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Ashley Tisdale: Guilty Pleasure Album Review

By Shannon • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: Ashley Tisdale
Album: Guilty Pleasure
Style: Pop/Rock
Reviewers Rating: C-
In the extremely popular High School Musical, Ashley Tisdale played the mischevious, lively and funny Sharpay Evans. She was amazing at her role, maybe because she was a little older than the others, and was much more self aware. With the release of her second album, Guilty Pleasure, [...]



Selena and the Scene: Kiss and Tell Album Review

By Editor • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: Selena Gomez (And The Scene)
Album: Kiss & Tell
Style: Pop/Rock
Sparkling Stars Rating: B+
At first, the thought of Disney sweetheart Selena Gomez putting out an album of her very own was a good one, until sneak peeks of the CD were leaked online. People began to think that her voice was too mechanical in some songs [...]



Emily Osment: All the Right Wrongs EP Review

By Editor • Jan 1st, 2010 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: Emily Osment
Album: All the Right Wrongs EP
Style: Pop/Rock
Sparkling Stars Rating: A+
Emily is best known for her role as Lily Truscott in the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana, but sometimes her talent is a bit over shadowed by her Hannah co-star Miley Cyrus. But, I must say, and no offence to Miss Cyrus, that [...]



David Archuleta: Christmas from the Heart Review

By Bell • Dec 2nd, 2009 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: David Archuleta
Album: Christmas from the Heart
Style: Christmas/Seasonal
Sparkling Stars Rating: B+
I stated out skeptical since I’ve never been a fan of pop renditions of Christmas music. So when I sat down to listen to “Christmas from the Heart” the new Christmas album by David Archuleta I was pleasantly surprised.

The first song “Joy to the world” [...]



Review Disney: All Wrapped Up Vol. 2

By Editor • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Disney has released their second All Wrapped Up album, sold exclusively at Target stores. The All Wrapped Up volume 1 album contained seven classic holiday songs sung by artist such as Miley Cyrus, Aly & AJ (now 78 Violet), Demi Lovato, and other popular artist. Disney’s All Wrapped Up, Volume 2 was recently released as [...]



Review Nadia Ali: Embers

By Editor • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

New artist Nadia Ali Album “Embers” was very different it had a sound all of its own, like something I had never heard before, but it wasn’t a bad it was just a “Bollywood” type of sound. Nadia, also seems to have a bit of a Country voice as well, and it adds very interesting [...]



Reba McEntire: Keep On Loving You

By Editor • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

This is Reba first solo CD in six years Keep On Loving You is a CD about being a strong women and dealing with life, this is her 11th No. 1 on Billboard 200 Country Albums breaking a tie with Loretta Lynn for most No. 1s with 96,000 copies, Reba’s voice is as strong [...]



Kelly Clarkson: All I Ever Wanted

By Editor • May 19th, 2009 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: Kelly Clarkson
Album: All I Ever Wanted
Style: Rock
Sparkling Stars Rating: A
Kelly Clarkson is back, her new album “All I Ever Wanted” is packed with 14 great rock songs; her first single off the album is titled “My Life Would Suck Without You,” is a love song with a rock sound to it, the song definitely [...]



Demi Lovato: Don’t Forget

By Editor • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: Demi Lovato
Album: Don’t Forget
Style: Pop
Sparkling Stars Rating: C
Demi Lovato star of the Disney Channel Original movie “Camp Rock,” released her debut album on September 23, 2008 titled “Don’t Forget;” the album featured 11 tracks most of which were co-written by Demi herself, and some she co-wrote with her camp rock co-stars and popular teen [...]



Jessica Simpson: Do You Know

By Mary • Dec 5th, 2008 • Category: CD Reviews, Music

Artist: Jessica Simpson
Album: Do You Know
Style: Country
Sparkling Stars Rating: A -
When I first heard Jessica Simpson had crossed over to country music I was skeptical, I was never a big fan of the pop princess her voice to me was nothing more than heavy breathing. The title track “Come On Over” is a nice uptempo [...]