Not that great-1 really good song and otherwise weak
920617
Unfortunately, this is one of these albums that don't live up to the advance billing. The title song 'Closer' is very good and stands out, but the rest of the album is just a lot of 'trying to be really cool' type of stuff. There is unnecessary profanity which I don't think really adds anything on this album, but I can excuse that if the music is really great, but here it is just not. Maybe her next album will be better.
4311227
I wanted to really like this album, I was hoping to be surprised. But overall I am underwhelmed by the new sound, affects, and production of this new release. A Head Full Of Dreams isn't a bad song but it just seems like this was another song that could have played on Mylo so similar sounding all the way down to the woah woah woah! Another concert singalong to say the least with a catchy beat! Bird is also not a bad song, one of the better numbers off the album. Starts off off key and than moves into the catchy refrain and more ohh ohh ohhh's (yep we've heard them before). It has that unique ending and epic final vocal (one of the better ones). Hymn For The Weekend I cannot get into at all, to me it's awful something that should have been on Chris Martin's first solo album. Heavy experimenting here, so high so high so high, ummmm not for me. Everglow is as generic as it comes with that sound affect chiming all the way through. A slow song but not very good at all, boring and uninspired. Adventure Of A Lifetime the disco single and the unique arrangements never turned me on from the start. This to me is not Coldplay, it may seem catchy but it's just a bad direction and evolution for Coldplay. Failure to chart and only a few million views on You Tube tells it all, this is not a breakout hit at all. Fun another generic slower song with some of the same sound affects from an earlier song which ends in yes you guessed it woh woh woh woh (yet again). Man are they stuck on using this, ironically this is one of the more tolerable songs compared to the rest. Kaleidoscope is not a song, short instrumental. Army Of One absolutely stinks, more stupid sound affects and electronic sounds (dobie doobie it sounds like some background singer using synthesizer vocals). Colour Spectrum is a display effort off beat off key mess, bad experiment. Amazing day is a pleasant yet generic ballad that just doesn't do much for me, they've done so much better than this before (with songs like this). Namely on X&Y, better ballads, more inspired, and prettier. And NOOOOO this does NOT sound like anything from Parachutes. Up and Up like the first couple songs is on of the best few songs on the album. It's very catchy although more use of sound affects could have been left out (another little synt vocal that repeats throughout). But a killer guitar solo and epic ending makes it one of the albums best. Overall for me a few songs worth adding to my Coldplay playlist. I haven't liked much from the last few albums at all. Skyfull Of Stars and Magic from the last album, Ghost Stories the bonus song wasn't bad. A few of the singles from Mylo and that's it. I think Coldplay knows they have run out of inspiration calling this their last new album. I don't expect it to go Gold and I bet we will see a solo album from Chris Martin within the next few years. I hope he finds his mojo with that release and something new and different without all the disco and experimentation found here which doesn't do anything for me at all. When experimentation works like it did with Viva I love it. There were a few throwaways on that album but a lot of that stuff was just incredible. Not the case with A Headful of Dreams!
857710
I've been a fan of Staind since "Dysfunction", and "Break The Cycle" was just a wicked disc...still one of my favorites.  I've really tried to like their new CD just as much but I can't.  While it's not BAD it's just...sorta...dull.  It almost sounds like "Break The Cycle: The Out-Takes", using the same basic songwriting formula as their last album but missing the great hooks and catchy tunes like "It's Been A While", "Fade", "For You", and...well...pretty much every other song on that album.  In summary, this album gets 3 stars from me...2 stars for the two best songs "Price to Play" and "So Far Away", and one star for the decent tribute attempt to Alice In Chains on "Layne".
4520322
I really only like "The Reason", the rest of the songs just fade into the background when I try and listen to the entire album. There is not much here that grabs you and makes you want to really listen to it.
3932110
It's an ok cd, but some of the songs are not very good.
508549
Put me in the camp of "only one good song on this album."

It's a great song. The rest of the album is terribly cheesy and contrived-sounding.
1979942
One strong song ("You Oughta Know") and very little else.  I bought it as  soon as it came out and stopped playing it after the first couple of weeks.  AM's voice lacks strength and her songwriting pales beside Liz Phair's.  Any of the latters records are much better.
1372913
Now mind you I'm a HUGE Khaled fan.. Smh - When you see that the first track is "I'm On One" & then its followed by "Welcome to My Hood" you're thinking to yourself, "Ok that's definitely what's up, they're starting out the c.d. with two radio bangers so the rest of the album has to, AT THE LEAST be as good or closeto those two tracks. Wrong. Add "Money" and the Mary J. song "It Ain't Over" and that's basically it. The rest of the album is average at best; It gets a C- in my opinion. You want to hear a good album? WATCH THE THRONE is damn near flawless.. That thing gets 4 & 1/2 stars without thinking twice about it. It's been in my deck since its release AND HAS NOT MOVED.
3598829
Not the best version of this song...  very disappointed.
4650430
There were only a couple good songs on it. I wouldnt buy it again.
1639645
Has some good songs, but overall the album falls short of what I expected/hoped for.
1799512
IT'S ON YOU is not a bad song....really it's not. It's just that it is a little disappointing considering that the rest of the singles by Real McCoy have been very solid. This Euro-dance track is definitely danceable, but it lacks a memorable chorus and gets annoying on repeated listenings. They even stick a bit in the song that sounds like "The Vengaboys are back in town", but even that bit of Venga-esque coolness can't save this song.
465663
o.k., so every one talks about how "great" the lyrics are. Ya, sure they sing about god and hope (which I don't think is [bad]) it's just that the lyrics are very weak. The singer doesn't have much talent either. It's obvious that he knows nothing about harmonics and scales when he sings. I found the music to be very repeative, but good on a few songs. But the singers screaming just becomes way to repeative (this is where the not using scales and harmonics comes in), to the point of becoming annoying.
What makes up for the sloppy singing and lyrics is the music behind it. Though it lacks originality, it's still pretty tight. I like the double base the drummer uses, on a few songs. The kick sounds real good on "low". But they need their own sound/style. They sound way too much like Korn, but they don't even have half the talent/originality that Korn has. I find this surprising, because Dez Dickerson did most of this album, just after working on Korn's Follow The Leader. Seems he would have tried to help these guys get a sound of their own, instead of a am-mature [copy] of Korn.
1004595
I'm not sure why, but I found that the second album by Britney Spears, "Oops! I did it again" wasn't as powerful and good as her debut album.  I think the main reason, in my opinion, for this is because all the  songs sound too much alike.  They all have that "oops! I did it  again" beat and melody.  There isn't much variety in the music.  The  slow songs are nice and all, but just don't have as catchy of a melody as  the "Baby One More Time" songs had. The best comparison would  have to be the 2nd Britney Spears album with the 2nd NSync album.  I liked  the second NSync album very much, possibly because they were able to pull  off "changing styles" (you'll notice 3 slow songs, rest fast).  For "OIDIA" it's the same, more fast songs and less slow songs.  And as bad as this sounds, the sappy songs that we all have come to love  (hey, it's a pop song) are lost and they try too many new things without  pulling them off too well. I'm not saying this CD is terrible, but just not  great.  I'm not giving it 0 stars or something like that because it was  worse than the first one (my opinion), but just from a listeners point of  view.  If you liked her first album, don't expect to find the same kind of  tunes but rather more tunes around the formula of "Drive Me  Crazy", "Oops! I did it again", and "Hit Me Baby One  More Time".  It's that fast, upbeat, style (and mind you, the lyrics  this time around are mostly different attidude too).
4168489
Sometimes there is a song that can actually gear to grab you, but not nearly as close as you'd like. That really came from the case of Kelis. Her popularity really proclaimed her as a one hit wonder during the late 90's. She had a album released overseas, but doesn't really have the star power she needs to have. Her latest single, Milkshake, isn't really a catchy track outside of the beat. It does seem alright at first, but not really a must have. I really suggest this one, only if you have a die hard taste for Hip Hop, but not if your not into this kind of song at all. It is just one of the rauchiest songs of the year, and just doesn't appeal very well to me.
716157
This recording was published by Integrity/Hosanna which has produced some great music. However, this album kind of missed the mark for me. I couldn't bring myself to rate it as low as 2 stars but I probably would have given it 2-1/2 stars if half stars were available. I think I was less than enchanted with it because most of the songs are those that were culled from other Integrity artists/worship leaders like Ron Kenoly, Paul Wilbur and Don Moen and I think they did the songs better. This artist, Keith Staten, tried to put a new (gospel) twist on some of the songs but it just seemed low energy and lackluster (maybe because I was singing the original in my head). Some of the renditions also seemed to be overly long, draggy, and repetitious. All in all I was glad when it was over. Fortunately I purchased it used and it only cost $1.00 but I probably won't be listening to it often.
4024622
I was really looking forward to this cd.  However I soon became dissapointed after listening to it.  There is one good song on it, "must be doing something right". The others I didn't care for at all.  A lot of "twang" just not what I expected from this latest cd.  I wouldn't recommend this one if you are expecting songs with the similar musical style as  the song title of the cd.