Music : One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful"

Album Info :
One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful"
Audio CD (12 Sep 2011)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Single
Label: Syco
ASIN: B005EJ3XAQ

Album Review :

By Ailbhe Malone (http://www.nme.com)

If ‘What Makes You Beautiful’- the debut single from X Factor runners up One Direction - could know its audience any more, it’d have skimmed their bank account and nicked their passport by now.

Aimed solidly at teenage girls (and boys) who are waiting for somebody to be secretly in love with them, ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ is so unthreatening it might have to think twice about holding hands, lest it get overwhelmed.

Not that that’s a bad thing. Channeling their sterling performance of ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’, ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ is exuberant with a catchy ‘oh na na na’ middle eight.

The real genius is that the chord progression is simple enough to be played on an acoustic guitar at a house party. A tenner says this is ‘our song’ to four new pubescent couples by the end of the week.

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful Video



What Makes You Beautiful lyrics

Liam:
You're insecure
Don't know what for
You're turning heads when you walk through the door
Don't need make up
To cover up
Being the way that you are is enough

Harry:
Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you-ou-ou

Chorus:
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
(Oh oh)
That's what makes you beautiful!

Zayn:
So c-come on
You got it wrong
To prove I'm right I put it in a so-o-ong
I don't why
You're being shy
And turn away when I look into your eye eye eyes

Harry:
Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/o/one_direction/what_makes_you_beautiful.html ]
Chorus:
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
(Oh oh)
That's what makes you beautiful

Bridge:
Nana (chant)

Harry:
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But you when smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!

Chorus:
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know (oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
(Oh oh)
You don't know you're beautiful!
(Oh oh)
That's what makes you beautiful!


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Music : Adele '21' Someone Like You

Album Info :

Artist : Adele
Original Release Date: 24 Jan 2011http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Columbia
Genres: Pop
ASIN: B004EBT5CU
Official Site : Adele 21

Album Review :

Amazon Review

21 is the eagerly awaited sophomore album from British singer-songwriter Adele. It’s the follow up to Adele’s critically acclaimed, Grammy award winning debut album 19 (both named after her age at the time the songs were written). Recorded in Malibu and London, 21 offered Adele the opportunity to work with such luminary producers and songwriters as Rick Rubin, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson and Fraser T. Smith, as well as continuing to work with Francis “Eg” White and Jim Abbiss.

This new collection of songs showcases the growth of this incredible artist, who at the very young age of twenty two, exhibits the poise of a seasoned veteran. Adele’s music takes some new direction while staying true to her signature style. “I discovered lots of artists I'd never heard of, particularly Wanda Jackson, Allison Krauss, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Lady Antebellum and Steel Drivers who I fell in love with. Then I delved in to more from artists I've loved forever - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits and Sinead O'Connor. There's something in every single one of these artists that have really really inspired 21.”


By Bill Lamb, About.com Guide

The story of the failed relationship that inspired Adele's album 21 has been widely covered and publicized. She was in love with an older man age 30 and thought they would get married. However, that turned out to not be the case and they endured a bitter breakup. When she received the news that he was engaged to another woman, she wrote "Someone Like You." It is her attempt to write something positive in the wake of the breakup. There is the sound of some healing beginning here, but the song is also heartbreaking.

Adele took the unfinished "Someone Like You" to Dan Wilson of the band Semisonic. Dan Wilson already owns a Grammy Award for Song of the Year earned co-writing the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice" and a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song writing Semisonic's "Closing Time." It would be no surprise if he is in the running for Grammy Awards again with "Someone Like You." The piano melody is gorgeous and combined with Adele's heartfelt reading of her words, the effect is highly emotional. She apologizes for re-entering the life of the past love with hopes that she is not forgotten while wishing him all the best. Emotions are laid bare with some hope for true, lasting love in the future, but Adele sings that it will be in the arms of someone like the lover she lost.

The studio recorded album version of "Someone Like You" is quite powerful, but Adele has shown now that live is how the song truly shines and inspires goosebumps. The production of the original studio version feels slightly rushed and, compared with the live interpretations, Adele has not quite yet dug deeply into the emotion she can wring out of the song. This is a minor complaint, and "Someone Like You" is one of the top songs of 2011, but if you are a fan of "Someone Like You," you owe it to yourself to see a live performance.

Adele - Someone like you (OFFICIAL VIDEO LYRICS) HD Live from Brit Awards 2011





'21' Official Album Tracklist

1. “Rolling in the Deep” 3:48
2. “Rumour Has It” 3:43
3. “Turning Tables” 4:10
4. “Don’t You Remember” 4:03
5. “Set Fire to the Rain” 4:02
6. “He Won’t Go” 4:38
7. “Take It All” 3:48
8. “I’ll Be Waiting” 4:01
9. “One and Only” 5:48
10. “Lovesong” 5:16
11. “Someone Like You” 4:45


Someone Like You Lyrics

I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
"I'll remember", you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Yeah.

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday it was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over, yeah.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
"I'll remember", you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
"I'll remember", you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
"I'll remember", you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.


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Joe Jonas 'wants Taylor Swift back'

Updated: 2011-09-08 16:44

Joe Jonas is hoping to rekindle his romance with Taylor Swift.

The 22-year-old singer - who allegedly ended his previous relationship with the country music star via a 27-second phone call in 2008 - is said to be desperate to prove to the blonde beauty that he's a "changed man".

A friend of the star told Us Weekly magazine: "He wants her back. He wants to show her he's a changed man and would love to see what's possible between them.

"They're putting their past behind them. And maybe rekindling an old flame."

However, Taylor - who has since dated Taylor Lautner and Jake Gyllenhaal - might not be too thrilled at the idea, as she has previously admitted she doubts she'll even remember who Joe is when she eventually finds the love of her life.

She said: "You know what it's like, when I find that person that is right for me, he'll be wonderful. When I look at that person, I'm not even going to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.

"I looked at the call log, it was like 27 seconds. That's got to be a record."

taken from : China Daily
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Sex goddess Katy Perry

Katy Perry feels under pressure to be a sex goddess - because she is with Russell Brand.

The 'I Kissed A Girl' singer says it's a struggle trying to keep up with her fiance, who was previously famed for his womanising ways, but she tries her best.

She said: "Can you imagine the kind of responsibility I have with his reputation? I'm bedridden most of the week."

The 25-year-old star - who has been dating the British funnyman since last September - also believes she has worked out a formula for his good looks, and part of the attraction is he looks like Jesus.

She said in a magazine interview: "His look is Jim Morrison meets Charles Manson meets Jesus meets a little bit of Elvis Presley. He's a walking genius. Just standing next to him makes me smarter.

"He's good for me. He's not a p***k in any way, shape or form. He's the boss; he calls the shots. I like that. I've been waiting for someone I couldn't steamroll."

Russell, 34, proposed to Katy on New Year's Eve (31.12.09) during a holiday to India with a ring featuring two rubies and the inscription 'The one I've been waiting for'.

The pop beauty was astonished by the personal band, saying: "I love it. I'm glad he didn't go for the 'every other b***h in Beverly Hills is wearing it as well' ring."

Speaking about the proposal, she added: "It involved fireworks, elephants, Indian dancers, horse-drawn carriages and tens of thousands of flower petals."

taken from : China Daily

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Jennifer Lopez announces split from Sony

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez [Photo: Agencies]

Jennifer Lopez is off of Sony's block.

The singing and acting diva has confirmed she has split from Sony Music after more than a decade. Sony's Epic Records put out her first CD, "On The 6," in 1999. Since then, she's sold millions, but also had a couple of CDs with disappointing sales.

A new album called "Love?" was due to be released by the label this spring. But in a statement released Tuesday night, Lopez said: "At this point, I have fulfilled all my contractual obligations to Sony/Epic (and) we have come to an amicable decision."

Lopez says she has a new label home and her album will be out in the summer, but she did not specify the label.

taken from : China Daily

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Mariah Carey's esteem issues

Mariah Carey had low self-esteem when she was growing up.

The 39-year-old singer admits she has struggled with confidence issues her whole life and especially when she was a teenager who wanted to be liked.

She told Paper magazine: "I have had very low self-esteem my whole life. When I was 12 or 13, I remember walking up the driveway, and this guy who was 20 - which may have been highly inappropriate - said to me, 'I like your pants,' and I was like, 'Oh, that looks good? Oh, OK, I will wear tight pants now.' "

Mariah - who is married to TV presenter Nick Cannon - admits she struggled to get over her breakdown in 2001 following her critical and commercial flop film 'Glitter' and album of the same name and complaints of being "overworked".

The pop diva claims people lost perspective and became intensely interested in her life, which is why she felt the need to step back from the public spotlight to recharge.

Mariah - who checked into hospital in 2001 - explained: "I didn't have the right support system around me. It was after September 11. A lot of people taking shots at me had no place to go. We are friggin' ADD, this country (America)."

taken from : China Daily

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En Vogue marks 20 years with Essence Fest concert

En Vogue performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. [Agencies]

NEW ORLEANS – En Vogue marked their 20th anniversary as one of music's most successful female groups with a reunion show that electrified the crowd at the Essence Music Festival.

Sunday night's performance featured all the group's original members — Cindy Herron-Bragg, Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson and Maxine Jones — soaking up an enthusiastic audience that sang along and danced in the aisles.

"It was amazing," Herron-Bragg said of the audience reaction and participation. "I'm just glad we were able to connect with them."

"We're just excited to be together again," Robinson said. "It's like we never missed a beat. It feels normal again."

Known for their hits "Free Your Mind," "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) and "Don't Let Go," the group opened the final night of the festival. They performed a medley of tunes by female artists who inspired them, including Tina Turner, Anita Ward and Aretha Franklin.

Because of time constraints, however, they were unable to sing some fan favorites such as "Giving Him Something" and "Whatta Man" or close the show with "Hold On" and its signature a capella intro of "Who's Loving You," one of their hits that paid tribute to Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5.

"He's the reason why we stand here together," Ellis said of Jackson, who died June 25. "He was the most phenomenal entertainer ever."

Fans were impressed and grateful to see the group back in form.

"We got here just in time to see them and we're so happy to see them back on stage," said Stephanie Griffin, of Sacramento, Calif. "When they split up it was heartbreaking and we always hoped they would get back together."

Yolanda Escobar of San Francisco said the group seemed to still have that magic that launched them back in the '90s. "It was great and they looked good," she said.

Producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy created En Vogue, which debuted in 1990. Their perfect harmonies and sexy personas catapulted them into the industry's stratosphere, setting a standard for later groups, like Destiny's Child, and sparking comparisons to previous girl groups like The Emotions and The Supremes.

"We come from a time when 'singing' was the norm," Herron-Bragg said. "I think that's one of the things that continues to draw fans to us."

The group, which sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, has appeared in original form a couple of times since 2007. But they're hoping for a larger comeback later this year with a new album. Ellis said they're also considering a move into reality TV.

"It's just another venue to get our music out there," Robinson said. "The industry has changed. It's not just about getting a record deal anymore. It's about exposure."

"Twenty years in the business is a long time and we've had a lot of fun in the process, but there's also been some ups and downs and we'd like to share some of that," Ellis said.

taken from : China Daily

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Music : Black Eyed Peas "THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)"

Album Info :

Artist : Black Eyed Peas
Album : THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
Original Release Date: June 9, 2009
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Interscope
ASIN: B00192IV0O
Genre : Pop > Pop Rap, Rap & Hip-Hop
Official Site : www.blackeyedpeas.com

The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) is the upcoming album to be released by The Black Eyed Peas. The title of the album was confirmed by will.i.am in an interview with MTV Canada, and despite it being called The E.N.D, will.i.am has also confirmed it is not their last album.


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Music : Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You

Studio album by Lily Allen
Released	February 9, 2009 (see release history)
Recorded	2008
Genre	Electropop, Pop
Length	43:12
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) EMI Music Brazil (Brazil)
Producer	Greg Kurstin

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin, except where noted.

#	Title	Length
1.	"Everyone's at It"	4:38
2.	"The Fear"	3:27
3.	"Not Fair"	3:21
4.	"22"	3:06
5.	"I Could Say"	4:04
6.	"Back to the Start"	4:14
7.	"Never Gonna Happen"	3:27
8.	"Fuck You"	3:43
9.	"Who'd Have Known" (Allen, Kurstin, Take That)	3:50
10.	"Chinese"	3:28
11.	"Him"	3:18
12.	"He Wasn't There"	2:51

[edit] Bonus tracks

#	Title	Length
13.	"Kabul Shit"	3:45
14.	"Fag Hag"	2:57
15.	"The Fear" (enhanced music video)

US & iTunes edition
#	Title	Length
13.	"The Fear (acoustic)" (UK iTunes and US bonus track)	3:26
14.	"He Wasn't There (acoustic)" (US pre-order only bonus track)	2:50

UK edition
#	Title	Length
13.	"Who'd Have Known (acoustic)" (Exclusive to UK customers who ordered through Play.com)	3:49

• The Enhanced CD version includes an acoustic version of "22" as well as samples from each track to be made into remixes that will be put on Lily Allen's website.

About

Lily Allen is the precocious daughter of actor/comedian Keith Allen and film producer mom, Alison Owen. Despite a privileged background, Allen was somewhat of a handful growing up, often running away and getting expelled from various schools. By 15, Allen knew school wasn't for her, so she dropped out and eventually started working on music. Lily's sound draws on her parent's music collection, which included such groundbreaking, female-fronted acts as Rip, Rig and Panic, the Slits and Blondie. But her fondness for hip-hop and urban storytellers also shines through both in her style of delivery and in her rock steady beats. Allen's reputation as a formidable voice from the street grew via her myspace page, and that led to her deal with Parlaphone. In late 2006, Allen's single "Smile" hit No. 1 on the UK charts. In 2007, Allen's debut album, Alright, Still, was released in the U.S., followed by It's Not Me, It's You in February 2009.

- Linda Ryan

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Review

Lily Allen isn't just a pop star. She's a genre. Allen's fizzy, fiercely attitudinal 2007 debut, Alright, Still, sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide, made the 23-year-old Londoner one of Britain's tabloid fixtures and spawned an industry of Lily wanna-be's — seemingly every month, the U.K. record business disgorges a new songstress with a MySpace page full of post-feminist provocations set to perky tunes. Meanwhile, Allen-ism has migrated across the Atlantic: Is there any doubt where Christian popster-turned-bi-curious succès de scandale Katy Perry learned her best moves?

But as Allen's long-awaited second album makes clear, no one does Lily like Lily. It's Not Me, It's You is far from perfect, but it sounds fantastic. With producer Greg Kurstin (the Bird and the Bee) at her side, Allen has gotten more musically eclectic, jettisoning the thumping rock-steady of Alright, Still without sacrificing catchiness or dance-floor bounce. The new album has a peppy electro underpinning, but all sorts of styles bubble up: Eurodisco, oompah and, in the galloping "Not Fair," a kind of spaghetti-Westernized synth pop. Any of the dozen tracks could be a single, from the rousing "22" to "Who'd Have Known," the ballad with the album's most surefire hook.

Allen remains a child of the hip-hop era: a pop singer with a rapper's love of the well-turned couplet and well-aimed dis. "Not Fair" picks up where Alright, Still's "Not Big" left off, railing against a bloke who's a dud in bed. "Oh, I lie here in a wet patch/In the middle of the bed/I'm feeling pretty damn hard done by/I spent ages giving head," gripes Allen.

There is melancholy beneath the harsh words in "Not Fair": Allen is bummed about her hapless lover because she actually likes the guy. It's the kind of song that made Alright, Still so fresh — a look at love and sex, in all their gory details, through the eyes of a young woman who brooks no bullshit.

But It's Not Me offers few such moments — and worse, few laughs. "The Fear" is a rant about materialism sung in the voice of a would-be starlet. Allen's rich-bitch protagonist just wants to wear "fuckloads of diamonds"; the chorus is meant to be where Allen drives home her big point: "I don't know what's right and what's real anymore/I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore." In fact, "The Fear" is one gigantic cliché, made worse by the sneer with which Allen delivers it.

And so it goes on It's Not Me. There's "Him," in which Allen wonders if God has "taken smack or cocaine." There's "Everyone's At It," a Big Statement about a drug-addled society. ("So your daughter's depressed/Well, get her straight on the Prozac/But little do you know/She already takes crack.") There's "Fuck You," an anti-George W. Bush protest. (Good timing.) No longer content to be a quirky confessional songwriter, Allen has decided that she is a "social critic," a job that she lacks the insight and the maturity to pull off.

By far the best moments on the new album come in ballads like "Who'd Have Known" and "Chinese," where Allen drops the state-of-the-nation pretensions, tones down the snark and plays it more or less straight. It's Not Me is full of disagreeable characters, but ickiest of all isn't the crackhead socialite or the loutish boyfriend or even George W. Bush. It's not them, Lily — it's you.

JODY ROSEN

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Heard around the world

From Yellow Children, her first album, to United Nations goodwill ambassador, Zhu Zheqin has come a long way.

The singer, also known as Dadawa, made a two-year journey of Tibet autonomous region, then made her voice heard around the world when she released the Tibetan-inspired album Sister Drum in 1995.

Singer Dadawa has a new role working to advance the cultural legacy of minority groups as a goodwill ambassador for the UN. Guo Yingguang

She then delved further into the world's minority groups and told her story in the 2006 documentary The Journey of Sound. It revolves around South Asian music, and includes street, gypsy and religious music.

Now she has a new role, working to advance the cultural legacy of minority groups as a goodwill ambassador for the UN.

The singer will work with the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) to help save and develop the cultural legacy of China's minority groups, from 2009 to 2010.

"I hope that I can act as a conduit, that I can be the person who tells some of these (people's) stories," Dadawa says. "My travel experiences to see these minority groups and the things I've seen in my life have led me toward this."

Dadawa is always on the road. She has visited almost all of the Chinese ethnic groups during the past decade. In addition she has traveled from Kashmir to Delhi and Varanasi in India, to Nepal, then across the Himalayas and back to Tibet.

Because of the Tibetan style of her music, many people think she is Tibetan. In fact, she was born in Guangzhou and was discovered by He Xuntian, a Shanghai music professor who had been collecting Tibetan music for 20 years.

Her first album Yellow Children (1992), recorded in China, was well received. She is also popular in the West.

Her love of Tibet led to her taking the stage name Dadawa, which means moon in Tibetan. When she returned to the region last year she made her album Seven Days, in which she expressed a whole new type of Tibetan music, a music that is related to Tibet in a spiritual way.

She met with Khalid Malik, UN resident coordinator in China, when she visited Shangri-La, Yunnan province, back in 2006.

"Dadawa's contribution to the development of ethnic groups' music and her passion for those areas attracted us," Malik says. "She will not only help with the music part but also promote cultural diversity and local economies."

The project will combine two parts: One is saving and developing local music, and the other is supporting the trade in local handicrafts.

"Ethnic minority groups have the most original music. From their way of singing to their musical instruments, I am fascinated by it," Dadawa says. "While protecting these treasures from extinction is important, we need to consider how to reinvent and develop this music today."

Together with 10 other musicians worldwide, Dadawa will visit Xinjiang, Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region to collect music samples and re-make them. "Good music should be heard by today's listeners rather than just be put in museums."

As for promoting local handicrafts, Dadawa is in love with the clothes of ethnic groups and will, for instance, wear a long skirt with a pair of boots from Inner Mongolia.

She says that during her travels she has collected many exquisite hand-made products, from accessories to home decoration.

"I have bought lots of local hand-made clothes and cushions. In my eyes, they are fashionable and comfortable. Why not let more people know about them and buy them? Then local people can have more income to solve their poverty problems," she says.

For today's celebrities, charity work is almost as much a part of the job as walking the red carpet. They have become linked with preventing domestic violence, curing breast cancer, gender issues and saving farms from development.

For Dadawa, her new title is an honor and she now wants to raise public awareness of her various causes. "It (the title) has an impact on the people who see it," she declares. "The more people, the bigger the impact."

"We believe in working with people directly. She's a very profound singer and I was touched by her commitment to make sure she used her gifts for Chinese minority groups," Malik says.

(China Daily)
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Music : Beyonce 'I Am...Sasha Fierce'

Album Info :


Artist : Beyonce
Album : I Am...Sasha Fierce
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Sony
ASIN: B001GQACGE
Genre : R&B > Contemporary R&B, Soul, Pop > Adult Contemporary

Description :

Standard two CD pressing. One of 2008's most hotly anticipated album releases, I Am..Sasha Fierce marks the artist's first new studio collection since the Grammy-winning multi-platinum-selling B'Day debuted at #1 on charts around the world shortly after its international release on September 4, 2006. With all songs co-written and co-produced by Beyonc‚, the artist's third studio album is her most personal, reflective and revelatory collection to-date. 11 tracks.

Album Review :

By. Alexis Petridis, guardian.co.uk
Beyoncé Knowles' third solo album has a pretty enticing pitch. Short enough to fit on one CD, it's nevertheless split over two. The second, ... Sasha Fierce, contains the usual pop-R&B, but the first is being sold as offering a rare insight into Knowles' real psyche: "I Am ... is about who I am underneath all the makeup, underneath the lights, underneath all the exciting star drama." It sounds intriguing. In interviews, Knowles is guarded to the point of banality. Were she any nicer, she'd have to dole out Gaviscon during interviews to stop journalists bringing up their lunch. Just occasionally, however, her music has given a glimpse of something rather more torrid, tough and interesting lurking behind the public image - not least Survivor, a good-riddance message to departed Destiny's Child members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett so livid that it occasioned a lawsuit from the duo.
Alas, there is nothing remotely like it on I Am ... Its currency is strictly self-help slowies that could have sprung from the dread pen of Linda Perry, purveyor of platitudinal power ballads to Pink. Everything here resembles something you might hear in the background when rejected X Factor contestants sob on Dermot O'Leary's shoulder, which seems appropriate, because as the realisation dawns that it's all going to sound like that, you feel ready to have a little cry yourself.

It's not just that the music on I Am ... is boring - although, aside from the growling guitars and tumbling drums of That's Why You're Beautiful, it is. It's that there is something underwhelming about the whole project. Last time around, on the sanitaryware-themed concept album B'Day, Knowles set Rodney Jerkins, Rich Harrison and Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean to work in adjacent studios, effectively pitting three of the world's biggest urban producers against each other. Here, she seems to have picked collaborators on the basis of their startling names rather than their CVs. (In fairness, who wouldn't want to work with people called E Kidd Bogart, Hugo Chakrabongse and James Fauntleroy II?) The I Am ... team's past form includes songs for Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, James Blunt and Shayne Ward. One of them co-wrote Ian Brown's Dolphins Were Monkeys; another was the guitarist in EMF. It's hard not to wonder who she's going to team up with next. The bassist from the Seahorses? Dermo out of Northside?

You have to be impressed by the ruthlessness with which If I Were a Boy homes in on its target market: it does everything to get the recently chucked member of the girls'-night-out party standing on the pub table and singing tearfully along, short of spiking her Bacardi Breezer. Elsewhere, though, they've come up with stuff such as Halo, a pallid rewrite of Rihanna's Umbrella - same icy synths, same drivetime rock dynamic, same repetitive chorus - which certainly raises some questions: is this any way for the queen of R&B to be carrying on? Making do with a lesser artist's sloppy seconds? And is this really what lurks behind Beyoncé's flawless carapace - a burning desire to add to the global oversupply of MOR rock? A load of guff about how you can't live if you don't change and love can pass you by if you're busy making plans? Surely not.

Either way, when the carapace is reinstated on disc two, things get better. The handclap-assisted playground chant of opener Put a Ring On It is lent an improbable sense of threat by the doomy minor chords amassing behind it. It's really exciting, as is Hello, a ballad denied a place on I Am ... presumably on grounds of being insufficiently dreary. The 80s synthpop mode of Radio may be less suited to Knowles than the old soul samples that powered Crazy in Love and B'Day's Suga Mama, and underlined the link between her vocal style and the visceral female singers of the 60s, but there's no denying it's an irresistible pop song.

Not everything on ... Sasha Fierce works. The sonic trickery on the most experimental track, Diva, isn't interesting enough to distract you from the absence of a tune. Almost equally weird, but much better, is Video Phone, which introduces us to the unlikely figure of Beyoncé Knowles, amateur pornographer: "You want me naked? If you like this position you can tape it." She doesn't make for the world's most believable Reader's Wife, but it doesn't matter, because the spare, eerie backdrop of groans and echoing electronics is so thrilling. There's a lesson in there you wish she had heeded while making the ostensibly soul-baring I Am ...: in pop, honesty isn't always the best policy.


Track Listing :

Disc 1: I Am…

1. "If I Were a Boy" (BC Jean, Toby Gad) – 4:09
2. "Halo" (Knowles, Tedder, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) – 4:21
3. "Disappear" (Knowles, Ghost, Dave McCracken, Dench) – 4:27
4. "Broken-Hearted Girl" (Knowles, Eriksen, Hermansen, Babyface) – 4:37
5. "Ave Maria" (Knowles, Eriksen, Hermansen) – 3:41
6. "Satellites" (Knowles, Ghost, McCracken, Dench) – 3:06
7. "Save the Hero" (iTunes bonus Track) – 4:33

Disc 2: Sasha Fierce

1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Knowles, Stewart, Nash, Harrell) – 3:13
2. "Radio" (Knowles, Jonsin, Love, D-Town) – 3:38
3. "Diva" (Knowles, Crawford, Garrett) – 3:20
4. "Sweet Dreams" (Knowles, Jonsin, Love, Wilkins) – 3:28
5. "Video Phone" (Knowles, Crawford & Garrett) – 3:35
6. "Why Don't You Love Me" (B. Knowles, S. Knowles, Bama Boyz) (iTunes International Bonus Track) – 3:23

Beyonce - Ave Maria (I Am Sasha Fierce)



Beyonce - Ave Maria Lyrics

She was lost in so many different ways
Out in the darkness with no guide
I know the cost of a losing hand
Never thought the grace of god go high

I found heaven on earth
You were my last, my first
And then here this voice inside
Ave maria

I've been alone
When i'm surrounded by friends
How could the silence be so loud
But i still go home knowing that i've got you
There's us when the lights go down

You are my heaven on earth
You are my hunger, my thirst
I always hear this voice inside
Singing ave maria

Sometimes love can come and pass you by
While your busy making plans
Suddenly hit you and then you realize
It's out of your hands, baby you got to understand

You are my heaven on earth
You are my last, my first
And then i hear this voice inside
Ave maria
Ave maria
Ave maria


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Music : T-Pain 'Thr33 Ringz'

Album Info :

Artist : T-Pain
Album : Thr33 Ringz
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Jive
ASIN: B001G7EGPG
Genre : Pop > Pop Rap, Rap & Hip-Hop, R&B > Soul
Official Site : www.t-pain.net

Description :

Explicit Version. 2008 release from the Hip Hop artist, producer and songwriter. It's evident T-Pain has another hit on his hands with the album's first single, 'Can't Believe It,' featuring Lil Wayne which is a about "getting a girl to ride with you," says T-Pain. Other tracks on the album include 'Freeze', featuring Chris Brown, an up-tempo jam that is destined to be the dancefloor hit of the year, 'Chopped & Screwed', a lyrically clever urban anthem featuring Ludacris, 'Karaoke', a personal and controversial declaration to the industry featuring DJ Khaled and 'Therapy', a collaboration with Kanye West.

Album Review :

By. JODY ROSEN
This self-proclaimed "rappa turnt sanga" invented the R&B robo-soul that's been jacked by every sanga and rappa alive — and he calls out the biters on "Karaoke." But Thr33 Ringz shows what sets T-Pain apart. He's an inventive producer, enveloping radio-friendly hooks in Auto-Tune wackiness. (Check the dizzying crunk-rock "Ring Leader Man.") And he's a love machine, accentuating the urgency of his please-baby cooing with sci-fi effects. The plaintiveness reaches a hilarious climax with "Change," as Pain and Akon offer their plan for fixing the country: "I'd change everyone into a Hershey's Kiss/And we could eat away our fears."
Taken From : http://www.rollingstone.com



Track Listing :

1. Welcome to Thr33 Ringz
2. Ringleader Man
3. Chopped N Skrewed feat. Ludacris
4. Take a Ride Skit
5. Freeze feat. Chris Brown
6. Blowing up feat. Ciara
7. Can't Believe It feat. Lil Wayne
8. It Ain’t Me feat. Akon & T.I.
9. Feed the Lions Skit
10. Therapy Feat. Kanye West
11. Long Lap Dance
12. Reality Show feat. Musiq Soulchild, Raheem DeVaughn & Jay Lyriq
13. Keep Going
14. Superstar Lady feat. Young Cash
15. Change feat. Akon, Diddy & Mary J. Blige
16. Digital feat. Tay Dizm
17. Karaoke feat. DJ Khaled

T-Pain - Ringleader Man FULL SONG + VIDEO & LYRICS



T-PAIN 'Ringleader Man' lyrics

Ohhhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh
Heyy, we gonna have a
ripping good time
Just hit rewind
And you can see I'm far too crazy

My rythems and rhymes
Keep niggas in line
Cause now is not the time to be lazy

I'm the ringleader man
Attaining my head
And the ice that's I had on my neck.
Ain't you tired of that whackness
Sick of this whack shit
Wouldn't you like some of me instead
The ringleader man
This is my circus I'm herking
I can flip this whole
thang with one hand
The ringleader mann
I knooooowwww
Is so tight that you
rather just have some of
me instead
The ringleader mann

Huh
The ringleader mann
Huh

Heyy, this industry is my circus
I know that it hurts
Just sit back and take
pain like I use to
And I'm try to stop cursing
But I don't give a fuck
I'm gonna curse u with lyrical vudoo

I'm the ringleader man
You can't understand
The shit that comes out my head
But you like all that whackness
Loving all that whack shit
I rather say fuck you instead

The ringleader mann
This is my circus I'm herking
I can flip this whole
thang with one hand
The ringleader mann
I knooooowwww
Is so tight that you
rather just have some of
me instead
The ringleader mann

Huh
The ringleader mann
Huh


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Music : David Archuleta 'David Archuleta'

Album Info :

Artist : David Archuleta
Album : David Archuleta
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Jive
ASIN: B001CB6RTO
Genre : Pop > Vocal Pop , Adult Contemporary
Official Site : David Archuleta

Description :

American Idol Season 7 fan favorite, David Archuleta has become a household name as he spent his 2008 summer on the nationwide American Idol tour with his fellow contestants. This album includes a sequence of Pop tracks from the industry's most talented writers and producers. Archuleta's first single 'Crush' was produced by Emanuel 'Eman' Kiriakou.

Album Review :

by. Kerri Mason

Most teen Disney heroes have got nothing on David Archuleta. The 17-year-old who was one of the most exciting "American Idol" contenders has one of those once-in-a-decade pop voices: A silky tenor with a natural melancholy that makes him a heartbreaker by default. His charming debut exploits that very quality with some strokes of pop genius, like "Touch My Hand," a temporary love ballad to the pretty girl in the front row, and "Your Eyes Don't Lie," a Jonas Brothers-do-"No Diggity" ditty with a fair amount of crooner slink. But Archie is at his best on the bleeders, like piano ballad "To Be With You," and "Angels," the Robbie Williams cover he saved from obscurity on "Idol." These are the kinds of performances meant for arenas.

Taken From : http://www.billboard.com




Track Listing :

1. Crush - Cates, J./Hodg,es, D./Kiriakou, E.
2. Touch My Hand - Kipner, S./McEwan, S./Wilkins, W.
3. Barriers - Kipner, S./McEwan, S./Wilkins, W.
4. My Hands - Bey, Z./Fountleroy, J. III/Kiriakou, E.
5. A Little Too Not Over You - Archuleta, D./Gerard, M./Krompass, M./Nevil, R.
6. You Can - Armato, A./James, T.
7. Running - Fauntleroy, J. III/Nugent, W./Risto, K./Russell, S./Tormiro, D.
8. Desperate - Carlsson, A./Child, D./Rethwisch, A./Rethwisch, K.
9. To Be with You - DioGuardi, K./Kiriakou, E.
10. Don’t Let Go - Archuleta, D./JC Chasez/Harry, J.
11. Your Eyes Don’t Lie - Armato, A./James, T./Karaoglu, D.
12. Angels - Chambers, A./Williams, R.

David Archuleta-Running



David Archuleta 'Running' lyrics

Words keep fallin'
out of my pocket.
Runnin' late, missed the train,
Everything is droppin'.
Holdin' onto my heart,
And I rush out, almost forgot it.
I must admit it, I'm tired,
But I'm comin' to you.
Don't know how far I've got,
But I don't care.

I'm not gonna stop runnin'.
'Cause without you,
I've got nothin'.
I know you're somewhere runnin'
Straight to me.
Don't stop runnin'.
Don't stop
Keep on runnin',
Don't stop.
Keep on runnin'.

Legs keep givin' out,
Breakin' down; I'm fallin'.
Head keeps tellin' me,
This can't be worth all of this.
Holdin' onto my heart,
feel the rush.
I'm ready to run forever.
I'm holdin' it together,
'Cause I'm comin' to you.

I don't know how far I've got,
But I don't care.

I'm not gonna stop runnin'.
'Cause without you,
I've got nothin'.
I know you're somewhere runnin'
Straight to me.
Don't stop runnin'.
Don't stop

I got my good shoes.
I got my winning, girl, I'm focused
And I'm 'bout to
navigate straight to you
And nothing's gonna stop me, girl
To keep me from comin'
'Cause I got to have every
part of you forever.

I'm runnin', I'm runnin'.
Keep runnin', I'm runnin'.
Keep runnin', keep runnin'.

I'm not gonna stop runnin'.
'Cause without you,
I've got nothin'.
I know you're somewhere runnin'
Straight to me.
Don't stop runnin'.

I'm not gonna stop runnin'.
'Cause without you,
I've got nothin'.
I know you're somewhere runnin'
Straight to me.
Don't stop runnin'.
Don't stop runnin'.


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Music : Taylor Swift 'Fearless'

Album Info :

Artist : Taylor Swift
Album : Fearless
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Enhanced
Label: Big Machine Records
ASIN: B001EYGOEM
Genre : Country > Today's Country, Pop > Adult Contemporary
Official site : taylorswift.com

Album Review :

By Andy Hermann Critic's Rating: 4 1/2 stars out of 5
Metromix, November 10, 2008

The buzz: All Taylor Swift did with her self-titled debut album was sell three million copies, produce a pair of chart-topping singles ("Our Song" and "Should've Said No"), get nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy and win virtually every country music award a newcomer can get. Two years later, Nashville's teen phenom is now all of 18 and ready to show that her debut was no fluke.

The verdict: Swift is already a superstar in country music circles, but "Fearless" should catapult her to the top of the pop heap, as well. It's very nearly a flawless record, full of big-hearted anthems with catchy melodies, chiming, pop-radio guitars (and the occasional fiddle and banjo, as if to say, "Don't worry, I'm still a Nashville girl at heart") and disarmingly frank lyrics about being an average American kid with real-life hopes, dreams and dramas. On "Fifteen," she captures the wide-eyed excitement of dating older boys in high school, singing "he's got a car!" like it's the most exciting thing imaginable. "Hey Stephen" is an irresistibly sunny come-on of a love song; "The Best Day" miraculously manages to portray a happy childhood without getting cloying or sentimental; even lead single "Love Story," with its corny "Romeo and Juliet" references, is infused with so much sweetness and precocious wit that it's impossible not to get swept up in the song's surging chorus. Right from the get-go, it appeared that Swift's talent ran deep; on this record, she proves it, and then some.

Did you know? On the CMT show "Crossroads," Swift teamed up British pop-metal veterans Def Leppard to perform songs like "Photograph" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me." (The pairing is less odd than it sounds; the producer behind those classic `80s Def Leppard albums, John "Mutt" Lange, also produced hits for one of Swift's biggest influences, Shania Twain.)

About the Artist
Stepping off Music Row and into the small but stylish lobby of Big Machine Records, a visitor quickly realizes it's not just the walls that reveal the story of Taylor Swift's meteoric rise to stardom. Even the floors have a tale to tell. With much of the vertical real estate already claimed by industry awards, framed national magazine covers, and gold and platinum records, the staff has adopted the tactic of neatly stacking the continuous stream of accolades and achievements along the baseboards. All that's needed is a break in a busy intern's schedule to grab a hammer, a few nails and search out any open wall space.

The photo most often found framed inside with all that precious metal is certainly a familiar one to millions of her fans: the cover of her first album, 2006's Taylor Swift. Knowing what we know now about Taylor, it's a striking image. Gazing back at us are the calm yet intense eyes of a sixteen-year-old girl who knows she has much to say, but isn't really sure if anyone will want to listen.

"It's crazy, the first time making an album, not knowing if people are going to care what I write in a song," Swift admits. "And then the second time around...knowing that there are people who are going to know the lyrics that mean so much to me. It makes it all worthwhile."

A second time around. It's hard to believe it's already time for Taylor to follow up her triple platinum debut. Especially considering that, two years after it's release, it is still near the top of the country charts.

What's even harder to believe is that Taylor Swift has yet to turn nineteen.

And when it came time to put a name to her sophomore effort, Swift decided on one word that just might be the perfect adjective to describe her journey to this moment. FEARLESS.

After all, this is the girl who, at the tender age of 10, had the guts to take the stage at every karaoke contest, festival, and county fair that passed through her hometown of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. This is the girl, who at age 11, took a trip to Music City and left in her wake a trail of amused receptionists as she dropped off her homemade demo tape at every label in town. This is the girl who, at only 14, relocated with her entire family to Nashville to sign a songwriting deal with one of the most prestigious publishers in all of music. This is the teenager who signed her first record deal before she could drive. Who sidestepped the major labels in town to take a chance with a smaller start-up label. Who had the guts to step from an ACM awards stage and into the audience to introduce herself to Tim McGraw live on national television - just seconds after playing the last chord of her first hit song that bears his name.

It's safe to say Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about being FEARLESS.

"It's a big deal to title your album, so I wanted to make sure that it was the right call," says Swift. "I started thinking about the word `fearless' and what it means to me. It isn't that you're completely unafraid. I think fearless is having fears, but jumping anyway."

Jump? With this record, Taylor Swift takes a flying leap. FEARLESS is a creative snapshot of an undeniable talent taking the next big step, both in her life and in her music. The high school freshman who once sang of "trying to find a place in this world" has now seen so much more of it. It shows in the new music.

"I think that when you grow up two years, you learn a few things," reflects Swift. "Some people have been saying that the songs seem more mature. You know I wasn't really going for that. I just wrote what was happening to me. I grew up a little bit and that came into my songwriting."

It's important to remember here -- these are truly her words. Following an impressive trend established on her debut CD, Taylor has once again written or co-written every song on FEARLESS - including seven tracks by herself. Songwriting is a craft Swift has been honing since first strumming a chord on a guitar at the age of 12. By that evening, she had written her first tune. She was hooked. Her life became consumed with songs. Every spare moment was spent writing, playing, or thinking about music. Even while hitting the books as a straight-A student at Hendersonville High School, just outside of Nashville, she was doodling lyrics in the margins of her notebooks.

Even now, with her life barreling down the country music fast lane, Taylor still makes it a priority to put the guitar, pen, and paper she keeps nearby to good use. And it's not easy with her schedule. After signing her record deal, Taylor left her high school locker behind to be home-schooled out on the road. Now instead of English and Latin class, Taylor has been studying George Strait, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts on tour. Instead of class pictures, she's posing for the covers of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Seventeen.

Now, more than ever, making music has become her way of making sense of all the madness. Writing songs helps her stay grounded as her career launches into the stratosphere. But for listeners popping in Taylor's new CD and expecting to hear a laundry list of lyrics on the plight of country music superstar rising through the ranks, FEARLESS is going to surprise you.

"I didn't want to write songs about being on the road and being in hotels and missing your family and missing your friends," insists Swift. "When I was like 14 or 15 and I would hear those things on an album...being alone, living out of a suitcase... and I was always like, `Ugh, skip!' I'm inspired by boys and love. Those are my favorite things to write about and I don't think that that is limited to high school. I'd rather write songs about how I'm feeling and the relationship side of things."

As we quickly realize from several of the tracks on FEARLESS, Taylor has found out relationships only get more complicated with age. Songs like "You're Not Sorry", "Tell Me Why," "Forever & Always," and "White Horse," the latter of which debuted in the 2008 season opener of the primetime drama Grey's Anatomy, find Taylor has learned that "happily ever after" endings are not always a given.

"I think I'm very fascinated by the differences between reality and fairy tales," Swift says. "When we're little, we read these books and we see cartoons and the bad guy is always wearing black. You always know who he is. But in real life, the bad guy can be incredibly charming and have a great smile and perfect hair. He says things that make you laugh and he's sweet and he's funny, but you don't realize that he's going to cause you a lot of pain."

But lest you think it's all ogres and trolls reeking havoc on the landscape of Taylor's love-life, there is a welcomed cameo from a prince charming or two riding to the rescue.

The album's first single, "Love Story," offers up a countrified version of Shakespeare's play that is anything but a tragedy. In Taylor's world, Romeo is still breathing when the curtain closes...and Juliet has a ring on her finger. And in the incredibly infectious "Hey Stephen," Taylor proves she truly is FEARLESS by singing about a secret crush - who will most assuredly not remain a secret for long. Yes, the boy really exists. And yes, Stephen is his real name. "He has no idea the song is written about him," Taylor says with laugh. "It's someone who I've always been friends with and always kind of had a thing for...and he doesn't know. It's always fun for me to put something on the album that is personal. Something I know I'm going to have to deal with when the record comes out."

She even leaves listeners with a positive vibe. The album's final track is a song Swift wrote to inspire her during some of the tougher moments in the early going of her career. "There were times I was working so hard that I didn't realize that every single day our numbers were getting bigger," Swift remembers. "Every single day, our fan base was growing. Every single day, the work that we were doing was paying off. Then, during the 2007 CMA Awards, when they called out my name as the Horizon Award winner, I looked over and saw the president of my record label crying. Walking up those stairs, it just occurred to me that that was the night things changed. It changed everything."

Some things for Taylor, however, have stayed the same. Her steady creative partner Liz Rose is back on board. Rose was a co-writer with Taylor on seven songs from her debut album, and was the first person to encourage her to release "Tim McGraw" out into the world.

Swift has also invited three more talents in to the writing mix on FEARLESS. After getting the title track off the ground with Rose, Swift called on songwriter Hillary Lindsey ("Jesus, Take The Wheel") to help bring the song in for a landing. Blown away by pop songwriter Colbie Caillat's talents on her debut album CoCo, Taylor immediately reached out to her to collaborate. The result is "Breathe," with Caillat adding vocals to the track. "I think she sounds beautiful on it," gushes Swift.

And the final pairing brought two country forces of nature together in the same Music City studio. Taylor Swift meet John Rich.

"It was always one of my goals to write with John," says Swift. "I had heard so many things about him. I just wanted to see what it was like to get into a room with him because I know I'm a very opinionated writer and I knew he was a very opinionated writer. So I knew this was either going to be the best thing in the world or was just going to be a complete train wreck." Not only does the song they created stay on the tracks, it's proof that two great cooks can rock a kitchen. Taylor and John clicked in a big way recording "The Way You Loved Me," a song about the age-old story of a good girl pining after a bad boy.

As if writing every song on the album and living the life of a country superstar wasn't enough, Taylor added even more to her workload when recording FEARLESS. She joins Nathan Chapman, the main man behind the board for her debut album, as a co-producer on the record. "All the songs for the second record, it's like they were already produced in my head," recalls Swift. "When I was writing a song, I knew what every instrument was doing. The strings, mandolin, banjo, or dobro. I heard it all. It was just really cool to have all those instruments I heard end up on the album."

But even as she experiments with new sounds and new directions for her music, Taylor Swift knows the power of a song begins and ends with its lyrics. And it is in two of the softer, more stripped down moments on FEARLESS - the tracks "Fifteen" and "Best Day" -- that Taylor's extraordinary gift for writing shines the brightest as she remembers fondly moments from her past.

We've always known Taylor was an old soul, but songs with this level of reflection from someone still so young - they can leave you shaking your head in amazement. Then you remember she's just a few years removed from her own freshman year - and you understand why her fans, including her over 1 million friends on her MySpace page, love her. She puts to music exactly what they are feeling.

"I want my fans to know - I'm the same girl I was when the first album came out," says Swift. "I'm just not in high school and I have a different schedule. I feel the same things, I feel the same way. And my songs are where I'll never hold back."

That is music to a Taylor Swift fan's ears.
Taken From : http://www.amazon.com

by. JODY ROSEN
Taylor Swift has defied a lot of conventional wisdom. In the midst of a recording-industry implosion, she sold 3 million physical copies of her 2006 debut. At a time when Nashville is dominated by Stetson-wearing male singers in their 30s and 40s, the 18-year-old emerged as country's newest superstar with a repertoire full of girly songs aimed at teens. She is a blond, blue-eyed, amazonian starlet who — unlike nearly every other person who fits that description — writes her own songs, plays an instrument, answers to no Svengali and doesn't rely on high-priced studio ninjas and trendy producers. Britney she ain't.

With her second album, Swift aims to extend her dominion beyond the country-music-loving red states. Songs like "Fearless" and "The Way I Loved You" are packed with loud, lean guitars and rousing choruses. The only overtly country-ish things about Fearless are Swift's light drawl, the occasional reference to a "one-horse town" and a bit of fiddle and banjo tucked into the mix.

Swift is a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse-chorus-bridge architecture that, in singles like the surging "Fifteen," calls to mind Swedish pop gods Dr. Luke and Max Martin. If she ever tires of stardom, she could retire to Sweden and make a fine living churning out hits for Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry.

For the foreseeable future, though, she's concentrating on her own quirky teen pop. She sings one vaguely political anthem, the string-swathed "Change," filled with pronouncements about "revolution" and a singsong chorus of "hallelujahs." And then there's "The Best Day," a goody-two-shoes ode to Mom and Dad: "Daddy's smart, and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world," Swift croons. But she mostly sticks to her favorite topic — boys, boys, boys — in songs filed neatly under "love-struck" or "pissed off." In the latter category is the infectious "Tell Me Why": "I'm sick and tired of your attitude/I'm feeling like I don't know you."

It's hard not to be won over by the guilelessness of Swift's high-school-romance narratives ("She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts/She's cheer captain, and I'm on the bleachers"), with their starry-eyed lyrics about princesses and ball gowns and kissing in the rain. For Fearless to feel any more like it was literally ripped from a suburban girl's diary, it would have to come with drawings of rainbows and unicorns in the liner notes. The lyric sheet to "Forever & Always" even reveals a hidden message in the form of an acrostic, clearly intended for a young man of Swift's acquaintance: "If you play these games, we're both going to lose."

And therein lies the peculiar charm of Taylor Swift. Her music mixes an almost impersonal professionalism — it's so rigorously crafted it sounds like it has been scientifically engineered in a hit factory — with confessions that are squirmingly intimate and true. In "Fifteen," Swift confides, "Abigail gave everything she had to a boy/Who changed his mind/And we both cried." Swift's real-life best friend is a girl called Abigail — the singer's not afraid to name names. It's safe to assume that the titular love object in the lilting "Hey Stephen" is, well, some dude named Stephen that Swift has a crush on. And she has a question for him: "All those other girls, well, they're beautiful, but would they write a song for you?"
Taken From : http://www.rollingstone.com

Track Listing :

1. Fearless

2. Fifteen

3. Love Story

4. Hey Stephen

5. White Horse

6. You Belong With Me

7. Breathe

8. Tell Me Why

9. You’re Not Sorry

10. The Way I Loved You

11. Forever & Always

12. The Best Day

13. Change

Taylor Swift - CMA awards 2008 - Love Story



Taylor Swift 'Love Story' lyrics

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
Im standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights,
See the party the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say hello
Little did i know

That you were romeo you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from juliet
And i was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don’t go, and i said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I’ll be waiting all theres left to do is run
You’ll be the prince and i’ll be the princess
Its a love story baby just say yes

So i sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we’re dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Lets escape this town for a little while
Cause you were romeo i was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don’t go and i said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I’ll be waiting all theres left to do is run
You be the prince and i’ll be the princess
Its a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they're tryin to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but its real
Don’t be afraid we’ll make it out of this mess
Its a love story baby just say yes,

Oh, Oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When i met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me i’ve been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, i don’t know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said

Marry me juliet you’ll never have to be alone
I love you and thats all I really know
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
Its a love story baby just say yes
Oh,Oh,Yes
We were both young when i first saw you


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Music : Hinder 'Take It To The Limit'

Album Info :

Artist : Hinder
Album : Take It To The Limit
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Universal Republic
ASIN: B001FWRZ2S
Genre : Alternative Rock, Rock > General, American Alternative > Post Grunge

Description :

"Take It To The Limit" is Hinder's much anticipated follow-up album to their breakthrough 3X platinum smash Extreme Behavior. The new CD, Take It To The Limit, was produced by Extreme Behavior producer Brian Howes, Largely credited with reviving the `live fast-play hard' work ethic embodied by many of rock's seminal 1970s bands, Hinder blazed new trails in virtually every music platform the past two years. Their epic 2006 debut album launched three successful singles, including the multi-format #1 smash "Lips Of An Angel," earning a dizzying array of chart-topping honors. The hit song was also recognized as Active Rock Radio's most popular rock single of 2006. Extreme Behavior became a mainstay of the Billboard Top 200 Album charts for nearly a year and a half, endearing them to a diverse array of rock fans as Hinder soared to become one of the most successful grassroots-artist development stories of the decade. The band also conquered the digital and ringtone arenas, becoming the biggest selling rock artist in the history of the mobile formats, reaching a record breaking 3 million in ringtone sales thanks to their rock anthem "Lips Of An Angel," which was the scorching second single from their 2006 debut effort. The multi-format smash seized the #1 spot on both the Top 40 Pop Radio Chart and the Digital Download Chart, putting the Oklahoma fivesome on or near the top of multiple radio, video and digital charts. The across-the-board smash has been certified by the RIAA as the first and only triple platinum Mastertone in rock music history.

Album Review :

by. Sven Philipp

Hinder achieved multiplatinum success with 2006 debut "Extreme Behavior," thanks to the pop-metal hit "Lips of an Angel," and follow-up "Take It to the Limit" still rocks like it's 1988. Overdosing on huge hooks, raucous harmonies and proficient fretwork, alpha-male rockers like "Use Me" or "Heaven Sent" would make Ratt or Poison proud, while the rowdy "Up All Night" updates Def Leppard's anthem "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Having mastered every Jack Daniels-fueled riff in the book, Hinder explores the dark side of fame on "Loaded and Alone," while the slick "Without You," one of several sincere power ballads, comes with a twist (girl leaves guy, guy feels great). Deliciously decadent, "Take It to the Limit" has even more melodic power than its predecessor, delivering tons of guilty pleasures that sound fresh and familiar and strangely exciting.

Taken From : http://www.billboard.com


Track Listing:

1. Use Me
2. Loaded and Alone
3. Last Kiss Goodbye
4. Up All Night
5. Without You
6. Take It to the Limit
7. The Best is Yet to Come
8. Heaven Sent
9. Thing for You
10. Lost in the Sun
11. Far from Home

Hinder - "Use me" Live @ Jagermeister Music Tour



Hinder - Use Me Lyrics

She wouldn't spit on me if I was on fire.
She says she loves me, but I know she's a liar.
The sex is good, but God she's got no desire.
That's alright. She's takin' me home tonight.

She's kind of cold, but yet she's hot on the outside.
Last night got nasty and I'm still kind of tongue tied.
I hate to say it, but she brings out my sick side.
That's alright. She's takin' me home tonight.

She's got whole lot of love (Any way you want it)
But it's never enough
(Finish what you started)
Take me to heaven above
(And leave me brokenhearted)
But I won't be a fool and fight it.
She's gonna use me but I like it. Yeah, yeah.

I bet she's wonderin' if I'm worth her while.
She's judge and jury and she's got me on trial.
But I ain't sweatin' cause I'm first on the speed dial.
Yeah, that's right, she's takin' me home tonight.

She always leaves and makes me feel kind of sleazy.
It's kind of cool because she already pleased me.
I'm lying here just thinking this is too easy.
Yeah, that's right, she's takin' me home tonight.

She's got a whole lot of love
(Anyway you want it)
But it's never enough
(Finish what you started)
Take me to heaven above
(And leave me brokenhearted)
But I won't be a fool and fight it.

She's got a whole lot of love
(Anyway you need it)
But I've run out of luck
(Now she says she leavin)
Leavening me in the dust (But that's ok, we're leavin')
But I won't be a fool and fight it.

She's gonna use me but I like it. (Like it)
She's gonna use me but I like it. Yeah, yeah.

I think I might go with the safe bet this time.

She's got a whole lot of love.
(Anyway you want it)
But it's never enough
(Finish what you started)
Take me to heaven above
(And leave me brokenhearted)
But I won't be a fool and fight it.

She's got a whole lot of love
(Anyway you need it)
But I've run out of luck
(Now she says she leavin)
Leaving me in the dust
(But that's ok we're leavin)
But I won't be a fool and fight it.

And darling I just can't deny it.
Because you use me and I like it. (Like it)
Because you use me and I like it. (Like it)

Yeah Yeah

Like it. (Like it.)

Because you use me and I like it. (Like it)

Yeah, yeah.

Hinder - Without You Lyrics

I just wanna be alone tonight
I just wanna take a little breather
Cause lately all we do is fight
And every time it cuts me deeper

Cause something’s changed
You’ve been acting so strange
And its taking its toll on me
Its safe to say that I’m ready to let you leave

Without you, I live it up a little more everyday
Without you, I’m seein myself so differently
I didn’t wanna believe it then
But it all worked out in the end
When I watched you walk away
Well I never thought id say
I’m fine
Without you

Called you up cause’ it’s been long enough
And you said that you were so much better
We have done a lot of growing up
We were never meant to be together

Cause something changed, you were acting so strange
And it’s taken its toll on me
It’s safe to say that I’m ready to let you leave

Without you, I live it up a little more everyday
Without you, I’m seein myself so differently
I didn’t wanna believe it then
But it all worked out in the end
When I watched you walk away
Well I never thought id say
I’m fine
Without you

Cause something changed, you were acting so strange
And it’s taken its toll on me
It’s safe to say that I’m ready to let you leave

Without you, I live it up a little more everyday
Without you, I’m seein myself so differently
I didn’t wanna believe it then
But it all worked out in the end
When I watched you walk away
Well I never thought id say
I’m fine,
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
I just wanna be alone tonight,
I just wanna take a little breather.



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