Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl

 Best Effort
I recently replaced my cassette version of this album. The song opposites attract which also became a Coke jingle seemed to indicate that Paula Abdul would have a future in pop music. Instead she became just a figure of pop culture. But the album shows she did have some talent unlike pop princesses like Brittany Spears and Miley Cyrus. What Paula will be remembered for instead is being the nice judge on American Idol. January 13, 2008

 Paula, I'm 4 evra yer girl!
OMG. Paula takes me back to 5th grade. She was also a staple at school dances. I grew up with Paula! I haven't listened to Paula since about them but I just bought the "Spellbound" CD and I remembered all the favorites and every lyric. Does anyone else remember the Paula Abdul Barbie Dance VHS tape that came out about the same time? My sister and I played it nonstop and had every move down cold!

Yeah, she's not DMB. She's not supposed to be. But if you were a girl growing up in the late 80's you loved Paula and listening to her brings back great memories, no matter if "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" no longer passes for a serious love song in your life.

Paula, you go ! December 31, 2007

 Paula's BEST CD, But Ya Gotta Admit.....The Videos on MTV Helped Too...
No one can deny Paula had those #1's in 1989-1991. What sticks out more in my mind is the endless push of her videos on MTV, starting with "Straight Up", and yes, prophetically, the CD also shot "Straight Up" too. But looking back, Paula was VERY LUCKY this CD came back from the brink of death and even made the charts at all in 1989. Remember, the CD was released in 1988 and went nowhere. I'm not sure if she filmed her videos in 1988 or was it after "Straight Up" hit #1, that her manager demanded a video be made right away to be put on MTV.

On a side note trivia -- the story goes: Aretha Franklin picked up the phone to congratulate Paula on her CD hitting #1 on the charts. Paula hung up on Aretha TWICE, thinking it was a lousy joke from someone. Only, the THIRD phone call finally convinced Paula that Aretha was the REAL THING! My question is: why would Aretha Franklin even call Paula THREE TIMES just to convince her that it was NO practical joke?! Paula's manager told the press afterwards Paula was so overcome with emotion the "Queen of Soul" would even pick up the phone to call her that it was too much for her to handle. She managed to only churn out the words "Thank You, Aretha" to Aretha's congratulations.

No one is gonna argue that Paula Abdul does not possess the pipes of a Barbra Streisand or Mariah Carey, but she does pump her vocal performances full of vigor and energy. She gives it her all with whatever limited vocal abilities she has. It's not a put-down, we can't all have the pipes of a Mariah or Celine, but Paula was helped tremendously by the endless rotation of her videos on MTV. Remember, in those days, they didn't have TRL on MTV, so can you imagine what her appearances on TRL might've done to her CD. It probably would've kept the disc on the charts much longer.

This CD has hits that "Spellbound" WISHES it had, but in "Spellbound's" defense, Paula's vocals improved. You can hear the difference on "Rush, Rush" and compare that to the thinner vocals on the "Forever Your Girl" CD. Too bad "Spellbound" lacked any decent songs except "Rush Rush", which still shot to #1 on Billboard.

Paula does have that lucky break to come back from the dead. Who knew she'd be back in our lives once again and be seen every week on Fox TV? July 21, 2007

 The Bad Old Days of MTV
This album and this "career" were entirely the creation of clever video directors. In MTV's early days, savvy promoters realized flashy vids could paper over the cracks in the music. So it was with "Forever Your Girl" -- four hits, yes, but all unlistenable once stripped of the MTV images. Not for nothing did this earn the distinctive (if informal) reputation of the being the Most Returned Album in the history of the music biz.

She can dance okay, but isn't that TV show the pits? July 13, 2007

 still knocked out
i love paula abdul's forever your girl. my favorite songs are knocked out, it's just the wan that you love me,forever your girl, straight up,cold hearted, and oppisittes attract.the songs are still good today,this album is worth hearing. June 4, 2007

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