A few really good songs stand out
920296
I bought this album hoping for another "Wherever You Will Go", and was disappointed at first. On a quick listen, the songs sound mostly the same: pleasant, but no deeper than that. But as I listened more, determined that I had to have missed SOMETHING, I actually found some of it better then I remembered. And I was more suprised when I really heard the lyrics, they were much, much deeper than I had first thought. But I didn't find that with every song...I only really fell in love with 3 or 4 songs. I highly recommend sampling this at a CD store or something before you buy it to see if you like it, but hey, that's actually good advice for any CD!
2768823
There are some really great songs on this disc... I enjoyed it plus I am a fan of Paul Laine's vocals
1137224
Some beautiful music like "Living Water",, an upbeat on "Don't You Know", and some country "Book of Life".  Diverse but good.
1573048
There are some songs that make the album a little dull. For example, the song Secretly repeats itself like over 10 times. The other ones seem to be on the safe side.
1124451
I found myself pleased with this cd after plenty of listens. However, this was mainly because certain of the songs are really awesome, while others are forgettable. The great ones: The Package, Weak and Powerless, Blue, The Outsider, and maybe Pet. Overall, a good album, worth owning, but no legend in the making.
1420416
Some of the music is very good, almost classic.  Some of the other may be part of the "best of", but not part of my "best of".
377081
These artists get better with time, good story type song
503455
There are certainly some flaws that can be found on "Antics", but give it some time and you will see that it's actually a very good album. I hated it at first, but after several listens it's actually quite good (it's definitely better than the new Strokes album). The reason I didn't like it the first time was because A: the songs just weren't as amazing as on "Bright Lights", and B: all the songs sounded relatively the same. They're not bad songs at all, but they're just very similar to one another. The lyrics are also not as good as they were on "Bright Lights", but they aren't SO bad that you will care a lot about it. It all sounds very similar to their previous albums, but not as inspired. Singer Paul Banks' vocals aren't as inspired or memorable as they were on the previous album, but they're still good - you'll like them, I think. There are no "great" songs here, but all of them are good or very good. Interpol fans will be very satisfied with this CD if they give it some time to grow on them - I also think it has good appeal otherwise. All things aside, I would highly recommend this!

Highlights include:
"Next Exit"
"Evil"
"Narc"
"Slow Hands"
the rest are good, too
479058
A few of the songs would fit well on any PFR album, but the rest are average and on the mellow side.
1506708
This album has some very good songs on it including the title track that was picked up and done by numerous Christian artists.
2501316
I've been a fan of Paula Abdul for a few years, even before American Idol fame, and this is a pretty good compilation of her hits. Not perfect, but it gives you a good impression of her body of work. Some may scoff at having a GREATEST HITS album after only 3 albums (not including the remix album), but she did have quite a few hits, and there's some bonuses here for fans. However, I could have done without the Megamix Medley. I think this would have served better purpose on a cd single than on this compilation. It takes up over 9 minutes which could have been used for other songs. There is also the bonus track "Crazy Love", which was a left over from the HEAD OVER HEELS album.
Paula does not have the best voice, in fact it sounds quite weak on some songs (she sounds very off key on "Promise of a New Day"). She has a nice tone but the vocals are not very strong. Nevertheless, the sound engineers obviously found a way to smooth out these imperfections and make her sound a little better. I really like the ballad "If I Were Your Girl", although it's a wonder why it's on here since it wasn't even a single. "My Love Is For Real" and "Crazy Cool" are great songs, that are underrated in my opinion.
From her early career we have "Cold Hearted", "The Way That You Love Me", "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Rush Rush", "Knocked Out", and many others. A lot of these songs are pretty memorable. Perhaps she will never record again, but I guess there is a resurgence in interest in Paula since American Idol has taken off. This is a pretty good collection if you want an introduction to her music.
3491336
After listening to this album a few times, I have come to the conclusion that it is very good. I have come to this conclusion even though I don't care for most of it. To me, there are three spectacular standout tracks - #1. Wide Eyes, #2 Airplanes and #4. World News.

As for the rest of the album, I guess you can say that I just don't get it. Most of these songs are OK to listen to (to me), but I don't see why so many other reviews are raving about some of them. But, these are very well thought out songs full of great instrumentation. I guess I just feel that they are lacking a feeling that seems so prevalent in the aforementioned tracks.

I think that this is a great album for someone who wants to take a shot in the dark purchase on a relatively unknown band.  I can almost guarantee that there will be something in this album that you will love. I really look forward to a second one.
914340
Mostly Nothern Ireland songs. Good ones for first exposure to em
4135807
i enjoy some of their music but not all. Overall the music is good on this cd.
1837285
Some songs on this CD are really good (Warped, Aeroplane) and some are brilliant (Falling into Grace, Walkabout)  You ask then, why only 4 stars?  Some of the songs (not mentioned above) are really dragged out.  The beginning of "Deep Kick" has almost 2 minutes of Anthony talking about stuff.  Dumb stuff.  I have to skip it because it gets so boring.  Also, "Pea" is odd, so odd I must skip it every time.  "One Big Mob" starts out great, but cuts into 3-1/2 or so minutes of really boring filler.  Even though they sometimes try too hard to fill all 74 minutes of disc time, this is a great RHCP disc.
1411139
This has most of the great current and past singles. The music and background vocals are a good quality.
3719994
I like a few of the songs a lot and others kind of sound like each other.  I might get one of their newer CD's to see if their sound has grown since this one.