Much better than Madonna!!! I feel she isn't trying to be young.

My review:



From Wikipedia:

Recorded over a period of three years since signing with the independent Burgundy label in 2005, Crayons marks Summer's first full-length studio album in over seventeen years since the release of 1991's Mistaken Identity. She worked on the album with a number of different producers and songwriters including Greg Kurstin, Danielle Brisebois, J. R. Rotem, Toby Gad, Lester Mendez and Evan Bogart, the son of Summer's former record label boss at Casablanca Records, Neil Bogart.

Summer recorded twelve songs for the album and the title track is a duet between her and reggae veteran Ziggy Marley. The album's first official single, "Stamp Your Feet", was released to radio on April 15, 2008 (2008-04-15). A promotional single for the Latin-flavored "I'm a Fire" recently reached number-one giving Summer her 13th number-one hit on Billboard's dance club-music play chart making her the first artist to have a #1 dance hit in each of the past four decades.

1 "Stamp Your Feet" 3:38
2 "Mr. Music" 3:15
3 "Crayons" f/Ziggy Marley 3:21
4 "The Queen Is Back" 3:30
5 "Fame (The Game)" 4:04
6 "Sand on My Feet" 3:51
7 "Drivin' Down Brazil" 4:43
8 "I'm a Fire" 7:11
9 "Slide Over Backwards" 4:11
10 "Science of Love" 3:48
11 "Be Myself Again" 4:20
12 "Bring Down the Reign" 4:34
13 "It's Only Love"(Bonus) 7:54

After 17 years, she's back!!! I am listening to the album for the second time this afternoon. It leaked this morning, and it's a great thing it did!! The album is wonderful mix of dance, R&B, pop, with Latin, Jamaican and African touches, as well as a feel of gospel/church music.

"Stamp Your Feet" starts the album, a great, positive, uplifting track that makes you move. "Mr. Music" shows that Summer is with current trends, still shaking it at 59, and that she has an iPod. The track featuring Ziggy Marley is called "Crayons" and is a hot beat with an island twist. Summer even tries on the accent but actually has success unlike Mariah Carey who attempted the same on her recent record "E=MC2".

"Fame (The Game)" talks of the pros and cons of Hollywood life, with a cool vocal style. Highlights on the album would have to be "Sand On My Feet", a heartfelt love song, and the rock-tinged "Science Of Love". "Bring Down The Reign" has an interesting tribal chant inserted, which helps to finish off the album. It's a great song, keeping in line with the "Queen" theme of the album.

Overall, the effort is an admirable one. Summer comes back after 17 years with contemporary production while remaining true to her roots. It's the disco queen modified for the present. And it works. Make sure to pick up your copy on May 20th in the States, and June 23rd in the UK.

6/5

Stamp Your Feet is an excellent summer track!

u wish

It might not sell as much but Donna can sing well and this whole album is strong and diverse.

who cares

^Don't hate. It's probably a very good album. I have the "I'm a Fire" remix on my computer.

You're the reason music in America pretty much sucks nowadays.

You don't care if they can sing, they just have to be able to sell a lot. That's pretty pathetic. </3

Thanks guys.

It's a quality album by someone who's been in the game for a long, that makes fun while showcasing her talent.

must you troll every thread that isn't Madonna? Especially when every artist you're jealous of as a Madonna fan can outsing her?

love donna

I love Donna, and "Stamp Your Feet" is hott

I think its strange you complain about another member who bigs up Madonna uneccesarily when you open up at thread about another artist with the idiotic comment "Much better than Madonna!"

Hypocrite.

lmaaoo, good point

but yeah, much better than Stale Candy

I actually copy/pasted that from another board (that's another person's statement). so don't call me a hyprocrite, you don't know me. i bought the madonna album, and even if i did think that, dude, grow up.

Copy and pasted? Way to be original dumbass. And I dont need to know you to say your comment (copy and pasted or otherwise) is hypocritical.

i have not heard the album in full but i am having flash backs of her old songs

"Much better than Madonna!!! I feel she isn't trying to be young."

That is the part I copy/pasted ACCIDENTALLY, if you could read clearly. I am above calling people names online, frankly; I don't care.

So if calling people name is your fun, so be it. You still don't know me. I did write that review.

She looks like Kelly Rowland.