyone', In Gold



As shelly takes the next two months on hold to rework her album (heres a hint luv, just give us a double and then u dont need to keep scrapping any of these beatiful tracks)here is a potential track for u all to enjoy... x

This is halloween

Panic! At The Disco, 'This is Halloween'

changeback

Sugababes, Change

As my busy jobhunting/freshersweek draws to a close I've been listening to no new music and very little music at all...except this new album which is currently a bit disappointing.

While many people might concede that this one will be a bit of a grower, what that really means is that the Change the girls have opted for drags them over into easy listening territory rather than focusing on the great production theyve had in the past.

The Xenomania tracks: 'Never Gonna Dance Again' and 'My Love Is Pink' feel very lightweight especially compared to the high-octane stuff their giving to Girl's Aloud. In fact that opninon almost taints the tracks -theyre certainly not ace rejects.

The second half of the album slows way down with some mediocare ballads. Lyrically everything is on form and there are some catchy lines... but ultimatly the flaw of this album is the production, with so many tinny vocals overlayed on scratchy drum beats... if this turned out to be a demo version i wouldnt be surprised but its not... these are the 12 tracks theyre gonna be flogging to death over the next 6months of promotion.

I can't help drawing comparisons to My Decemeber, that album I love, but i agree they're is little that will work as a single... but here we have the single potentials already picked out 'Change' a great song out just before christmas and then its likely the Xenomania track out next spring. This is trouble bcause the singles will be overplayed on radio and get skipped and the bad tracks will get skipped and ill be skipping along to my faveourite track 'Denial' for the foreseeable future.

wooo

Jennifer Lopez, 'Do It Well', Brave

I haven't given this song a listen, i heard Miss Lopez though on This Morning talking about how bravely she has picked each sound, lyric and vocal for every track on her new album Brave. I guess this is her last chance to make a go of her music career after disappointing ReBirth.

Mika, 'Happy Ending', Life in Cartoon Motion

Can you believ Mika has released six singles from his ten track album...well he has and he finally releases one that wasn't anoying after 5 listens... luckily the video also makes u wanna hear this one a few more times too and maybe just maybe his next album will build on this potential instead of just coast on his hype.

hate that i love this song

Rihanna Ft Ne-Yo, 'Hate That I Love You', Good Girl Gone Bad
Those first few tracks on Rihanna's album really made me wanna turn off when this ballad got in the way of the kick ass dark n dirty pop, but now this song has become one of my favourites. The video just adds to its luscious vocals and its nicely understated and shows Rihanna looking hotter than ever.

Time to wake up

Alisha's Attic, Japanese Dream

I knew id seen this look somewhere before... While Gwen's LoveAngelMusicBaby carries a lot of the responsibility for awaking me to the wonders of Japan (where i spent the last twelve months...) it has to be said that in my formative years Japan was also a magical far away place where my favourite pop group was recognised as the genius they were to me.

So much so that Alisha's Attic even released a special mini-album -Mecha Kawaii!- its called Japanese Dream and is a collectors wet dream coming as it does wrapped in plastic with stars and glitter floating between u and the music inside. This rare song is now lost to me but ill make someone teach me how to steal it and snuggle it amongst my itunes.

The song is Japanese Dream.

Her name is...

Mar-ga-ret / Berger , Pretty Scary Silver Fairy It's tuesday, its a day when all popstarlets in photos must wear red eye adornment...after losing tons of songs through my trans-continental flitting i settled on this one album to play relentlessly in the past few weeks. One of my favourite tracks Robot Song is available here - thanx to #1 hits from another planet...you can hear a remix on her myspace.

a good heart these days

Kylie, '2 Hearts' X

I'm not even a Kylie fan really, but i do love 'Body Language' for the Karen Poole written tracks and its nice that even though the whole world and its dog were making tracks for this album that Miss Karen managed to co-write 4 of the tracks on here. Check this out for a nice round-up of all the -many- Kylie leaks over the months...including one or two tipped to make the album.

Aquagirls

Samanda, 'Barbie Girl'

I did want these two to win on this years bigbrother but can live without them singing this song... however i did love Aqua when i was at school

hence why i post this, the video to my favourite Aqua song...