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VERY OVERRATED........
I just don't get all the praise for this cd.I approached this project very enthusiastically and was very disappointed.
I was questionable...
At first I wasnt sure what to expect from Christina this time around but she gave me a HUGE surprise with Back to Basics. The first cd is just as good as the 2nd. I must say that the 2nd disc inspired me to go to church! LOL thats how good her vocals are. She is inspiring and proves that she belongs in the music industry for years to come. Good job

A remarkable CD set. Great songs, great voice, andgreat spirit.
This is a truly remarkable CD set. I grew up listening to Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Motown singers (no, I'm not that old, I was just the guy dressed like a punk rocker, and liking the Sex Pistols, but actually loving classic Jazz, Blues, and R&B best after being introduced to them by a guy I became friendly with who was a music teacher). It is fairly remarkable to see this diminutive woman and pop phenom known for her slightly raunchy Hip-Hop songs show her true range. From the first time I heard Aguilera several years ago I thought: "This woman really has a set of pipes, I wonder if she'll ever begin to explore her full range." Well she has, and the result is wonderful. I have a feeling it must have been infuriating for her to be in the shadow of that Spears chick, the fellow Mouseketeer, who was all package but really didn't have the voice or style to sing anything real in any idiom. Aguilera pays homage to her antecedents; the numbers stylized versions, some deliberately recorded to simulate the kind of "in the can" sound you encounter when you hear an old Tin Pan Alley classic. Still, these songs remain hers. I am quite astounded. I doubt this album will appeal to many people much over forty. I think even octogenarians would be rocking in their walkers, if they gave it a chance, but that probably won't happen. What I hope is that Aguilera's fan base in their teens and early twenties will be inspired to listen to songs like Dinah Washington's version of "Cry Me a River" or Billie Holiday's "Mean To Me" and know where Aguilera is really coming from. Aguilera is a student of the Masters who came before her (she lays this out so well in the Hip-Hop styled intro), yet she can also deliver the goods. It gives me real hope. Not everything in the music business is, in the end, prepackaged, and there are those out there still carrying the torch and passing it on. Kudos to Aguilera! She may be a tiny woman, but she has a giant voice, and a real spirit. ... Read more

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Common wisdom holds that debut albums have an autobiographical slant, so it's hard to believe that Justin Timberlake's first non-'N Sync outing doesn't purloin much of its subject matter from the singer's breakup with Britney Spears. Half the songs are about the abrupt severing of a romance and the singer's rather hard-hearted stance. Sure, he may have been the wronged party, but that doesn't excuse the inflexible emotional posture revealed in "Cry Me a River," "Never Again," and the sniping "Last Night." But Timberlake apparently thinks it does, since he christened his record Read more

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The Only Thing "Justified" Here Is Justin's Current Lack Of Authenticity! 2 stars!
"Justified", the multi-platinum debut album from singer / songwriter / ex-N'Sync member Justin Timberlake, justifies (pun intended) my discontent for his music and my disliking towards his superficial personality. Ok, so he does have a strong voice and a very sweet falsetto, but this album is generally nothing more than mass-marketed Teen Pop masquerading as an artistic landmark. Succumbing to lusty urges & deliberately destroying the career of one of the most influential singers in music history (Janet Jackson) for the sake of one's own viewing pleasure is bad enough, but fooling millions into believing that "Justified" is a great album when it's generally anything but, sickens me.
Funky album!
Justified is a funky album. It has a good beat and you can dance to it!!!

This One Will Have to Grow On Me
First of all, be it known that I am a grown woman, so my appeal to Justin Timberlake is not the Boy Band Frenzy of some of the younger generation.However, I absolutely loved "Justified", had it been an old LP album I would have worn the grooves off of it.I anxiously awaited the release of his new CD, but I am just a little disappointed.I can't really explain why... it is not that I don't like (I kinda' think I do) but it just is not what I expected.It has a "Justin meets Prince" feel that is going to take a little getting use to.All in all, it was worth the money and I am glad I purchased it. ... Read more

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Underneath all Christine Aguilera's coy affectations and vocal gymnastics lurks a rare talent. With her second album, Aguilera allows it to flower by abandoning all pretense at courting the teenage market. Read more

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Like fellow former Mickey Mouse clubber Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera kicks off her debut album with a teen-lust nugget--in this case, the No. 1 single "Genie in a Bottle"--that the rest of the disc can't possibly live up to. Aguilera has a strong voice, but patterns herself after iffy role models such as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Aside from "Genie," most of this music is straight from the cookie cutter, like the less than successfully sultry "When You Put Your Hands on Me" and the Read more

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Still My Favorite Christina Album
"Stripped" and "Back to Basics" were both good albums, but my favorite Christina album is still her eponymous 1999 debut. It's an excellent debut album and it has all the good pop hits an album should have. Infact, 3 of the singles reached the number #1 on the billboard charts from this album, and the album also debuted at #1 on the album charts, selling 250.000 copies the first week!. Quite impressive for a newly launched artist. However, it's the perfect pop album and there have been plenty of great producers and songwriters involved. Christina Aguilera also got a fantastic voice, comparable to few others in the music industry. Compared to "Stripped" there isn't much controversy about this album either, most songs won't made anyone offended, it's just a good pop album with a mix between pop/soul and adult contemporary ballads. Christina had very little to do with the songwriting here, for good and bad. It doesn't feel very personal, but I think the mix of diffrent songwriters it got is far more interesting then listening through an album where Linda Perry co-wrote half of the songs.
This album shows her true-beginning-talent.
Christina debut album had definitely exceeded my expectations back then. It was not a sugary bubblegum pop filled album like that other Mouse-keteer, but an album with R&B songs mixed with a little pop and packed with a lot of soul! She had introduced us to a voice that has a lot of depth and showcased it extremely well for someone her age.
Amazing freshman cd @}->---
No matter what the critics say, you have to admit she can really sing.She has such a strong voice and she sounds older than she is even in this debut.
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Hidden Treasures :-p
I really dont know why people are so anti-hilary, I was too until I heard this CD. Like the other reviewer sadi, people dont give her props. Metamorphasis and Hilary Duff are really good albums and are included on my favourite CDS of all time! This self-titled has many gems hidden inside but also has a bit of waffle. The best tracks that stand out in my mind are Fly, Weird, Hide Away, Dangerous to Know, Underneath This Smile and The Getaway. The worst tracks are Cry, and The Last Song. I cant even listen to The Last Song it is much too painful. I dont even gat the point of it; Hil is only talking to a beat for 0:55 seconds! Oh well...buy this CD, the hidden gems are worth the $9.99!
Huge Growth
Hilary has come soooo far from her debut album, 'Santa Claus Lane', 'Metmorphasis' was ok. with some more mature tracks, So Yesterday, Come Clean, Workin It Out, Where Did I Go Wrong, but 'Hilary Duff' is her best so far....its one of my favourite albums of all time! Songs you cant miss on this album are /Fly/Whos Tht Girl/Dangerous to Know/Haters. BUY THIS NOW!!!!!!!!!

Way different and way better than her previous album!
Wow! Hilary Duff has really changed a lot. This album is SO MUCH DIFFERENT from her other one! If you have her other CD, expect huge surprises if you plan to get this one. This album has a lot of great songs on it! I think it's crazy that a lot of people hate Hilary so much, she isn't bad at all! Liking Hilary Duff is a way I'm really different from my friends, cuz not many of them like her, but she really can sing!
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Bad Follow Up
Metamorphasis was a bad follow up from Santa Clause Lane. Not half as good. There are some good hits like So Yesterday, come clean, but otherwise not very good.

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1. So Yesterday - 5/10
This CD sucks
Very catchy melodies and some great writing, paired with wonderful of-the-moment production make this album good...if it were handed to someone who could actually sing.
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A second generation trio
Wilson Phillips are respectively,the daughters of Beach Boy Brian Wilson(Carnie and Wendy) and John and Michelle Phillips(Chynna,pronounced "chi-nuh") of The Mamas and Papas. This threesome experienced abundant success as did their parents' respective groups. This 1990 debut smash spawned four Top 20 hits,HOLD ON,RELEASE ME(not to be confused with a different composition recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck),IMPULSIVE and YOU'RE IN LOVE. The other songs are good.

Choke Me
Great CD if you live in West Hollywood or are a chick

It`s the harmony that does it !
Track 1 Hold on is a very uplifting song, which brings us hope for tomorrow. It certainly can cure depression, if you listen to itwith an open mind and ears.And why shouldnt you. There are at least to very good songs on this CD. Track 1 Hold On and Track 3 Impulsive. The rest is a mixed bag, but the overall quality is good.Wilson Phillips is smooth popmusic, which fill you withhappy earbalsam, beacause the girls voices just click together in total harmony. This is not easy when it come to chorus, but Wilson Phillips are there right on the spot in many of the songs. Track 5 You`re in Love is one of those moments. In the mixed bag category we have tracks that not are bad listen, but sounds very similar. More variation would have given it a 5 star.
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Two comely teenage lesbian lovers from Russia who happen to sing? That seems more like marketing masterstroke than pop music likelihood, so it's fair to question the authenticity of t.A.T.u.'s English language debut. It's impossible to know where t.A.T.u.'s talent begins and ends and just how much influence their various handlers and producer Trevor Horn had over Read more

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Please...please, take my advice: Buy this immediately.
This is the best CD I've ever purchased. There are only eight unique tracks, but even a few of them would merit the purchase. Any song on here would be the greatest song any other mainstream pop artist had ever recorded. Most artists would strive to have their 'best-of' collections sound like "200 km/h."
Catchy and Clever
I never would have listened to this album if a friend hadn't forced me to. An english version of a Russian pop sensation? I just didn't see the appeal. And yet once I began listening, I just couldn't stop. Yes, the lyrics are repetitive, but somehow these girls just pull you in.
I didnt expect it to be this good.
Seriously speaking hen i ordered this CD i didnt expect it to do some wonders. But it eventually turned out to be a gr8 one. ... Read more

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Who said 80s pop music never parted the Iron Curtain? T.A.T.U., the photogenic duo of Russian divas previously best known in the west for their supposed lesbianism and a risqué video for their hit "All The Things She Said," prove that the lessons of early-80s MTV weren't lost on the children of the former Soviet empire with "Dangerous and Moving." A comeback album of sorts in which the duo--Lena Katrina and Julia Volkova--has dropped the lesbian pretense (though not the coyly ambiguous lyrics), "Dangerous and Moving" is choc full of keyboard hooks that Flock of Seagulls would have been proud to claim, albeit with updated production values that place them closer to Avril Lavigne than to Tiffany. Grabbing some crunchy guitar riffs from Nirvana ("Loves Me Not"), some trippy flourishes a la Massive Attack ("Sacrifice") and a variety pack of punchy drum loops, the girls (or their production team anyway, which includes Trevor Horn and Dave Stewart on a track each) bid for Western pop superstardom yet again with what amounts to a sonic pastiche of the last 20 or so years of Top 40 radio. Much of this turns out to be a surprisingly guilt-free pleasure though, due mostly to the fact that the duo can generally sing better than most of their Western teen pop contemporaries, which helps songs like "Craving (I Only Want What I Can’t Have)" and "All About Us" lodge themselves in your head and stay there after only one listen. Read more

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Moving in the Right Direction; An Excellent Follow-up To Their Debut
Although it seemed they had disappeared from the planet, Russian duo Tatu returned in 2005 with their sophomore attempt, Dangerous and Moving. Dropping all pretences of being a lesbian couple, the gimmick that brought them into the spotlight in the first place, the girls offered up a second album that, like their debut, was accessible to everyone, and full of excellent music. Some of the songs still do have lesbian overtones, but seeing as one of the girls is bisexual (not that it matters), it makes sense. This album makes it clear that the girls' voices have improved greatly, especially Julia whose borderline screeches put a slight strain on their debut. If people would just get past the whole issue of the girls pretending to be something they weren't, they would realize that both albums from the pair provided quality music, often with lyrics better than artists whose native language was English. This album is a step up from their already great debut, and hopefully they keep moving in this direction (no pun intended).
Great CD, but not as instant as their first
I LOVED t.A.T.u's first album, "200 K/M In The Wrong Lane" - it was one of the best CDs of 2003. In 2005, the girls finally returned with "Dangerous And Moving" - the girls weren't lesbian no more, but they were still feisty.
Dangerous and Moving??
This might not be as fresh and have as catchy tunes as 200 km/h in the wrong lane, but it definitedly shows some of that great style that made me like them right away!! With great songs like sacrifice, loves me not, and nice singles as all about us and gomenasai this cd shows us that t.a.t.u. still have a lot of talent to provide and share with whomever is willing to listen, that is the reason why I recommend it to you, if you don't feel ready to buy it just yet, at least try listening to some of their songs and see if you like them, you won't regret it :) ... Read more

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Pump it Up!!
This CD rocks!Great for working out, listening around the house or pumping it up on the dancefloor!You'll love it!

best of the best
i love these songs, i remember them back when i was a kid, when my sister listened to them ALL THE TIME. Not until i got into music in 2004 did i really pay attention to them, but in 2005, when their comeback single "incomplete" was getting major airplay on the radio, i really started to like them, and in uly 2005, got their cd. I liked the cd, and heard that their old stuff was good too, so inoctober of 2005, i got their greatest hits, cd, or the hits:chapter one. lets just say, it was the most listened to cd of 2005 for me, and the song "drowning" was the most listened to song of 2005. , theser guys were awesome.
One of the best.
I grew up listening to these songs along with N'sinc. So when I found the Backstreet Boys greatest hits cd I had to get it. I was definatly not dissapointed, I loved it. All of my favorite songs are on this disc along with some others. I listen to it all the time and is a perminate addition to my collection.
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Brandy has a lot to prove. She's had five Grammy nominations; she's won one Billboard Music Award, one American Music Award, and several Image and Soul Train awards; and she's sold over 4 million records--all by the age of 19. Read more

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One of the well known albums in the 90's.
The first I'd ever heard of Brandy was when I saw her duet with Monica, 'The Boy Is Mine' on TV. From this I became a fan of both artist. Brandy's 'Never Say Never' is a mixture of funk and gospel and is one of the few R&B albums that manages to appeal to the pop market yet retain its roots at the same time, much like Janet Jackson.
The reason why I love music.
When I was 11 years old listing to the radio a lot coming from school on the radio I herd this song oh the song that made me feel so emotional inside a song that oh geesh love. I herd "Have You Ever" on the radio man I was in love with the song. A few moths later my mom got it for my birthday. I ran upstars for the radio and listed to it and enjoyed it. I recommened this album to and Brandy fan and every person who loves R&B. Best of the 90's.

BRANDY KILLED IT
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What Is With The First Review???????
I CAREWhat The First Review Thought About The Tide Is High ( I LOVE THAT SONG !!) This Is the Best Movie An d The Best Soundtrack U Will Just have 2 See And Listen 2 It Yourself !!!!!!!!P.S I Repeat That Song ALL The Time !!!

I LUV this CD
I LOVED The Lizzie McGuire Movie! I LOVE this Soundtrack too!
Pop Fans Of The World Rejoice!
Needless to say, if you own Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, the Cinderella Story soundtrack, and both Princess Diaries soundtracks, then you either own this one or have never seen or heard of the Lizzie McGuire movie at all! It is, of course, 100% girl-power friendy Bazooka-filled chick tunes with no signs of edginess whatsoever. Preteen girls will absolutely love it, as for any pure-pop addicted fans who gobble every soundtrack or CD with Hilary's Fluff featured. I own this CD, and I think it's generally OK. A few songs stand out much more than the others, but most of the tunes are seriously fun to listen and groove to!
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Fans can never be objective...
We've heard these songs a million times b 4...nice...but forgettable.

Has some great pop songs
Jessica Simpson may not have achieved the huge amount of fame Britney Spears did upon the release of her first CD, but that doesn't mean she didn't possess talent.Sweet Kisses, her Columbia Records debut album, proves the former Christian circuit performer a worthy advisary."I Wanna Love You Forever" is a stunning, haunting ballad that really shows off Simpson's once-clear singing voice, "I Think I'm In Love With You" is an uptempo song about, well, being in love, and "Where You Are" is an often overlooked song that is one of the best of the record.Sadly, like most teen pop albums of the late 90s and early 2000s, the remaining part of the CD is mostly inconsistent filler, save for the touching "Your Faith In Me."Still, this is by far Jessica Simpson's most honest album in the days when she was known for her voice, and not for her stupidity.

I just love her songs!
I just think Jessica is talented.She can sing even if not everyone may think so.Each person has different likes and dislikes.Her songs just make me want to sing along. ... Read more

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Um...
I got this for my birthday years ago from a female friend who loves these guys.It was new out, she said.So I listened to it.For all you boy-band naysayers, I hate to disappoint you, but they actyally do play a FEW of their own instruments, and they can harmonize well.However, a band can not function on those merits alone, which is the fault of boy bands.
For All With an Ear for Music
This album is great--and you don't even have to be a teenybopper to listen to it! Who says that the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC should only have fans that are under the age of 18? I mean, give me a break, people. There are plenty of full-grown adults out there who dig this kind of music.
You want it this way?You got it!
This is def. the BSB's most memorable album.Highlights include "I Want It That Way" and "The Perfect Fan" - the latter being dedicated to their moms!If you're a Backstreet Boys fan, this is the album to have.If you appreciate general pop and the Boy Band era of music, you can get into this too.Not obnoxious to listen to otherwise, either. ... Read more

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This Is SOOO Cool !!!
I LOVE THIS SOUNDTRACK AND ADORE THE MOVIE !!! IT HAS JESSE McCARTNEY AND HILARY DUFF !!! One OF MY TOP TEN FAVES !!

Good, Modern Soundtrack
Considering how poppy and teeny-bopperish A Cinderella Story was, one could expect very little difference in the soundtrack. True, Hilary Duff and Jesse McCartney, a.k.a. Jesse McCrap, have more than one single each, but overall, the soundtrack has some pretty good, well-chosen tunes. It starts off on a high note with Hilary and Haylie Duff's solid rendition of the GoGo's Our Lips Are Sealed and ends on a higher note with the Simple Plan-like head-banger First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life by MXPX. Althought Hilary has one of the most wimpy and mousy voices in pop music today, in my opinion, some of her best songs are featured on this soundtrack, such as the seriously good Now You Know and Crash World, argurably her best song next to Fly. Other good songs to mention: Girl Can Rock (from Hilary's third album, Most Wanted) The Best Day Of My Life by Jesse McCrap, er. McCartney, yes, believe it or not (good song), Friend by Kaitlyn, and Fallen by Mya.