Fergie: 3 1/2 stars
All hail Fergie, the dutchess of vaginal metaphors! Last year, in the Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps," Fergie was a camel stomping her lady lumps across the desert; in her solo smash "London Bridge," she's the mighty bridge across the River Thames, paving the way for future sequels like "Panama Canal" or "Sacred Ruins of Machu Picchu." The Dutchess is a shameless solo debut full of Eighties-style electro bangers, mostly produced by the Peas' Will.i.am, though Atlanta mogul Polow Da Don steals the show on "London Bridge" and "Glamorous." "London Bridge" is a total rip of "Hollaback Girl," but adding an actual song to "Hollaback Girl" is a brilliant idea. Fergie samples Afro Rican in "Fergielicious" and Little Richard in "Clumsy." You might get tired of hearing her come after a while -- but then it's time for "Mary Jane Shoes," a strangely uplifting reggae ode to Fergie's favorite footwear.

Beyoncé: 3 stars
On the most arresting moments of her second solo album - including the anguished, Sixties-tinged ballad "Resentment" and the punk-R&B single "Ring the Alarm" - Beyonce sings with enough frantic, quavering intensity to make you believe she really is crazy in love. But in a spoken-word segment, B notes that this disc (which was inspired by her character in the upcoming musical Dreamgirls) came "effortlessly," and that's sometimes all too clear: While the mostly up-tempo disc never lacks for energy, some of the more beat-driven tracks (such as the throwaway "Freakum Dress") feel harmonically and melodically undercooked, with hooks that don't live up to "Crazy in Love" or the best Destiny's Child hits. But there is endless pleasure in the gliding transitions from Jay-Z's staccato rhymes to Beyonce's own honeyed flow, and there's plenty of seductive wit and charming Independent Woman feminism here. Over a blues-guitar sample on the Rich Harrison-produced "Suga Mama," Beyonce offers both herself and her checkbook: "Baby, what you want me to buy?/My accountant's waiting on the phone." B'day should keep her bank balance high.

The Killers: 2 stars
Scissor Sisters: 3 stars

o_O? ... Then again, I haven't spun The Dutchess just yet, so I can't say anything. This is intresting to me.

3 out 5 or out of 4 ?

i think its out of 5 but im not sure.

x out of 5

I thought B'Day received 4 stars?

Ok i am so buying JET's new album. here's their review...

There are two bands calling themselves Jet on this record. One is the Seventies-boogie-brained Australian quartet that made the 2003 corker Get Born. The other has spent much of the time in between opening for and hanging out with Oasis. I prefer the former, and that Jet doesn't show up - or at least turn it up, all the way - until five tracks into Shine On, with the hellbent-guitar and hammering-drums rush of "That's All Lies." That kind of charge keeps coming but only in fits and starts, between long stretches of booming balladry and acid-flavored big-guitar pop. The Oasis factor is all over the place. Dave Sardy, who produced that band's latest album, Don't Believe the Truth, does the honors here, and Jet's Beatlemania in "Bring It On Back" and the paisley-guitar chime of "Come On Come On" is a lot like Noel Gallagher's spin on the '68 John Lennon. There is a pleasant shock late in the album in "Eleanor," a lusty acoustic homage to the Everly Brothers. But Jet are at their best in the high power-riff gear of "Stand Up" and "Rip It Up" (not the Little Richard hit), with singer-guitarist Nic Chester barking and bawling like an improbable trinity of Liam Gallagher, Bon Scott and Axl Rose. When those songs take off, you fly.


And I'm still buying The Killers' Album. I dont care what their review is.

Rolling Stone is out of 4...or so I'm pretty sure

No, they're out of 5, and I'm positive about that.

And that's sad that Fergie's album...Fergie...FRICKEN LONDON BRIDGE...got more stars than Back To Basics.

it's out of 5.

And now Fergie is up there with ... CASSIE rofl.