| A Fine Frenzy One Cell in the Sea | 3.5 |
| a-ha East of the Sun, West of the Moon | 3.0 |
| a-ha Hunting High and Low | 3.5 |
It's creative. It's epic. Morten Harket is an awesome vocalist. "Take on Me" is
unforgettable. And you'll be singing along for almost every song soon enough. What else can
we ask of a pop band? Personal Favorites: Take on Me, The Sun Always Shines on T.V., Here I
Stand and Face The Rain. |
| a-ha Minor Earth Major Sky | 3.5 |
| a-ha Scoundrel Days | 4.0 |
| a-ha Stay on These Roads | 4.0 |
| a-ha Memorial Beach | 4.0 |
| Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment | 3.0 |
| NOT the most talented person to show up on recent years, but he has a good voice, and talented people around him. What's lacking: personality to do something that really reflects his way to see music. |
| Adele 19 | 3.0 |
| Adele 21 | 3.5 |
| Alanis Morissette Flavors of Entanglement | 4.0 |
| It's creative, it's Alanis on the edge of her vocal play, and it's a pocketful of heartfelt lyrics. What else do you want? |
| Alicia Keys The Element of Freedom | 3.5 |
| Allison Iraheta Just Like You | 2.5 |
| Amy Winehouse Back to Black | 3.0 |
| Amy Winehouse Frank | 4.0 |
| Avril Lavigne The Best Damn Thing | 2.5 |
| Avril Lavigne Let Go | 3.0 |
| Avril Lavigne Under My Skin | 3.5 |
| Avril Lavigne Goodbye Lullaby | 3.5 |
| B.o.B The Adventures of Bobby Ray | 3.0 |
| Actually good. Surprised me, a skillfull hip-hop/pop record that works all the way through. |
| Beck Modern Guilt | 3.0 |
| Beyonce B'Day | 2.5 |
| Beyonce Dangerously in Love | 3.0 |
| Beyonce I Am... Sasha Fierce | 3.0 |
| Beyonce 4 | 3.0 |
| Birdy Birdy | 4.0 |
| Bjork Biophilia | 3.0 |
| Bjork Homogenic | 3.5 |
| Bjork Post | 4.5 |
| Bjork Medulla | 4.5 |
| Bjork Vespertine | 5.0 |
| Bjork Debut | 5.0 |
| Blind Melon Blind Melon | 3.0 |
| Bon Jovi The Circle | 3.0 |
| Brandon Flowers Flamingo | 3.5 |
| Britney Spears Blackout | 3.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. | 3.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream | 3.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball | 4.0 |
| Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans | 3.0 |
| Carla Bruni Quelqu'un m'a dit | 4.0 |
| Carolina Liar Coming to Terms | 3.0 |
| Carolina Liar Wild Blessed Freedom | 3.0 |
| Cee Lo Green The Lady Killer | 4.0 |
| Christina Aguilera Bionic | 2.5 |
| I was sooo happy with the Back to Basic's style... This one isn't bad at all, but Xtina can do better. |
| Christina Aguilera Stripped | 3.5 |
| Christina Aguilera Back to Basics | 4.0 |
| Christina Perri lovestrong. | 3.5 |
| Christina Perri The Ocean Way Sessions | 4.5 |
| Christina is definetly a name to keep an eye on. She has an incredible voice, amazing potential as a songwriter, and shows off a great live show on this EP. Personal favorite: Bang Bang Bang. |
| Civil Twilight Civil Twilight | 3.0 |
| A Muse-like debut for the South-African band, with the ambition and sometimes over-pretention included. But they still have some moments. Personal favorite: Something She Said. |
| Clare Maguire Light After Dark | 3.0 |
| Colbie Caillat Coco | 3.0 |
| Colbie Caillat Breakthrough | 3.0 |
| Colbie Caillat All of You | 3.5 |
| Coldplay Mylo Xyloto | 3.0 |
| Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 3.5 |
| Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae | 3.0 |
| Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea | 3.5 |
| Cyndi Lauper A Night to Remember | 3.0 |
| It's obviously not as good as her two previous albums, but Cyn is still on her edge here, and comes up with a solid pop statement. |
| Cyndi Lauper Memphis Blues | 3.0 |
| Cyndi Lauper She's So Unusual | 3.5 |
| Cyndi Lauper Hat Full of Stars | 3.5 |
| Back to her best shape, Cyn goes further on the direction of an alternative pop that took her away from the charts at the same proportion it took her up on critic's preference. "Product of Misery" and "Feels Like Christmas" are proofs that she's still got the groove on doing killer pop tracks. |
| Cyndi Lauper Bring Ya to the Brink | 4.0 |
| Cyndi Lauper True Colors | 4.0 |
| Cyndi Lauper The Body Acoustic | 4.0 |
| Taking an acoustic look at Cyn's career is an impressive journey... "Money Changes Everything" is turned into a killer track, "She Bop" is surprinsingly melodic, "I'll Be Your River" is pure soul music, "Shine" has Cyn on her edge when it comes to vocal range, and classic "Girls Just Whant to Have Fun" shines with a completely new and very creative arrangement. |
| Cyndi Lauper At Last | 4.0 |
| David Guetta Pop Life | 3.0 |
| David Guetta One Love | 3.0 |
| David Guetta Nothing but the Beat | 3.5 |
| Demi Lovato Don't Forget | 3.5 |
| Demi Lovato Here We Go Again | 3.5 |
| Demi Lovato Unbroken | 4.0 |
| Destiny's Child The Writings on the Wall | 3.0 |
| The Destiny's Child gives us a stunning collection of R&B, hip-hop and pop songs that feature some awesome vocal performances. Beyonc?s, of course, the big stand-out. Personal favorites: Bug a Boo, If You Leave, Say My Name. |
| Dev The Night the Sun Came Up | 4.0 |
| Dido Safe Trip Home | 3.5 |
| Dido No Angel | 4.0 |
| Dido Live at Brixton Academy | 4.5 |
| Dido takes this live look at her career seriously, rearranging every song to sound better and even more creative on stage. And her voice is still wonderful. Personal favorites: "Thank You", "Life for Rent", "Mary's India", "See The Sun", "See You When You're 40". |
| Dido Life For Rent | 5.0 |
| It strats up beautiful with "White Flag", and it just gets more and more beautiful as the tracks roll on! Just love "Life For Rent", "Mary's India" and pretty much all the other tracks on this album. |
| Donavon Frankenreiter Pass It Around | 2.5 |
| Duffy Endlessly | 2.5 |
| Duffy Rockferry | 3.5 |
| Eliza Doolittle Eliza Doolittle | 3.0 |
| Ellie Goulding Live At Amoeba | 3.0 |
| Ellie Goulding Bright Lights | 4.0 |
| Emeli Sande Our Version Of Events | 3.0 |
| Eminem Recovery | 3.0 |
| Estelle Shine | 3.0 |
| Estelle All of Me | 3.0 |
| Evanescence The Open Door | 2.5 |
| Evanescence Fallen | 3.5 |
| Feist The Reminder | 3.5 |
| Florence and the Machine Lungs | 4.0 |
| Florence and the Machine Ceremonials | 4.0 |
| Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | 3.0 |
| Foo Fighters In Your Honor | 3.5 |
| Foster the People Torches | 3.0 |
| Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | 3.0 |
| fun. Some Nights | 3.5 |
| Glee Cast Glee: The Music, Volume 1 | 3.0 |
| Glee Cast Glee: The Music, Volume 2 | 3.5 |
| Glee Cast Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers | 3.5 |
| Glee Cast Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals | 4.0 |
| Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere | 4.0 |
| Great, straight-to-point pop recording, with some pretty awesome production and vocals. Personal favorites: "Crazy" (of course) and "Just a Thought". |
| Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple | 4.5 |
| I'm sorry guys, but I enjoyed this one better than St Elsewhere. It's both Cee Lo and Danger Mouse on the top of their games! Personal favorites: "Blind Mary", "Who's Gonna Save My Soul", "Going On" and "Neighbours". |
| Goldfrapp Supernature | 3.0 |
| Goldfrapp Head First | 3.5 |
| Gorillaz Plastic Beach | 3.5 |
| Green Day 21st Century Breakdown | 3.5 |
| Greyson Chance Hold On 'Til The Night | 4.0 |
| Greyson puts up a great pop album, and he has an amazing voice. |
| Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy | 4.0 |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction | 5.0 |
| Hockey Mind Chaos | 3.5 |
| Hugh Laurie Let Them Talk | 4.5 |
| Jack Johnson To the Sea | 3.0 |
| Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static | 3.5 |
| James Blunt Back To Bedlam | 3.0 |
| James Blunt Some Kind of Trouble | 3.5 |
| James Blunt All the Lost Souls | 4.0 |
| James Morrison Songs For You, Truths For Me | 3.0 |
| Jason Mraz Love Is a Four Letter Word | 3.0 |
| Jason Mraz We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things | 3.5 |
| Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson | 2.5 |
| Jennifer Hudson I Remember Me | 4.0 |
| "Hudson's stratospheric voice overflows with emotion" - Matthew Cole, Slant Magazine. He goes on to criticize the album, but I personally think he's right here. Jen tends to overflow. But who doesn't like drama? And it's a damn fine collection of power pop and R&B repertoire. |
| Jennifer Lopez Love? | 3.0 |
| Jessie J Who You Are | 4.0 |
| John Mayer Battle Studies | 3.5 |
| Joni Mitchell Blue | 5.0 |
| Jordin Sparks Jordin Sparks | 3.0 |
| Jordin Sparks Battlefield | 4.0 |
| Joss Stone Introducing Joss Stone | 3.0 |
| Joss Stone Colour Me Free! | 3.5 |
| Joss comes up with a inspired collection of songs, showing off the incredible voice she has and the accurate sense of rythm and melody that always was a standout on her career. Personal favorites: Free Me, Paralell Lines, Lady, Big Ol' Game. |
| Joss Stone LP1 | 4.0 |
| Julieta Venegas MTV Unplugged | 3.0 |
| Julieta is a talented singer and her music is really something new and refreshing for the pop world, especially in Latin America. Anyway, repetition and too complex arrangements get a little in the way of her talent. Still, personal favorites are "Mirame Bien" and "Me Voy". |
| Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob | 3.0 |
| Keane Strangeland | 3.0 |
| Keane Under The Iron Sea | 3.5 |
| Keane Night Train | 3.5 |
| Keane Perfect Symmetry | 4.0 |
| Kelly Clarkson Thankful | 2.5 |
| Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted | 3.0 |
| Kelly Clarkson Stronger | 3.0 |
| Kelly Clarkson Breakaway | 3.5 |
| Kelly Rowland Here I Am | 3.0 |
| Kerli Love Is Dead | 3.5 |
| Kesha Animal | 3.5 |
| Kesha Cannibal | 3.5 |
| Kimbra Vows | 4.5 |
| Kris Allen Kris Allen | 2.5 |
| KT Tunstall Drastic Fantastic | 3.5 |
| KT Tunstall Tiger Suit | 4.0 |
| I really think that KT found the balance between the pop sounds of "Drastic Fantastic" and the alternative feeling in "Eye to The Telescope". She is and always will be an restless artist, so never exepect more of the same from her records. Mixing her oustanding pop songwriting skill with with a production of electro-indie sounds, "Tiger Suit" is a solid, as ever, record form the Scottish singer. |
| KT Tunstall Eye To The Telescope | 4.5 |
| Kylie Minogue Enjoy Yourself | 2.0 |
| Kylie Minogue Kylie: Live in New York | 3.0 |
| Kylie is not a blaster live more than she is in a studio, but if you're a fan, "Live in New York" is absolutely essential. Personal favorites: In Your Eyes, Wow, The Loco-Motion, Kids, In My Arms, The One. |
| Kylie Minogue Kylie | 3.0 |
| Kylie Minogue Body Language | 3.5 |
| Kylie Minogue Fever | 3.5 |
| Kylie Minogue X | 3.5 |
| Kylie Minogue Light Years | 4.0 |
| Kylie Minogue Aphrodite | 4.0 |
| Lady A Need You Now | 3.0 |
| Lady A Lady Antebellum | 3.0 |
| Lady A is not surprising in any way. A vintage pop country trio, with some good melodies and two strong vocalists. Still, they have their moments. Personal favorites: I Run to You, Home is Where The Heart Is, Can't Take My Eyes Off You. |
| Lady A Own the Night | 3.0 |
| Lady Gaga The Cherrytree Sessions | 2.0 |
| Lady Gaga Born This Way | 4.5 |
| Lady Gaga The Fame | 5.0 |
| Lady Gaga The Fame Monster | 5.0 |
| Ladyhawke Anxiety | 2.5 |
| Ladyhawke Ladyhawke | 3.0 |
| Lana Del Rey Lana Del Ray a.k.a Lizzy Grant | 3.5 |
| Lana Del Rey Born to Die | 3.5 |
| Lana Del Rey Lana Del Rey | 4.0 |
| Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can | 4.0 |
| Lights Siberia | 3.5 |
| Lily Allen Alright, Still | 3.0 |
| Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You | 3.5 |
| Linkin Park A Thousand Suns | 2.5 |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 3.5 |
| Linkin Park Meteora | 3.5 |
| Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes | 4.0 |
| Madonna Hard Candy | 2.0 |
| Madonna Ray of Light | 3.0 |
| Madonna MDNA | 3.0 |
| Madonna Music | 4.0 |
| Madonna American Life | 4.5 |
| 'American Life' is a pop revolution in concept, but it works better if you don't take it THAT seriously. In the end, it's a just a collection of killer pop tracks, with the usual Madonna know-how. Personal favorites: Hollywood, Love Profusion, Nothing Fails, Mother and Father. |
| Madonna Confessions on a Dancefloor | 5.0 |
| A modern classic by the Queen of Pop. Perfectly sequenced, brilliantly produced and, as usual, incredibly well-written. Personel favorites: Hung Up, Get Together, How High, Push. |
| Marina The Family Jewels | 3.5 |
| Marina Electra Heart | 3.5 |
| Maroon 5 Call and Response: The Remix Album | 2.5 |
| Maroon 5 1.22.03.Acoustic | 3.5 |
| Maroon 5 Live from Soho | 4.0 |
| Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long | 4.5 |
| Maroon 5 Songs About Jane | 5.0 |
| Maroon 5 Hands All Over | 5.0 |
| Matthew Morrison Matthew Morrison | 3.5 |
| Michael Jackson Off the Wall | 3.5 |
| Muse The Resistance | 2.5 |
| Nicola Roberts Cinderella's Eyes | 3.5 |
| Norah Jones Feels Like Home | 3.5 |
| Norah Jones The Fall | 3.5 |
| OK Go Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky | 2.5 |
| OK Go Oh No | 3.5 |
| One EskimO One EskimO | 2.5 |
| OneRepublic Waking Up | 2.5 |
| OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud | 4.0 |
| Owl City Maybe I'm Dreaming | 2.0 |
| Owl City Of June | 3.0 |
| Owl City Ocean Eyes | 3.0 |
| Owl City All Things Bright And Beautiful | 3.0 |
| Paloma Faith Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? | 4.5 |
| Why can't the truth be beautiful? You want it? It's a 4.5, no doubts about it. ;) |
| Parachute Losing Sleep | 3.0 |
| Parachute The Way It Was | 4.0 |
| Paramore Brand New Eyes | 3.5 |
| Pink Can't Take Me Home | 2.5 |
| P!nk CAN do better. Her other albums showcased more talented songwriting and more influences on her music. This one is P!nk trying to be a 90s shaped popstar. Not really worth it. |
| Pink I'm Not Dead | 3.5 |
| P!nk gets more versatile avery album. This isn't always good, but it's living proof of the courage of an amazing artist. Nothing's better than "Dear Mr. President". Nothing. Always got the chills. |
| Pink Funhouse | 3.5 |
| Pink Try This | 4.0 |
| Come on, guys! At least admit it is FUN AS HELL! P!nk is still an amazing songwriter and a hell of a singer. Personal favorite: "God is a DJ". |
| Pink M!ssundaztood | 5.0 |
| CLASSIC P!NK. It's versatile, beautifully written, amazingly sang. It's one of the true classics of 21st century pop rock. "Don't Let Me Get Me" summarizes my pre-teenage era. |
| Pixie Lott Turn It Up | 3.0 |
| R.E.M. Collapse Into Now | 3.5 |
| Regina Spektor Begin To Hope | 3.5 |
| Regina Spektor Far | 4.0 |
| Rihanna A Girl Like Me | 3.0 |
| Rihanna Music of the Sun | 3.0 |
| Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad | 3.0 |
| Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded | 3.0 |
| Rihanna Talk That Talk | 3.5 |
| Rihanna Rated R | 4.0 |
| Rihanna Loud | 4.0 |
| Roisin Murphy Overpowered | 4.0 |
| Roxette Charm School | 4.5 |
| Santigold Santogold | 3.5 |
| Santigold Master of My Make-Believe | 4.0 |
| Seal Commitment | 3.5 |
| Seal is happy and well-married. "Commitment" is a reflection of all this, but is also a solid collection of romantic compositions. Worth listening. |
| Selena Gomez When the Sun Goes Down | 3.0 |
| She and Him Volume One | 3.5 |
| She and Him Volume Two | 3.5 |
| Sia We Are Born | 3.0 |
| Sia Some People Have Real Problems | 3.5 |
| Soundtrack (Film) Moulin Rouge! - Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film | 4.5 |
| Taio Cruz Rokstarr | 3.0 |
| The Asteroids Galaxy Tour Out of Frequency | 3.0 |
| The Black Eyed Peas The Beginning | 2.0 |
| The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) | 2.5 |
| The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? | 3.5 |
| The Cranberries Roses | 4.0 |
| The Fray The Fray | 3.0 |
| The Fray How to Save a Life | 3.5 |
| The Fray Reason EP | 3.5 |
| The Fray is formulaic, let's be frank. But if you liked "How to Save a Life" and already gone through their major-label recordings, go for this EP with no fear: it is as good as hell. |
| The Fray Scars and Stories | 3.5 |
| The Killers Hot Fuss | 3.5 |
| The Killers Sam's Town | 4.0 |
| The Killers Day & Age | 4.5 |
| The Kooks Inside In/Inside Out | 3.0 |
| The Kooks Junk of the Heart | 3.0 |
| The Kooks Konk | 3.5 |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | 2.5 |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Belong | 3.5 |
| The Postal Service Give Up | 4.0 |
| The Pretty Reckless Light Me Up | 3.0 |
| The Rapture In the Grace of Your Love | 3.5 |
| The Strokes First Impressions of Earth | 3.5 |
| The Strokes Angles | 4.0 |
| The Ting Tings We Started Nothing | 3.0 |
| The Ting Tings Sounds from Nowheresville | 3.5 |
| Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy | 3.0 |
| U2 No Line on the Horizon | 3.0 |
| Weezer The Red Album | 2.5 |
| Yiruma First Love | 3.5 |
