Let me get this over with.

Misery - An uninspired retread of one of their most tolerable songs - not here for it.

Heart Heart Heartbreak - Not good, but better than I thought it would be.

Hero - I have a hard time listening to this without seeing the video, and how it became inexplicably popular after 9/11. If schmaltz needed a picture in the dictionary, Jennifer Love Hewitt screaming in the rain might do the trick.

Goodbye - There's a nice energy here, but everything done has been done better by Rihanna. It's better than Jessie J, though.

Sidenote - why was this song so popularly sampled in 2008/2009? Kristinia, Wale/Gaga and Jay-Z all did.

Monster - Certifiable genius, but if I'm asked to grade just on Kanye's part ...

New in Town - I kind of like how her voice doesn't match the beat; it's too patrician, too rigid to really know what it's like to be broke. But it works?

Destroy Everything You Touch - I've been remiss in searching out Ladytron, but I really like this. Reminds me of when electroclash was big.

We Need a Resolution - Still sonically ahead of most of R&B radio, but I've come to resent the way the song's structured - I need more of a verse/chorus/verse chorus. For what it is, though - brilliant.

Handle Me - The proto-Irreplaceable. Genius.

Dead Flowers - The best song this week.