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Reeces' Best Of '09: Top 30 Albums (08-07)
08. Lily Allen “It’s Not Me, It’s You”
Standout Tracks: 'Who'd Have Known', 'Back To The Start', 'The Fear', '**** You', 'He Wasn't There', 'Not Fair'
Now, here is the point where every album in the list is just a brilliant masterpiece. It’s Not Me, It’s Not You got released at the beginning of the year, and I can play it right now and enjoy every song without pressing the skip button not even once. The album is lyrically perfect and it has that ‘I don’t give a ****’ attitude that I love about her. ‘Everyone’s At It’ served as a perfect promotional track, it leaked a few weeks before the album, and it did a good job as far as getting me excited to hear the whole thing. ‘The Fear’ is simply a clever poem and the attitude she brings to it makes this song just wonderful. She shows her concern about the sexual limitations of her almost perfect boyfriend in the hilarious ‘Not Fair’, while she describes a very troubled character criticized by society in ‘22’. ‘Back To The Start’ is the catchiest track in the album with an exciting and addictive hook. She shows a more aggressive approach in ’Never Gonna Happen’ and in the funny yet brilliant ‘**** You’. She slows the tempo for the beautiful ‘Who’d Have Known’, where she describes a relationship going from friendship to love, her voice sounds great in this track. She questions God for all the bad things that happen in our world in the clever ‘Him’, and the album ends with the personal ‘He Wasn’t There’, a song about her issues with her dad. As you can tell by this review I love the different topics she discusses in this album, but the thing that makes every track as amazing as they are is her unique delivery. It’s Not Me, It’s You is a very enjoyable listen from track one all the way to the last track.
07. Lady GaGa “The Fame Monster”
Standout Tracks: 'Telephone', 'Monster', 'Speechless', 'Bad Romance', 'So Happy I Could Die', 'Dance In The Dark'
I’m gonna admit that this would’ve been at least inside the top 5 if it wasn’t for the fact that it is only eight tracks. There is no denying that Lady GaGa is a revolution and that she has proven that she is here to stay. The follow-up to her debut album, The Fame, is just more proof that she is one of the most unique and unpredictable artists of this generation, it’s truly a work of art. The monster hit ‘Bad Romance’ is the first track, which sounded a little different at first listen, but when I started feeling it there was no stopping. On the other hand, I loved Alejandro at first listen, it’s just a fun and silly track with lyrics not meant to be taken seriously. ‘Monster’ is a hit waiting to happen as she describes a very typical scenario, with catch lines such as ‘he ate my heart, and then he ate my brain‘, it just sounds amazing. The rock ballad ‘Speechless’ shows off GaGa’s ignored vocal capability; her voice sounds full of emotion here as she pretty much claims that will never love again, showing a different side. ’Dance In The Dark’ has that club vibe that can be heard in her first album, while ‘So Happy I Could Die’ has a very uplifting message put together in a very strange way that only GaGa could deliver and of course she adds a catchy beat to it. Lady GaGa joins forces with Beyonce in ‘Telephone’, where she talks about how annoying it is when you just wanna get down in the club and your phone doesn’t stop ringing, surprisingly they sound great together. ‘Teeth’ is the last track in the album, and while I usually ignore this one, I’m gonna let it slide because the rest of the album is genius. Lady GaGa is a promising new talent and The Fame Monster is just more proof of this. If you don’t like her, well then you’re gonna have to deal with it because she is gonna stick around for a long time.
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so high
for BoA 
