Take That´s new album it's patchy, frequently uninspired and, well, just a bit too safe.



Usher shows signs of self-indulgence, squandering a cameo from Beyoncé on a fairly inconsequential remix at the end of the album, and misguidance, equating growing up with kissing goodbye to the dancefloor. He may be a husband and a father now, but, still only 29, Usher didn't need to hang up his dancing shoes just yet.



I can't believe an artist with such a wonderful voice like Mariah Carey would allow herself to trivialize it with such ghetto lyrics, She is an iconic singer that youth idolize, so why would she (and producers) subscribe to such low-rent content? Is that what America desires?



The Jonas Brothers album It's fun at first, but as each track progresses, it becomes a bit played out, "Burnin' Up" is supposedly the 'best thing' here, and if thats the best these three men can offer, its time to retire.



2008 was a horrible year for Jennifer Hudson. Beyond words..... But talking about music, Hudson doesn't need to shriek to sound like she means it.



Lady GaGa's "The Fame" is an excessive foray into mindless self indulgence. There's nothing remotely interesting about the singer, nor her tiring album. Most of the songs sound the same, lacking any sense of urgency or danceable beat. She sprinkles rap into them to make them even more annoying.



After listening to David Cook debut album, several times, it makes me realize, that arists are better off NOT winning American Idol. This seems way too generic. Its not necessarily bad, but it is pretty boring for the most part, and vocally, he doesn't seem to soar, as he did on the show.



Jason Mraz´s album is annoying. He comes off like a frat boy, arrogant and entitled, and he is not that talented..



I like Janet Jackson but the problem with this album was... well it's not discipline that's the problem, it's bravery, Sadly, after the promising start of the album, Discipline slips into the gloopy, dated sex balladry that's marred her recent career.



Panic! At the Disco´s "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" was a loud, energetic, fun album to listen to. Everytime I listen to one of the songs, it's a fun experience. It's upbeat and fun to blast and move your head back and forth to and tap your feat.

"Pretty. Odd." is definitely not like that. I bought this album expecting a good time, and it really disappointed me. Admittedly, if I had known this is the direction the band was going, I likely would not have bought it at all.



Natasha Bedingfield is talented, but the album sounds like a boring episode of Ally McBeal from the late nineties..



Scarlett Johansson´s album is horrible, I have heard many covers of Tom Waits' songs in the past (some are very well done), but none of the songs on this album has any soul, which is the main ingredient to Tom Waits' music.




"The Odd Couple" by Gnarls Barkley Sounds like a bunch of drug heads going on a road trip. Please, give me a break. This stuff is not music. A child can make noise but you expect more from adults calling themselves artist or musicians.

I purchased this junk based on a recommendation from Sound & Vision Magazine. What a mistake. As I listened, I started doing paperwork because it was so horrible sounding and boring. Then this mess became like torture. Couldn't finish listening to this trash.



I've never been a big fan of Kaiser Chiefs, although I do own the previous 2 albums and the dvd Enjoyment. I always thought they were trying a bit too hard to be clever, and they kinda got away with it and they had the songs to back it up, but this time around they have missed the mark by a long way.



Well, this was a much awaited album, guaranteed to make Snow Patrol a leading artist in the british music scene, until they released it. We've been offered a wishy washy mess that just shouts laziness and complacency.



I can't believe there's all this talk of The Saturdays de-throning Girls Aloud and the Sugababes as the top girl band around. Where both those bands are edgier, The Saturdays just churn out the same tired old pop sound. Their songs are just mediocre.



James Morrison´s album is absolutely forgettable. I have listened to this a few times now and it engaged so little with me that I now struggle to remember anything about it, even the good single with Nelly Furtado can´t save this.



Miley Cyrus's Breakout album is more of the same. I will admit, some of the songs are pretty catchy but thats just because of the arrangement. If she wants to be considered more of a writer then she needs to "breakout" of the mold of boy craziness.



I enjoy John Legend´s last two albuns. The thing that makes him stand out of the crowd is the soul and feel of his music, accompanied by the beautiful piano.
I was soooo disappointed to pop this cd in the player and find out that it is just like any regular R&B album in the stores. Nothing special!



xoxo bitches.

LW TW WI Artist - Title [Chart History]
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ne 01 01 Leona Lewis - Run [1]
10 02 02 Frida Hyvönen - Dirty Dancing [10-2]
01 03 03 Rachael Yamagata - Elephants [2-1-3]
04 04 04 Adele - Make You Feel My Love [1-1-4-4]
05 05 02 Antony and the Johnsons - Another World [5-5]
09 06 04 Kings of Leon - Use Somebody [7-7-9-6]
02 07 02 Oasis - I'm Outta Time [2-7]
03 08 04 Stereophonics - You're My Star [2-3-3-8]
08 09 09 Coldplay - Lost! [2-2-2-3-3-5-6-8-9]
06 10 06 Bloc Party - Talons [1-1-3-4-6-10]
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ne 11 01 P!nk - Sober [11]
13 12 09 Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold [39-35-41-45-27-26-22-13-12]
ne 13 01 Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters [13]
07 14 09 Alanis Morissette - Not As We [1-1-1-2-2-4-5-7-14]
12 15 16 Duffy - Stepping Stone [17-1-1-1-1-1-3-6-6-9-12-13-18-15-12-15]
11 16 08 MGMT - Kids [7-6-6-4-8-9-11-16]
14 17 12 Death Cab for Cutie - Cath... [27-13-15-14-12-7-10-6-6-11-14-17]
19 18 06 Razorlight - Wire To Wire [43-33-29-20-19-18]
15 19 13 P!nk - So What [2-8-12-7-7-4-4-4-5-9-8-15-19]
36 20 02 Duffy - Rain on Your Parade [36-20]
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21 21 02 Keane - The Lovers Are Losing [21-21]
18 22 13 The Kooks - Sway [26-15-15-11-10-14-17-24-14-15-12-18-22]
20 23 06 The Ting Tings - Be The One [39-28-20-17-20-23]
17 24 11 Iglu & Hartly - In This City [48-33-24-11-10-9-8-10-10-17-24]
26 25 07 Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) [46-44-36-38-26-26-25]
25 26 04 Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your Windows [36-25-25-26]
16 27 12 Snow Patrol - Take Back the City [12-11-8-9-8-8-7-10-12-13-16-27]
22 28 11 Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher [35-25-22-16-13-13-12-14-14-22-28]
27 29 11 Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire [7-2-3-3-5-5-9-16-21-27-29]
29 30 07 The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You [25-21-20-22-24-29-30]
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28 31 08 Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat [33-22-17-17-17-19-28-31]
23 32 10 Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains the Same [4-5-5-3-8-7-13-18-23-32]
31 33 06 Madonna - Miles Away [23-22-25-28-31-33]
33 34 14 M.I.A. - Paper Planes [28-11-4-3-1-4-9-11-15-16-23-30-33-34]
37 35 03 The Verve - Rather Be [40-37-35]
30 36 03 Beyoncé - If I Were a Boy [32-30-36]
24 37 15 Secondhand Serenade - Fall for You [32-32-29-22-20-18-18-19-16-11-11-11-16-24-37]
32 38 09 Kanye West - Love Lockdown [36-13-12-14-15-19-23-32-38]
ne 39 01 Santogold - Say Aha [39]
35 40 07 The Killers - Human [40-33-34-34-31-35-40]
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34 41 09 James Morrison - You Make It Real [49-38-20-19-18-21-27-34-41]
40 42 16 Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth [26-15-9-6-5-6-12-13-15-15-18-23-31-33-40-42]
39 43 13 R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath [44-29-19-16-16-22-23-25-25-30-36-39-43]
38 44 08 Sarah McLachlan - U want Me 2 [48-38-35-31-24-29-38-44]
46 45 05 Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [50-49-44-46-45]
44 46 15 Keane - Spiralling [43-25-15-11-10-10-15-17-18-20-21-28-39-44-46]
41 47 13 Foals - Olympic Airways [14-7-4-5-8-10-14-16-19-27-37-41-47]
42 48 15 We Are Scientists - Impatience [39-27-22-16-16-19-19-20-21-26-24-32-34-42-48]
49 49 19 Santogold - Lights Out [22-14-11-6-6-4-5-6-9-17-25-27-27-30-35-41-45-49-49]
ne 50 01 James Blunt - Love Love Love [50]
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out this week...
Giusy Ferreri - Novembre [43-37-35-43]
Biffy Clyro - Mountains [1-1-3-2-3-3-8-13-17-24-24-27-30-33-38-45]
Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight [47-42-37-32-29-35-41-47]
The Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me [50-17-8-5-5-5-9-9-5-14-23-28-35-42-45-48-42-48]
Bloc Party - Mercury [2-3-1-1-2-2-2-6-10-13-18-24-32-36-39-40-44-45-48-50]

Here are your friday five for November 21:
Matt Alber - Monarch
James Morrison - You Make It Real
Bebo Norman - Britney
Ladyhawke - Dusk Til Dawn
Merril Bainbridge - Mouth

As always, if you can't listen to a track here, make sure and check out my full entry at duanemoody.com... I always write more than I do here anyway!!! And leave a comment to let me know what you think!

LW TW WI Artist - Title [Chart History]
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01 01 02 Adele - Make You Feel My Love [1-1]
ne 02 01 Rachael Yamagata - Elephants [2]
02 03 02 Stereophonics - You're My Star [2-3]
03 04 04 Bloc Party - Talons [1-1-3-4]
04 05 07 Alanis Morissette - Not As We [1-1-1-2-2-4-5]
05 06 07 Coldplay - Lost! [2-2-2-3-3-5-6]
07 07 02 Kings of Leon - Use Somebody [7-7]
09 08 11 P!nk - So What [2-8-12-7-7-4-4-4-5-9-8]
08 09 06 MGMT - Kids [7-6-6-4-8-9]
10 10 09 Iglu & Hartly - In This City [48-33-24-11-10-9-8-10-10]
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06 11 10 Death Cab for Cutie - Cath... [27-13-15-14-12-7-10-6-6-11]
15 12 11 The Kooks - Sway [26-15-15-11-10-14-17-24-14-15-12]
12 13 10 Snow Patrol - Take Back the City [12-11-8-9-8-8-7-10-12-13]
14 14 09 Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher [35-25-22-16-13-13-12-14-14]
18 15 14 Duffy - Stepping Stone [17-1-1-1-1-1-3-6-6-9-12-13-18-15]
11 16 13 Secondhand Serenade - Fall for You [32-32-29-22-20-18-18-19-16-11-11-11-16]
20 17 04 The Ting Tings - Be The One [39-28-20-17]
13 18 08 Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains the Same [4-5-5-3-8-7-13-18]
17 19 06 Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat [33-22-17-17-17-19]
29 20 04 Razorlight - Wire To Wire [43-33-29-20]
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16 21 09 Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire [7-2-3-3-5-5-9-16-21]
26 22 07 Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold [39-35-41-45-27-26-22]
19 23 07 Kanye West - Love Lockdown [36-13-12-14-15-19-23]
22 24 05 The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You [25-21-20-22-24]
36 25 02 Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your Windows [36-25]
38 26 05 Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) [46-44-36-38-26]
21 27 07 James Morrison - You Make It Real [49-38-20-19-18-21-27]
25 28 04 Madonna - Miles Away [23-22-25-28]
24 29 06 Sarah McLachlan - U want Me 2 [48-38-35-31-24-29]
23 30 12 M.I.A. - Paper Planes [28-11-4-3-1-4-9-11-15-16-23-30]
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34 31 05 The Killers - Human [40-33-34-34-31]
ne 32 01 Beyoncé - If I Were a Boy [32]
31 33 14 Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth [26-15-9-6-5-6-12-13-15-15-18-23-31-33]
32 34 13 We Are Scientists - Impatience [39-27-22-16-16-19-19-20-21-26-24-32-34]
37 35 03 Giusy Ferreri - Novembre [43-37-35]
30 36 11 R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath [44-29-19-16-16-22-23-25-25-30-36]
27 37 11 Foals - Olympic Airways [14-7-4-5-8-10-14-16-19-27-37]
33 38 15 Biffy Clyro - Mountains [1-1-3-2-3-3-8-13-17-24-24-27-30-33-38]
28 39 13 Keane - Spiralling [43-25-15-11-10-10-15-17-18-20-21-28-39]
ne 40 01 The Verve - Rather Be [40]
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35 41 07 Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight [47-42-37-32-29-35-41]
48 42 17 The Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me [50-17-8-5-5-5-9-9-5-14-23-28-35-42-45-48-42]
42 43 02 The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell [42-43]
49 44 03 Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [50-49-44]
41 45 17 Santogold - Lights Out [22-14-11-6-6-4-5-6-9-17-25-27-27-30-35-41-45]
43 46 07 Dido - Don't Believe in Love [46-40-34-38-37-43-46]
40 47 09 Counting Crows - Sundays [22-22-20-23-26-28-32-40-47]
45 48 19 Bloc Party - Mercury [2-3-1-1-2-2-2-6-10-13-18-24-32-36-39-40-44-45-48]
44 49 15 The Verve - Love Is Noise [.33-25-21-7-4-2-2-6-11-21-28-31-38-44-49]
46 50 11 N*E*R*D - Sooner or Later [50-33-32-21-21-25-30-34-40-46-50]
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out this week...
Oasis - The Shock of the Lightning [17-9-12-18-19-22-26-39]
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent [49-48-47]
Alanis Morissette - In Praise of the Vulnerable Man [26-21-21-19-24-28-28-30-31-37-42-50]

I saw this little quiz when I stopped by at The Strokes' music page. And because I like answering easy questions, I filled in my own answers.

1. How did you get into 29?
Bløf: their songs came on the radio and television.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Ilse DeLange: I guess All The Answers.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
James Morrison: I haven't bought a cd.

4. What is your favorite song by 15?
Alphabeat: What Is Happening?

5. What is your favorite song by 5?
Maria Mena: You're The Only One.

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Coldplay: Fix You, it's such a beautiful song.

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Floortje (ha-ha): I guess it'll be Starts With Goodbye.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Yann Tiersen: I only have sad memories of when I listened to his music.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Hellogoodbye: I Saw It On Your Keyboard.

10. How many times have you seen 25 live?
CSS: one time, great show!

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Arctic Monkeys: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
The Fratellis: Costello Music.

13. Who is a favorite member of 1?
The Kooks: Luke Pritchard <3

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Paolo Nutini: No.. :(

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Kaiser Chiefs: their performance at Rock Werchter, great show!

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Regina Spektor: Better.

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
John Mayer: Continuum.

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
Snow Patrol: Chocolate.

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Muse: Supermassive Black Hole.

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
Mika: Life In Cartoon Motion, his only album.

21. What is your favorite song by 3?
Pink: Cuz I Can.

22. What is your favorite song by 8?
Tegan and Sara: I've Got You.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Avril Lavigne: 0, and I hope it won't change.

24. What is the worst song by 12?
Babyshambles: The Lost Art Of Murder.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
High School Musical (ha-ha): The Start Of Something New, the movie starts with this song.

26. What is you favorite album by 7?
Kate Nash: Made Of Bricks, her only album.

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
Whitney Houston: Ehm? I really don't know.

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Feist: Mushaboom.

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
Jason Mraz: Waiting for My Rocket to Come.

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
Di-rect: zero.

i just realized i have a few albums named incorrectly.. so i went ahead and renamed them.. plugged my ipod back in.. and it scrobbled the tracks played again.. so "we sing. we dance. we steal things" is on here twice.. and so is "songs for you, truths for me".. but i didnt for Careful Confessions.. hmm weird.. should i go X those incorrect albums out of my library? oh well i doubt anyone is reading this..


superpakk's top albums
1. Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come (453) 2. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses (357) 3. James Morrison - Songs for You, Truth for Me (271) 4. Jason Mraz - A Jason Mraz Demonstration (269) 5. Joshua Radin - Simple Times (240) 6. James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me (228) 7. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice (214) 8. Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z (213) 9. James Morrison - Undiscovered (203) 10. Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots (192) 11. Until June - Until June (182) 12. Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (173) 13. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (163) 14. Ryan Adams - Gold (160) 15. Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me (147) 16. Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw (145) 17. John Mayer - Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles (141) 18. Travis - The Boy With No Name (138) 19. Jason Mraz - Selections For Friends (133) 20. The Fray - How to Save a Life (128) 21. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (122) 22. Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead (116) 23. Alicia Keys - As I Am (109) 24. Sara Bareilles - Careful Conferssions (107) 25. Sara Bareilles - Between The Lines: Sara Bareilles Live At The Fillmore (107) 26. Ryan Adams - Demolition (107) 27. Jason Mraz - Live at Java Joe's (106) 28. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (102) 29. Chris Brown - Exclusive (101) 30. Tristan Prettyman - Hello (101) 31. Taylor Swift - Fearless (100) 32. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (96) 33. Joshua Radin - We Were Here (93)