 |  | THE MOST UNDERRATED POP ALBUM OF ALL TIME! |  |
This album is pure magic. It's more pop than Bangles but it's incredibly stylish pop, the production is eclectic and sometimes very pseudo-60's, the song are beautiful (most of them should be N1 hits in the perfect world) and Susanna frankly never sung better than here! This album deserved to sell millions but there's never justice in show-biz. I can't think of a single pop record more criminally underrated than WHEN YOU'RE A BOY.
February 8, 2008This CD makes no pretentions at being anything other than a middle of the road pop album. In that respect, Susanna Hoffs is in fine voice, and while this type of album often tends to be overproduced, I really enjoy listening to almost every song here. I can assure one of the other reviewers that Susanna Hoffs, indeed, can sing. You may not like her song choices on this project, but the lady has a lovely voice.
January 2, 2008| | | Unconditional Love For Sugary Pop Songs | |
This CD is one of my guilty pleasures. I loved the Bangles, and I love this collection of Susanna's pop songs.
This is one of those albums that you'll either love or hate. The songs ARE heavily produced with a wall of sound flavor, and yeah, it's sugary lightweight pop songs about love. If you're looking for heavy artsy stuff, look elsewhere. But this is five-star pop music, and it's gotten so much play on my iPod that I had to zero out the play count because it was taking over my Top 25 playlist like kudzu.
The cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Unconditional Love" was better than the original, because Susanna could hit the high notes. I'd have a hard time picking out a favorite song off the album; I usually just play the whole thing, anyway.
I liked this one much better than her follow up self-titled CD, since her voice didn't sound as good on that one. She was back in fine form in 2006's collaboration with Matthew Sweet, "Under the Covers, Vol. 1"
September 27, 2007| | | If you like Susanna Hoffs, you'll find some likeable songs here | |
I bought this CD only for the title song, which I like the best. But I did find one or two other songs I enjoyed. The rest didn't even make it onto my iPod. Since it wasn't too pricey, I was satisfied with the purchase. Nice to hear some new music (to me anyway) that hasn't been overplayed on the radio, but has that distinctive catchy sound.
August 4, 2007 | | Not the strongest album around, but anything by Susanna Hoffs can't be that bad | |
Her sugary sweet voice resulted in many hits for the Bangles, and the quality of it certainly doesn't diminish here. However, much of the material here is bland and soulless; someone like Susanna Hoffs deserves better songs to work with. The track "Only Love" isn't bad.
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