| Adele
21
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Singles From/On it: Rolling In The Deep, Someone Like You, Set Fire To The Rain
Version "owned": UK Limited Edition
Tracklist:
1. Rolling In The Deep
2. Rumour Has Ot
3. Turning Tables
4. Don't You Remember
5. Set Fire To The Rain
6. He Won't Go
7. Take It All
8. I'll Be Waiting
9. One And Only
10. Lovesong
11. Someone Like You
12. If It Hadn't Been For Love
13. Hiding My Heart
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Before listening to this album I thought 21 would be the perfect kind of album I'd never be interested on listening to, but after its release and constantly chart slaying on all the faves out there, I just HAD TO check what the fuss about this girl was, and you know what? What a delightful surprise. The album is nothing like I thought it would be. Adele's vocals are so pure and honest that it gives every single song a river of emotions. I guess that's why it's slaying everyone else out there. The only negative about this album is that
for me, 21 is not an album to listen to at anytime I want. I kinda have to be in a mood to listen to it. Maybe that's why I haven't listen to it as much as the other albums listed here. Regardless, an amazing album.
| Colbie Caillat
All Of You
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Singles From/On it: I Do, Brighter Than The Sun
Version "owned": iTunes and Japanese Edition
Tracklist:
1. Brighter Than The Sun
2. I Do
3. Before I Let You Go
4. Favorite Song (feat. Common)
5. What If
6. Shadows
7. Think Good Thoughts
8. Like Yesterday
9. All of You
10. Dream Life, Life
11. What Means The Most
12. Make It Rain
13. Stereo
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Colbie is just another one of those artists that will keep recording the same album over and over again, and if she releases 10 albums, they will all sound the same, but you know what? I don't give a ****. Her albums are incredible. I absolutely love her sound. it's so 'I'm going to the beach now, relax, enjoy luaus at night around the fire", and there's just nothing bad about that. Whenever you down, listen to one of her songs. They will put you in a bubbly mood (maybe that's why her debut single is called Bubbly? hahaha). It's still not better than her first album, which is still her best imo, but it's definitely a great album that everyone should be listening to.
| Mary J Blige
My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Singles From/On it: Someone To Love Me (Naked), 25/8, Mr. Wrong
Version "owned": UK iTunes Edition
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Feel Inside (feat. Nad)
3. Midnight Drive (feat. Brook Lynn)
4. Next Level (feat. Busta Rhymes)
5. Ain't Nobody
6. 25/8
7. Don't Mind
8. No Condition
9. Mr. Wrong (feat. Drake)
10. Why (feat. Rick Ross)
11. Love A Woman (feat. Beyoncé)
12. Empty Prayers
13. Need Someone
14. The Living Proof
15. You Want This
16. This Love Is For You
17. One Life
18. Someone To Love Me (Naked) [feat. Diddy & Lil Wayne]
19. Get It Right (feat. Taraji P. Henson)
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Well, I'm not familiar with Mary's work before The Breakthrough exceot for Family Affair. This album is supposed to be a continuation to her 1994 album 'My Life'. I don't know exactly what thart's supposed to mean since I don't know or heard that album, but I'm gonna judge it based on the stuff I'm actually familiar with. I don't remember exactly when I started to follow her career, probably after Just Fine and Work That came out about 3 or 4 years ago, and then I bought The Breakthrough and Growing Pain. after that she put out Stronger withEach Tear 2 years ago and all of those albums were absolutely great. My Life II is the weakest Mary album I have, but it's not a bad album at all. It's a great album actually. The first half of the albums consists on the up and mid tempos and then the album smoothly ventures into the ballads. Her ballads are grerat, her voice is pure and filled with emotion. The only thing bad thing about them, just like the Adele album, you need to be in a mood to listen to them and really and completely appreciate them.
| Nicole Scherzinger
Killer Love
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Singles From/On it: Poison, Don't Hold Your Breath, Right There, Wet, Try With Me
Version "owned": International Version
Tracklist:
1. Poison
2. Killer Love
3. Don't Hold Your Breath
4. Right There
5. You Will Be Loved
6. Wet
7. Say Yes
8. Club Banger Nation
9. Power's Out (feat. Sting)
10. Desperate
11. Everybody
12. Heartbeat (Rudi Wells Open Heart Remix) [with Enrique Iglesias]
13. Casualty
14. AmenJena
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Flop force Nicole Scherzinger is "back" with another attempt at releasing a full lengh solo album. This time around she teamed up with some really hot producers that everyone is looking forward to work with (RedOne) and recorded some powerful club bangers to make sure she would get the hits and finally get rid of the flop curse and, of course, nothing like getting a gig at a high profile singing contest as a judge to help boost her career a little more.
Didn't work.
This era had been utterly mishandled and mismanaged. I mean, why the **** would they choose to release Right There as a lead single and then wait for months to release Don't Hold Your Breath? She just was not given the right song choice. At this point nothing is gonna work for her at the US. At least she's managed to get some recognition in the UK. Maybe she could work something out there.