[Album] Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape (2006.12.05)

1. "Wind It Up"
   
2. "The Sweet Escape"
3. "Orange County Girl"
   
4. "Early Winter"
   
5. "Now That You Got It"
   
6. "4 In the Morning"
   
7. "Yummy"
8. "Fluorescent"
   
9. "Breakin' Up"
   
10. "Don't Get It Twisted"
    
11. "U Started It"
    
12. "Wonderful Life"

Half of the reason I'm posting about Gwen today is for the fact that I must vent, well the song has a few good songs like "The Sweet Escape" and "Now That You Got It" but what I'm ranting about is that this album does not have the wow that Love.Angel.Music.Baby had, every song in Gwen's first album was a gem! Sadly the same can't be said about the Sweet Escape, it just seems that there are too many risks in the music and those risks did not pay off because the music either sounds generic or just plain weird. Here is an example, "Orange County Girl" reminds me of the song by Brooke Hogan this is not a good thing. "Don't get it twisted" has this beat that sounds like the generic circus rhythm, its so terrible and awkard. There is also "Yummy", its so peculiar, first it sounds like a childern's songs then the lyrics are completly random but also sexual all while have really weird and childish sounding beats. Then it ends with machine sounds which remind me of the music you would hear in a pre-teen cartoon show. Overall the album sounds very neptune-y (which the neptunes did produce some songs) but more then that its just a big disppointment... go download the few good songs and move on, ditch the other songs.

[Album] Ivy - Long Distance (06.10.2001)

1. Undertow
2. Disappointed
3. Edge Of The Ocean
4. Blame It On Yourself
5. While We're In Love
6. Lucy Doesn't Love You
7. Worry About You
8. Let's Stay Inside
9. Midnight Sun
10. I Think Of You
11. Hideaway
12. One More Last Kiss
13. Digging Your Scene

Well I wasnt going to put much american music if any on the blog but this is a rare treat! Ivy is one of those bands that I really like when it comes to american music, this album is differnt then what I'm used to but as I'm listening to it, its growing on me. The songs in this album all seem kinda slow and have that feeling that music like Jem, Dido and Telepopmusik give you.