RELEASED: April 12, 2013 GENRE: Pop rock, alternative rock, pop punk LABEL: Island PRODUCER: Butch Walker, Fall Out Boy
FAVORITES:
❤❤❤❤ "The Phoenix" ; Just One Yesterday" (feat. Foxes) ; "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
❤❤❤ "Alone Together" ; "Young Volcanoes"
❤❤ "Miss Missing You"
⚫ While I can see their effort and collaborative, as well as secretive involvement on this album! It showed enough a more bolder, and mature sounds! The choices of featured artists on such songs are definitely on point and the production is still as boombastic and energetic in case of their uptempos, but I dunno but I still prefer their previous albums! On this one though, they showed growth and explored such sounds incorporated differently compared to their first albums!
2009: Selena Gomez - "Kiss & Tell" 2011: Vanessa Carlton - "Rabbits on the Run" 2012: Gotye - "Making Mirrors"
#45
ICONA POP - 'This Is...Icona Pop'
RELEASED: September 23, 2013 GENRE: EDM ; synthpop LABEL: Record Company ; TEN ; Big Beat Records PRODUCER: Stargate ; Elof Loelv ; Patrik Berger ; Style of Eye ; Jarrad Rogers ; Shellback ; Kool Kojak ; Benny Blanco ; 10k Islands ; Justin Parker
FAVORITES:
❤❤❤❤❤ "All Night"
❤❤❤ "Ready for the Weekend" ; "We Got the World"
❤❤ "I Love It"
⚫ An album definitely full of bops and perfect for fun dance parties all night! Their vocals on the songs were very harmonizing, carefree and light spirited as songs' themes are about free-spirited party anthems of having a good time on a evening! Definitely a perfect listen on all -out and about partying, and jamming! A collection of party club tracks tailored for night outs for me!
2009: Boys Like Girls - "Love Drunk" 2011: Mary J. Blige - "My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act I)" 2012: Usher - "Looking 4 Myself"
AMELIA LILY - "Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You Got)"
"...You like it a lot, Shut Up And Give Me Whatever You Got!...I'm tired of waiting...Baby can't you take it,..Oh baby you're falling apart..Falling in love while I'm breaking your heart...Oh can't you take this crazy love darling..."
ALBUM: Be a Fighter RELEASED DATE: January 18, 2013 GENRE: Synthpop LENGTH: 3:36 LABEL: Sony Music WRITER(S): Brian Higgins, Luke Fitton, Tim Deal, Matt Gray, Miranda Cooper, Brooke Gengras, Tim Powell, Toby Scott, Owen Parker, Joshua Jenkin PRODUCER(S): Brian Higgins, Tim Powell
WEEKS ON CHART: 6 weeks PEAK POSITION: #04
⚫ Amelia was definitely one of my bets to win on her own season of X-factor finale, In this song and video she is giving me a combination of a Kelly Clarkson + Christina Aguilera on her looks and vocals! She easily pulls of pop-rock genre very well and this one is a good example! One of the songs that I've had on rotation on the earlier part of 2013! As for Amelia, well, I'm still looking forward on her debut album that hopefully will see the light of the day this 2014!
2009: Demi Lovato - "Gift of a Friend" 2011: Beyonce - "Love on Top" 2012: Haley Reinhart - "Free"
#85
KEYSHIA COLE - "Enough of No Love" (feat. Lil' Wayne)
"...Cause I-I can't stay here, if there's no love...Yeah I-I can't stay here, cause I've had enough...Enough of no love, enough of no love...No love!..."
ALBUM: Woman to Woman RELEASED DATE: July 3, 2012 GENRE: R&B, Hip hop LENGTH: LABEL: Geffen, Interscope WRITER(S): Keyshia Cole, Harmony Samuels, Sean Fenton, Dwayne Carter PRODUCER(S): Harmony Samuels
WEEKS ON CHART: 7 weeks PEAK POSITION: #03
⚫ After being #78 last year, this mighty single of Keyshia was definitely a returner on this year's Best of here at #85! This slayed on the late December updates on my countdown which contributed to its placing! I still listen and bop to it once in a while, and definitely I consider this as one of her best and for me, my personal favorite singles from her!
2009: Miley Cyrus - "The Climb" 2011: Dr. Dre - "I Need a Doctor" (feat. Skylar Grey & Eminem) 2012: Usher - "Scream"
#84
JESSIE WARE - "Imagine It Was Us"
"....Are you waiting for something? (Imagine it was us)...Tell me, would you wait all night?...Are you thinking about it like I do, I do?..I would wait all night...
ALBUM: Devotion (Gold Edition) RELEASED DATE: April 12, 2013 GENRE: Sophisti-pop ; disco LENGTH: 3:24 LABEL: PMR, Island, Interscope WRITER(S): Jessie Ware, Bashmore, Baptista, Dave Corney, James Napier PRODUCER(S): Bashmore
WEEKS ON CHART: 5 weeks PEAK POSITION: #02
⚫ Upon hearing this song on the release of the Gold Edition of her album, I was immediately hooked and mesmerized on how Jessie Ware delivered on this poised, lavish 80's throwback disco sound on these days! Such elegance and a bit of nostalgia that reminds me of a former work of Lisa Stansfield and even the video too! Very simple and it stuck on how the song sounds!
2009: David Archuleta - "Crush" 2011: Girls' Generation - "The Boys" 2012: Mary J. Blige - "25/8"
Imagine It Was Us, awesome caps 