Music Review: Carly Rae Jepsen-Kiss 2012

If you haven’t heard of Carly Rae then you must have had your head in a hole for the last six months.  She has the huge hit Call Me Maybe that has sparked a million memes and other jokes on it.  She placed 3rd place on Canadian Idol.  Wow Canada fans, you sure got that one wrong.  She had a cd come out in 2008 and I never listened to that so not sure how it is good but with the right support aka Bieber she has blown up and is here to stay.  Her new album Kiss has 12 tracks and they are found below.  She then released a new single with Owl City called Good Time which is another huge track and is starting to blow up on the radio right now.  Will the rest of the album live up to the two singles?? Find out below.

1. Tiny Little Bows 

2. This Kiss

 3. Call Me Maybe 

4. Curiosity

 5. Good Time (with Owl City) 

6. More Than A Memory 

7. Turn Me Up 

8. Hurt So Good 

9. Beautiful (with Justin Bieber) 

10. Tonight I’m Getting Over You 

11. Guitar String / Wedding Ring 

12. Your Heart Is A Muscle 

I have listened to this album a few times through now and I have to say it is very well done.  Carly has a great voice and it is definitely worth buying if you are a fan.  With blowing up so big, people often will wonder if the rest of the album will live up to the two singles and I have to say yes.  Listening to it there are many tracks that I feel could be very successful singles on the radio/iheartradio etc.  The last pop album that I listened to that I felt had so many hits on it was Katy Pery.  Well we all know how that one turned out.  It had and set a record of having 6 number 1 singles from that one album.  The tracks I really love besides the singles (except Call Me Maybe because I am sick of it) are Tiny Little Bows,  This Kiss, Turn Me Up, Hurt So Good and Guitar String.  There are some slower/quieter songs like Beautfiul with Justin Bieber.  Some of you might have heard of that kid. 

All in all I rate this album 5 out of 5.  It is a solid album and I think her producers and writers did an excellent job.  She will live up to big stars such as Black Eyed Peas, Katy Pery, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.  She made it clear, she is here to stay and not going away.  I highly recommend this album if you are a fan of this type of music. 

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Music Review: Alanis Morissette-Havoc And Bright Lights-2012

 This is Alanis’s 7th cd.  I know Right?? It is hard to believe that it is her seventh album but there were a few that didn’t get too popular and her awesome Unplugged album.  She has been busy and got divorced a few years ago and then remarried and now has her first child.  It it possible for her to make a comeback??  Why yes of course it is possible.

1. Guardian

2. Woman Down

3. ‘Til You

4. Celebrity

5. Empathy

6. Lens

7. Spiral

8. Numb

9. Havoc

10. Win and Win

11. Receive

12. Edge of Evolution

As you can see the album has 12 tracks and starts out great with her hit single that came out a few months ago.  I really love the song and she has such a unique folk type voice but unfortunately I don’t think the song is very popular on the radio.  Who listens to radio anyways??  Pretty much from age 39 and younger we all listen to Pandora or IheartRadio but that is another story for another time.  I really enjoyed the first 4-5 songs on the album but then to me it starts to fall flat.  They songs are softer and quieter and to me they don’t stand out.  Are they decent songs, yes but to me they aren’t big hits.  I judge an album by how many hits it could potentially have on it.  With this album, I would say probably 4-5 possible choices, maybe 6 but obviously not many artists have that many hits.  Not everyone can be Black Eyed Peas or Katy Perry.  In fact many artists whom I won’t name come out with 3 big songs and then put garbage on the rest of their album which I like to call fillers.  They sell enough from their big singles and the people buy the album but to be honest not many people will listen to the album all the way through.  Luckily thanks to Itunes and other types of online stores we can just buy the awesome singles and leave the album be so that makes the artists and record companies pay more attention. Sorry I went off on a tandem a little bit.  

I rate this album 3.5 out of 5.  Like I said above it has some great songs and her fans will definitely enjoy it like I did.  It isn’t the worst album of hers or from anybody but to me it isn’t the best either.  If you enjoy the single and Alanis then I recommend buying it because you will enjoy it like I have.  With the right marketing and radio play she could definitely make a comeback to be more mainstream.  Will she?? We will find out.

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