Lindsay Lohan - A Little More Personal (Raw)

On her second full-length album, Lindsay Lohan tries to leave her Disney image behind for good. And what better way to do it than by starting off with the stark "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)," in which the singer wrestles with her stormy relationship with her felonious father? Lohan Sr. also is the object of the tortured "My Innocence" (as in, Dad, you took it away.) But the best tracks here are the ones on which Lohan Jr. spares us the angsty therapy and delivers tuneful pop-rock. Sure, the kind of rousing mega-chorus used on "Black Hole" has already been heard--to greater effect--in Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone," but it's still nifty. Elsewhere, "A Little More Personal" begins with Lohan talking about how talking at the start of a song is "rad," but then it turns into a very Cars-like tune--and it's hard to think of a catchier band than the Cars. No wonder it all sounds so impressively slick: For this transitional album, Lohan has surrounded herself with a team of pros--Kara DioGuardi (who's also written for Lohan rivals Ashlee Simpson and Hilary Duff, and coauthored 9 of the 12 songs here), power-popster Butch Walker, and former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody. The first two also put their producing stamp on a cover of Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me" that's even more upbeat than the original, while Moody applied his tech skills on the other cover, Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen." Moody particularly shines on "Fastlane," however, a super-catchy number that's one of four for which Lohan gets a songwriting credit. Has she grown up? Maybe not entirely yet, but Lohan is showing the promise of an honorable mainstream career. --Elisabeth Vincentelli Amazon.com

Trying too hard

Lindsay Lohan's singing is just plain awful. She sounds like she's trying way too hard to sound "raw" and "angsty". I tried listening to all the tracks on this album but after the third song I gave up. The first three trcks sound identical, and the fact that she had the nerve to do a remake of Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen" just really gets under my skin. Stevie Nicks has class AND talent, 2 things which Lohan lacks completely, so to ruin a song that was perfectly fine just the way it was seriously irks me. Skip this garbage entirely and check out Stevie Nicks instead. You won't be disappointed. June 28, 2008

Could be better

Lindsay probably has it in her to put out good music but that just is not happening on A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL (RAW). I think she needs to hire some writers and get a distinct sound of her own before she will be a successful singer. May 9, 2008

The potential is there

Lindsay Lohan, musically speaking, is well on the way to becoming the next Yoko Ono. March 19, 2008

A surprisingly decent CD

I purchased this CD as part of a CD collection at a yard sale this past weekend. I would never have purchased it otherwise. I decided to give it a listen, mainly because of Ms Lohan's recent bad publicity. I was not expecting to like this CD - in fact, I was quite prepared to hate it.

So it was a pleasant surprise to discover that the CD is actually quite good. None of that regurgitated teen pop drivel ala Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears here! In fact, there was only one song on the CD that I really did not like ("Who Loves You").

While Lindsey Lohan will never be another Janis Joplin or even another Amy Lee, she can at least rock out, which sets her apart - in a good way - from many of her peers. I'm not the only person who thinks that most of today's female singers between the ages of 15 and 30 sound EXACTLY THE SAME. At least on this album, Ms Lohan isn't one of them. She even did a decent cover job on both Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me' and Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen." No, they may not be as good as the original versions, but very few cover songs ever are anyway.

And while this CD will never be on my top 10 (or even top 20) favorite albums list, most of the songs will be finding their way into my iTunes library.

I just hope Ms Lohan can get her life together so she can grow and mature as a singer and as a person. September 9, 2007

as much as i'd hate to admit it...

i loved every song on this album.i don't care for lindsay in the least but i did love this album.i listened to her first c.d and this is one is way better. July 19, 2007

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