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Thursday, 23 December 2010
There Is More To Gaga Than Lady Gaga

If you are a country music fan, you’ll never miss this album in the year of 2010 - Lady Antebellum’s "Need You Now". This is an album that you may expect for a long time because of their great debut album. Anyway I was really excited for the release of this album and it lay in my iPod for this whole year. Although this is not an amazing or breathtaking album from a fabulous country group, it’s never an album you would get tired after a few times of listening.

Without any doubt, the most popular song on the album is the lead-off single and title track, "Need You Now". I first heard this song when searching for BLUE LASER on the net. When I opened the website of an online shop with wholesale green laser at a low price, the song, "Need You Now", came up and I was attracted by it at once. I booked Lady Antebellum’s album with a Wholesale Blue Laser pointer. Since I received the CD from Wholesalers, I had been played it over and over again. This is a song that you’ll never get tired of it even though you had listened for thousands of times.

Recently, nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards have been announced. Lady Antebellum has been one of the biggest winners who top the nominations. I'm anticipating how many golden trumpets they will take home from GRAMMY Awards. Totally, they were nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Country Album, and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Country Song. No doubt, these three awards - Best Country Album, Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Country Song - must belong to them.

If you browse on a Wholesale online shop you may find this album on the Top Music Deals. Most of the songs on the album are good quality. Most of the songs are worth listening, and most people will relate to and enjoy them. "Need You Now" is the valedictory cut from Need You Now, though it is accompanied by some exceptional competition, surprisingly. The production work here is brilliant, straddling country and pop worlds making this cut the #2 pop hit it was. There is superb chemistry between vocalist Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, who tradeoff between verses. The pre-chorus (bridge before the chorus) is well penned ("and I wonder if I ever cross your mind, for me it happens all the time"), not to mention the classic chorus: "It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now, said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control, and I need you now, and I don't know how I can do without, I just need you now" Any doubters should be silenced by this exceptional cut that makes the non-country fan want to beg for more. And "Hello World" is a bit of a downgrade compared to the first three cuts, finding Charles Kelley's vocals lovely, yet too `sleepy' here at times. The cut is pretty - don't get me wrong - but it just does not feel as inspired as pre-eminent cut "Need You Now." Hillary Scot does not enter until nearly the 2:00 mark (mixed in the background for the most part). Only the dynamic ending truly atones for the lack of "oomph" with this cut. "Perfect Day" atones for the missteps of "Hello Word" with a more driving groove and up-tempo feel here. Also bowing in "Perfect Day's" favor is the brief duration at 3:20 and the production work. Overall, there are so many songs worth listening.

On the whole, every song on their sophomore album is more different from the others, just like the first album they did. I love how they write their own lyrics to the songs as well, making it all so much more personal. Off the album, there is some music you might hear at a country club and dance to them under the rays of green or red light laser pointer. Good music is good music! And Lady Antebellum has done it again. This is just the group worth expectation. Although Lady Gaga is so famous these years, I have to say there is more to Gaga than Lady Gaga!


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Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Graffiti

At the age of 16, Chris Brown was Famous for the hit single "Run It!" which topped the Billboard Hot 100, making Brown the first male artist to have his debut single top the chart since Montell Jordan in 1995. He is so young in his lifetime but mature in music.

The nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards have been announced lately on Wednesday night with the CBS special The Grammy Nominations Concert Live. On the stage with laser beam pointer rays overhead, the album from American R&B singer Chris Brown has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Love" with Jill Scott and Marcus Miller, and "Take My Time" with Tank), Best Contemporary R&B Album (Graffiti), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Deuces" with Tyga and Kevin McCall).

Graffiti is the third studio album by American R&B and pop singer Chris Brown. It is the follow-up to his successful second album Exclusive (2007). The album was produced during 2008 to 2009 by several record producers, including Polow Da Don, Swizz Beatz, The Runners, and Brian Kennedy. Primarily an R&B and pop outting; Graffiti incorporates elements of electro-pop and hip hop music with synthesizers and electronic-influenced beats. I bought this album when browsing to buy a power laser pointer on the net. Since I received the CD with my highest power laser I had played it over and over again. This album contains so many catchy songs.

The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 102,489 copies in its first week. To date, Graffiti has moved 316,000 copies in the US. It became his third consecutive top-ten debut in the United States and produced three singles that achieved moderate chart success. Upon its release, Graffiti received generally negative reviews from most music critics. The album has been called a "forward-moving fusion of R&B, pop, rock and Euro-dance." Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said like on Rihanna's post-romance Rated R, "Brown aims to expand his music beyond hip-hop-flavored R&B by embracing Euro-disco, Goth-rock and new wave." Kot compared Brown's work to the "cross-genre experiments of Kanye West, Saul Williams, and Lil Wayne." According to Mikael Wood of The Los Angeles Times, most of the album is in "upbeat party mode", mixed with power ballads, assumingly to "illuminate" his remorse over the Rihanna incident. Giving the album a generally negative review, Kot said, the album's upbeat tracks would sound fantastic on the dance floor. However, there's a little bit of everything here...dance tracks, deep beautiful ballads, and bangers. I have to say that Chris has definitely grown with this album. I just hope that more people actually give it a chance and a listen without automatically casting it off as a failure because of his actions...you're missing out on good music if you don't.

Variety, Nice Beats and he showed a side that most people don't get to see. Lucky ME really hits home with things he's been thru and others as well. Enjoyed it very much! You can find this album from any big Wholesale online shop with a nice price. This is an album worth listening.


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Monday, 20 December 2010
The Love & War MasterPeace
The nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards have been announced lately on Wednesday night with the CBS special The Grammy Nominations Concert Live. On the stage with flashlight laser pointer rays overhead, the album from American R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, set to be presented at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, though he is not the one of the regular guests at Grammy Awards under the rays from green beam laser. If you like R&B, Raheem DeVaughn is a name that you have to know. As an American singer and songwriter, DeVaughn has been compared to Dwele, Van Hunt, D'Angelo, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder. DeVaughn has described himself as an "R&B hippie neo-soul rock star," a take on the difficulty media types have classifying him. The Love & War MasterPeace is the third studio album by Raheem DeVaughn, released March 2, 2010 on Jive Records. It was also released as a deluxe edition with an additional disc of bonus material. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 and production was handled primarily by Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. The album debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 45,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, The Love & War MasterPeace received positive reviews from music critics. Billboard writer Gail Mitchell praised the album's themes and music, writing "Drawing from a palette rich in R&B, hip-hop and jazz, DeVaughn has crafted a powerful, thought-provoking album". Giving it 4½ out of 5 stars, Allmusic writer Andy Kellman cited The Love & War MasterPeace as "one of the most grippingly conscious major-label R&B albums of the last 30 years", viewing its love-themed songs as "imaginative and excellent" and praising its socially-conscious material. I bought this album when browsing to buy a laser pointer keychain on the net. Since I received the CD I had played it over and over again. It almost gives you a Marvin Gaye feel. He makes a 70's style of music seem very current today. To me, what makes this album so great is the strong message that's involved with every song. The album debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 45,000 copies in the United States. It also entered at number three on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and it reached number 11 on Billboard's Digital Albums chart. It ultimately spent 10 weeks on the Billboard 200 on 36 weeks on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album has sold 76,563 copies in the United States. The first single for the album, "Bulletproof", was released on September 22, 2009, and features rapper Ludacris. The single charted at number 46 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 64 on the European Hot 100 Singles, and number 48 on the Canadian Hot 100. "Lyin to Myself" was released promotionally on December 1, 2009. Prefixmag reviewed the song praising Raheem for his "lyrics, voice and style." "I Don't Care" was released as the album's second single on January 25, 2010. It spent 20 weeks and peaked at number 36 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The album's third single "B.O.B." was released June 20, 2010. The single peaked at number 79 and spent five weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. I have never really listened to him before but once I put this CD in my player, I let the entire CD play. It has been a while since I have done that with a CD. I really like the music and the lyrics. His lyrics and sentiment is very fitting in each and every song on the two disc set. You can find this album from any big Wholesale online shop with a nice price. This is an album worth listening.

Posted by adelleth at 10:09 PM EST
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Sunday, 19 December 2010
Another Round

The nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards have been announced lately on Wednesday night with the CBS special The Grammy Nominations Concert Live. On the stage with blue laser pen rays overhead, the American R&B singer Jaheim was nominated for three Grammy awards, including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Album, and Best R&B Song. And she is set to be presented at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, though he is not one of the regular guests at Grammy Awards under the rays from cheap laser pointers.

Performing under the homonymous name of Jaheim, Jaheim is known for his amazingly soulful baritone voice. He was signed by Naughty by Nature's Kaygee to Divine Mill Records in 2000, and released his debut album Ghetto Love in 2001. His second effort, Still Ghetto, was released a year later, both achieving platinum success. Jaheim's third album, Ghetto Classics, was released on February 14, 2006, debuting at Number One on the Billboard 200, and selling over 153,000 copies in its first week.

Another Round is Jaheim's fifth studio album, released on February 9, 2010. It's also Jaheim's second album with Atlantic Records. I remember I first found this album when browsing online to buy red laser pens. When I opened a website of a Wholesale online shop, the single "Ain't Leavin Without You" came up, and I was attracted by Jaheim's soulful baritone voice immediately. I booked the CD with a laser pen. Since receiving the CD from mailman, I had played it over and over again for thousands of times. Without a doubt, this is the most amazing voice I’ve heard in my lifetime.

There are two single from the album up to now. "Ain't Leavin Without You" is the first single from this album. It was released to radio on October 23, 2009. The song is currently number 16 in Billboard's: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The remix features rapper Jadakiss. The music video for the remix was released on February 5, 2010. "Finding My Way Back" is the second single from this album, which was released on January 22, 2010. The music video for "Finding My Way Back" was released on April 30, 2010.

The album opens with the classic sounding single "Ain't Leaving Without You," which could've easily appeared on a 1980s soul album. With the first track on the album, Jaheim makes it clear that the track is true R&B and not 'hip-hop'. On "Finding My Way Back", the singer continues in an urban direction, but doesn't make any concessions to hip-hop, save for his rhythmic singing. As beautiful and solid as "Ain't Leaving Without You", Jaheim once again bats a thousand. Vocally, he's never sounded better. "Whoa" features and old-school, dusty hip-hop beat that is conservative, but perfect for Jaheim. Jaheim takes a victory lap on the exceptional "Till It Happens To You", clearly one of the most soulful tracks of the album, in which a choir back up Jaheim's uplifting vocals/lyrics. On the fine "Impossible," Jaheim obviously lifts from Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves a Woman". And "Her" sounds like it could've been a home on a Joe album or any adult-contemporary R&B singer.

For fans of true R&B, this is the album we have been waiting for from Jaheim. Here the album does find Jaheim extending his voice and crafting even more poignant performances. Thank You Jaheim for giving us music fans some grown folks music...there is still hope for true R&B.


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Friday, 17 December 2010
Still Standing

The nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards have been announced lately on Wednesday night with the CBS special The Grammy Nominations Concert Live. Beyond all expectations, on the stage with 300mw green laser rays overhead, Monica has again picked up 2 Grammy nods since 13 years before, including Best R&B Album and Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female. And she is set to be presented at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, though Monica is not the one of the regular guests at Grammy Awards under the 20mw green laser rays.

Still Standing is the sixth studio album by American R&B recording artist Monica. It was released on March 19, 2010 by J Records, marking her third album on the label following the renewal of her contract in October 2007. Production for the album began in 2007 to 2010, featuring involvement by Missy Elliott, Bryan-Michael Cox, Stargate, and Jermaine Dupri, and was chronicled by Monica's BET reality series of the same name. I bought the CD with a 20mw green laser pen on the net. Since I received the CD from mailman, I had played it over and over. And it had lain in my iPod for the whole year already. This is a very solid project and a ballad strong album filled with beautiful expressions of love. With tracks such as Here I Am, Love All over Me, Everything to Me, and Mirror, Monica proves you can still stay relevant while still singing from within. All in all, this is an album you can virtually listen from beginning to end without hesitation.

The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 184,000 in its first week, and reached the top of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Lead single "Everything to Me" became her first chart-topper in over seven years. Second single "Love All over Me" was released in May 2010 and reached number two on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The album received mostly positive reviews, with critics perceiving its sound as "a return to the mid-'1990s heyday" of contemporary R&B. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Allmusic writer Andy Kellman gave it 3½ out of 5 stars and wrote that the album "benefits from quality control and a handful of particularly strong ballads". Giving it a B+ rating, Entertainment Weekly's Mikael Wood called the album "a low-key delight" and perceived its sound as reminiscent of 1990s-R&B, stating "the appealingly unflashy CD feels like a return to the mid-'90s heyday of acts such as Deborah Cox and Total". USA Today's Edna Gundersen gave the album 3 out of 4 stars and called it "a gimmick-free set of cool R&B tracks". Andrew Rennie of NOW gave it 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that it is "is rich with songs about self-validation, love lost and subsequent recovery, and doesn’t let up on that thematic gas pedal until the last tune"

A commercial success, Still Standing was certified gold by the RIAA with domestic shipments of 500,000 copies within a single month. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 184,000 copies, becoming her second highest U.S. chart-debut, surpassed by her 2003's number-one debuting After the Storm. The album also entered at number one on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number two on the Digital Albums chart. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number twenty-five on the UK R&B Chart. The album was certified gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America, following shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the U.S. To date, the album has sold over 528,000 copies in the United States.

Fulfilling the title, Monica proves she's still standing fifteen years after "Miss Thang" on this album, her sixth studio effort. More than anything however, hopefully future efforts will not only feature quality control on production but songwriting as well. And this album is really worth listening and you can find it at any Wholesale online shop.


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Thursday, 16 December 2010
The City Of Romance

In recent years, France is well known to the world as a tourism hot spot. Beautiful villages, amazing castles and more for every region... Romantic Paris is one of the best cities in the world for couples. So during this vacation, I decide to find out the best spots to snuggle and smooch with my sweetheart in Paris.

Before the journey, I would take some travel equipments such as a 200mw green laser pointer. Because when I meet troubles it can send SOS signal to rescue me from danger. That’s why laser products as DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS are actively demanded at the market now. With a laser pen, it really can help me a lot.

France is the most visited country in the world. It has everything that you could ever want to see on your holidays: a great city like Paris, good beaches, more monuments than any other country, lovely nature, incredible mountain scenery; need I go on? France is also a very pleasant place to stay. It has good food, great wines and people enjoy their lives. Paris, the city of light and its surroundings are some of the most visited areas. Paris is without a doubt one of the most beautiful cities on the planet. With so much to see and do, renting one of the many Paris apartments is the perfect way to enjoy the city under the rays from GREEN LASER at night. Having the time to enjoy this fantastic location like a true Parisian is an unforgettable experience.

Paris is sometimes called 'The City of Light' because of its cultural lifestyle and intellectual prestige, and also for its beautiful appearance. Paris with its seductive atmosphere is one of the most wonderful cities in the world, a metropolis that satisfies every tourist's expectations. Everyone knows about the Eiffel Tower, because it is so tall the city is too small from that height.

Modern Paris is the result of many remodeling and regulating advances. In the middle of 19th century, new urbanization plans were put in place, new wide roads, neo classical stone buildings, and no more narrow streets. Part of this Paris is what we see today. Higher buildings have also been constructed, but now but there are laws that are trying to preserve the historic city, making the construction of modern buildings within the city limits difficult.

The Christmas is coming up, so we plan to enjoy the festival's vibe in Paris. The Christmas markets are in full swing all over France. The squares and streets are full of small chalets selling brightly colored toys, local produce, decorations and unusual gifts and the smell of mulled wine and chestnuts fills the air. There are so many nice cheap goods at Wholesale fair and every tourist would find some that are satisfying.

There are few things better to savor in Paris than a wonderful meal, accompanied by a delectable bottle of wine. You can also pop in anywhere to find this. Wander along the Champs Elysees until a sidewalk cafe captures your attention.

Beautiful sceneries, delicacies, shopping malls... all of these are in the romantic Paris. It is just the city that you could enjoy.


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Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Everybody Loves Milan
During these decades, Milan is known the world over as a tourism hot spot. As the capital of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan, Milan is the Italian shopper’s paradise and a Mecca for art & opera lovers. As one of the thousands of travel fans, I think it’s the city hard to be missed! As a travel enthusiast, I like to step every place in the world and find every beauty at any corner. There are thousands of places with wonderful sites and scenic beauty, so it is my life-long pursuit to travel around the world. I have been to Milan, which is an amazing place for all the travel fans. Before the journey, I would take some travel equipments. One is a 100MW LASER. Nowadays, laser products are used in different areas as like commercial conference, star researching, even military. Each time before the journey I would take a wholesale blue laser I bought online as a carryon. Because when I meet troubles it can send SOS signal to rescue me from danger. That’s why laser products are actively demanded at the market now, even in Wholesale online shops. With a laser pen, it really can help you a lot. Milan is recognized as a world fashion and design capital, with a major global influence in commerce, industry, music, sport, literature, art and media, making it one of GaWC's major Alpha world cities. The Lombard metropolis is especially famous for its fashion houses and shops (such as along Via Monte Napoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in the Piazza Duomo (reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall). The city has a rich cultural heritage and legacy, a vibrant nightlife, and has a unique cuisine; it is home to numerous famous dishes, such as the Panettone Christmas cake and the risotto alla Milanese. The city has a particularly famous musical, particularly operatic, tradition, being the home of several important composers (such as Giuseppe Verdi) and theatres (such as the Teatro alla Scala). Milan is also well-known for containing several important museums, universities, academies, palaces, churches and libraries (such as the Academy of Brera and the Castello Sforzesco) and two renowned football teams: A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano. This makes Milan the 52nd Europe's tourist destination, with over 1.914 million foreign arrivals to the city in 2008. The city hosted the 1906 World Exposition and will host the 2015 Universal Exposition. I remember I took a BLUE LASER pointer as a carryon to Milan. At first glance, Milan can appear like one of the models gracing its catwalks: great bone structure (in the shape of historic and striking new architecture), extravagant taste and no obvious soul. But Milan's style and, yes, substance, are more than skin deep. Armani, Versace, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Pucci, Gucci and many more took off on Milan’s runways. Fashionistas make a pilgrimage here to shop at the designers’ flagship stores in the Quadrilatero d’Oro (Golden Quad). Boutiques stocking emerging labels, and chic concept shops also line the city’s streets, while discount outlets selling samples, seconds and last season’s cast-offs are a bargain-hunter’s Holy Grail. Milan is also the world capital of furniture and homewards (the beanbag is a Milanese brainchild), and a hub for risk-taking contemporary art. Having been greatly destroyed by Second World War bomb raids, Milan has rebuilt itself into a thriving cosmopolitan business capital. For us tourists, what makes Milan interesting compared to other places is that the city is truly more about the lifestyle of enjoying worldly pleasures: a paradise of shopping, football, opera, and nightlife. As well, you can find some other historical and modern sights. This is a city you have to visit before you die.

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Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Old Romance from Ithaca

Paula Cole is one of the outstanding niche singers that I like. I was hooker on her music since her second album in 1996, This Fire. That album is a commercial success as well as a critical success which was nominated for seven awards at the 40th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Album, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Cole was also nominated for Producer of the Year and Best New Artist, winning the latter. I remember I purchased the CD "This Fire" when I planned to buy a powerful laser pen from an online shop which supplied different kinds of highest power laser products at low price. When I opened the website, the single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" came up and I was attracted by it at once. It was shipped to me quickly. The transaction was flawless. I love this song! I had played it over and over since I received it.

I have loved this diva for so many years though she seldom releases works. Recently, Paula released her fifth studio album "Ithaca". It had an international release on 21 September 2010 on Decca Records. It was tracked between Februarys until the end of April 2010. It is the first album entirely written by Cole since 1999's Amen. "The overall theme of Ithaca is the return to home and making peace with it," Cole says. "It’s about accepting that I actually want to be with a man who is a lot like my father and that I am a lot like my mother - which I’ve written about in ‘Music In Me.’ I rebelled against these classical complexes and got really beat up in the world. So I’ve come to a quiet place of acceptance in my family and my hometown. That’s why I called the album ‘Ithaca,’ which is the island Odysseus came home to in The Odyssey after 10 years of fighting and 10 years of trying to get back home. Rockport is my Ithaca, and coming home has been an Odyssean journey: enduring war and finding beautiful things in home. That’s the tone of the album, that there is both darkness and light to this story. My journey has healed me, and in that healing process I’ve been able to work again." This time, as the first time I did, I bought the CD from Wholesale online shops once again.

Following the commercial disappointment of her 1999 album Amen, Cole parted ways with Warner Bros disillusioned by the music industry and the pressure from label executives to sell records. Without a record deal, Cole decided to take time off and focus on raising her young daughter Sky. "I needed to get off the giant hamster wheel," Cole says of her music career. "I wanted to find some other meaning to my life and it seemed impossible to combine motherhood with the music business. It was like being at a spiritual stop sign in the road. That’s what inspired 'Somethin' I've Gotta Say,’ one of the older songs on the album. I thought I was done with the music career after having Sky." Several years later, Cole was lured back to record-making by a friend, Blood, Sweat & Tears' drummer Bobby Colomby, who produced her intimate, jazz-influenced collection Courage, which she released in 2007 while going through a difficult divorce. After the split was finalized in 2008, Cole moved back to her hometown of Rockport, Massachusetts to write what became Ithaca. Allmusic praised Ithaca's emotionally raw, 90's sound, stating that it allowed Cole to work out her troubles whilst becoming reacquainted with the listener, taking them on a journey of pain and her ultimate rebirth. The album has consistently been compared to Coles' Harbinger and This Fire records.

On the whole, Paula Cole's new album is enough proof of her great voice and talent as a wonderful songwriter. Ithaca, her brand new album, is simply solid, mature and a very good album from any perspective. There is no dance beat that you would hear under the rays from laser beam pointer at clubs, but are songs to rekindle old romance with Paula. Ithaca is deep; it's ethereal, organic and just a pleasure to listen to.


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Monday, 13 December 2010
Wonders of the Younger

One song that I love is "Hey There Delilah" which was released in 2007. The song is by an American alternative rock band, Plain White T's. From their 2005 album All That We Needed, "Hey There Delilah" became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2007, over two years after the song's release. As a party animal, I prefer dance beats than other genres. Though this song is not such a song I would hear under the rays of cheap red lasers, it lay in my iPod for so long.

"Hey There Delilah," written by Tom Higgenson, is the third single released from the band Plain White T's 2005 album All That We Needed. In June 2007, over two years after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July. From July 3, 2007 through July 28, the song was the number one most played song on the radio, and the number one downloaded song on the U.S. iTunes Music Store. Since its release, "Hey There Delilah" has been covered by many artists worldwide in one form or another. I purchased the CD "Hey There Delilah" when I planned to buy laser pointer from an online shop where to buy green laser products at low price. When I opened the website, this single came up and I was attracted by it at once. It was shipped to me quickly. The transaction was flawless. I love this song! I had played it over and over since I received it.

Recently, Plain White T’s has released their sixth album, Wonders of the Younger. It was released on December 7, 2010. The album's concept has exerted such force that Higgenson built and decorated the recording studio in the basement of his Chicago home with Wonders of the Younger entirely in mind. The CD was produced by Ian Kirkpatrick. The collection of the songs was designed to evoke the feeling of awe and the yearning for adventure remembered from youth. On September 09, the album art was revealed on the bands official MySpace account. On September 13, the album finished up with mastering engineer Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. I bought this CD from a Wholesale online shop once again this time. At the first listen, I've found the songs were interesting and tunes good. A lot of albums are lacking good lyrics and melodies, but this one was an exception. The arrangements are good, also.

Actually, I have been playing it over and over again. This is a great album, which is usually too simple of a description, but when my only exposure to Plain White T's before this was a song I genuinely loathe called "Hey There Delilah" it really means something. I find the single on this album (Rhythm of Love) better than that song but at the same time much less likeable than every other song on this entire album. I think these guys are much better when they go in other directions besides the standard made for radio single. Songs like Welcome to Mystery and Map of the World are the purist examples of this. The album starts out with an anthem of sorts and leads up to the title track with many creative songs having not only to do with the typical love material found on these types of records, but also dealing with subjects such as another world you can escape to and wondering about where you fit in to the universe. Yes, this is the same band that did that annoying Delilah song but I really consider this to be quite good. If you don't let that song influence your judgment of the band, you will too.

On the whole, Wonders of the Younger is the strongest album in the Plain White T's' discography without any doubt. I can really feel the spirit and concept of the album, on the other hand, they're comfortable and confident in the music they've made. I love it so much and it's definitely worth listening.


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Nothin’ On You

Among the nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards which have been announced lately, The Award for Record of the Year is always my first focus each ceremony. The nominations of the year are Nothin' On You by B.o.B & Bruno Mars, Love The Way You Lie by Eminem & Rihanna, F**k You by Cee Lo Green, Empire State Of Mind by Jay-Z & Alicia Keys and Need You Now by Lady Antebellum. Actually all the nominees are most outstanding in the past year. There are songs you would hear under the blue beam laser rays at clubs while some heard in the shopping malls. In a word, each of them is definitely worth listening.

"Nothin' on You" is the first single from B.o.B's debut studio album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. And the song features singer Bruno Mars. On the stage with best laser pointer rays overhead, this song picked up a staggering 3 Grammy nods, including Record of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Best Rap Song. This Music's Biggest Night will be held February 13, 2011. "This year's nominations are a true reflection of an exceptional and talented community of music makers that embody some of the highest levels of excellence and artistry in their respective fields," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "It is most gratifying to see the GRAMMY Awards process once again produce a broad cross section of diverse and impressive nominees across multiple genres. Coupled with the third year of our primetime nominations special, the road to Music's Biggest Night, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in February, is off to an exciting start." For us music fans, it will be a grand ceremony for this year. I think all the fans must be on the tiptoe of expectation.

I first found this song "Nothin’ on You" when searching for a black laser pointer on the net. When I opened the website of an online shop which supplied Wholesale electronics at low price, this single came up and I was attracted by it at once. I booked B.o.B’s album with a 5mw green laser pen. I love this song! The singing and rapping are awesome quality; Uplifting beat and fun lyrics. Since I received the CD, I had played it over and over. And it had lain in my iPod for the whole year already.

The single has made a commercial success. It reached the number 1 in the Dutch Top 40, making the Netherlands the first country where it reached the number 1. The single was also certified Platinum by the RIAA on April 16, 2010, and reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending May 1, 2010. As of June 28, 2010 the single has achieved double platinum status. The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart on May 23, 2010, at number one with sales of 85,333 copies, replacing Roll Deep's "Good Times". The single also debuted at number one on the UK R&B Chart.

On the whole, this single is really catchy with its fat 'n' satisfying beats, dreamy piano line and brilliant hook, courtesy of fellow newcomer Bruno Mars. It might not be the last winner in Grammy but it's all so goddamn catchy you'd be a fool to give a hoot.


Posted by adelleth at 12:47 AM EST
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