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IF YOU LIKE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC AND HAVE KIDS (8YRS AND OLDER) ITS PERFECT.
Perhaps, I should check her out better.#14 Hey There Delilah was played zillions of times on the radio, but I never tired of it for some reason. To me most CDs by a single artist only have 1 or 2 out of 12 songs or so that meet the criteria, making them not worth the moneyI'd hope that a "Best of" or compilation CD would have a MUCH higher percentage of songs I'd buy or download otherwise. I like it a lot.#12 Who Knew. For a CD, I'd also ask: how many of the songs meet the above criteria. The prior Now, Vol.
Probably worth 4 ½ stars IMHO, but your taste will differ from mine: "different strokes for different folks.p.s. 2. The one's I'd heard before didn't' impress me much, but this one does. Also, 9 out of 20 is pretty good, esp. Deserves more recognition.#13 When You're Gone is probably my favorite Avril Lavigne song--though in fairness, I haven't heard all that many of them. It's certainly a touching song in which one can identify with the singer & the supposed girlfriend listener.
When reviewing music, I ask myself a few questions; for a specific song: 1. as a gift), would I put it on my iPod. They need to showcase the songs better.#11 Big Girls Don't Cry has the same title as an old 4 Seasons song, but it's a totally different one. Fantastic IMHO. Lovely.#4 Shut Up & Drive features Rihanna's fine singing voice with less of her over-repetition of lyrics than other; it's not beyond her range as other songs might be#8 Beautiful Girls is really catchy--when it 1st came out, I searched the radio to hear it again & again--if the lyrics don't turn you off, it's fantastic. 23 didn't IMHO, but this one does. DJs aren't as crisp in describing songs they're playing as they used to be. I'd have done 9 of the 20:#2 The Way I Are is actually sung mostly by Keri Hilson who does a fab job of singing it.
If I got it free (e.g. It's one of my favs of all time. Deservedly a big hit. It's a riot IMHO. It was a challenge finding out the title at first--so I could download it.
Is the first song I ever downloaded. Hook. Would I pay to download it from Amazon or iTunes. This song reminds me of "Life's Been Good to Me" by the Eagles & "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr. I'd already downloaded it before.#17 Rockstar is another of Nickelback's fine songs--their singles tend to be great, but their albums often have a lot of totally different type songs--that I don't like as well as their terrific singles. A really fun song with a good beat--a good foil to modern Macho & Gangsta types.#19 First Time is yet another fantastic Lifehouse song--they've had quite a few. when these compilations try to cover many different tastes/genres. Pink shows she has pipes, can really sing, can put feeling/meaning into a song, can subtly insert stylistic words/inflections, etc.
& 3. You can easily identify their sound/style when you hear it even if you haven't heard the song before.To me, most of the other 11 songs were okay with only one or two I really didn't like at all. This song shows off Fergie's singing ability with less of a heavy rap sound. Whoever did the arrangement is a genius--reminds me of the fantastic arrangement of Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape" though the style here is quite different. I'd downloaded it before. I'm not big on rap music, as you can probably see, but I was very impressed with Kanye West at the Grammy awards--his acceptance speech was terrific.
We get one every year for my 13 year old daughter for Christmas. She loves all the music, as does my nine year old son.
Keep the NOW hits coming. I like all the tracks in this album. Absolutely no complaints here. The only qualm is that the price shouldn't be too expensive, but the music is great. I collect all the NOW CD's.
I expected this CD to be a bit better. I liked a few of the songs but I wasn't really into the first half of the CD. So it was so-so.
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