Miley Cyrus proves she isn’t Hannah Montana anymore with her newest album released on June 22, 2010. Her first single “Can’t Be Tamed” is very grown up with lyrics like “For those who don’t know me, I can get a bit crazy have to get my way, 24 hours a day ‘cause I’m hot like that. Every guy everywhere just gives me mad attention like I’m under inspection; I always get the 10s ’cause I’m built like that.”

Her song “Liberty Walk,” which is probably one of the most popular off the album has a very techno sound too it, as well as the track “Who Owns My heart.” It seems as if she couldn’t make up her mind on what sound she wanted the tune “Every Rose Has Thorn” to have it goes from soft to classic rock and back to soft again. Another song that doesn’t if in with the record is “Forgiveness and Love” which sounds more like a soft old country tune unlike the rest of the songs.

Permanent December was an interesting track, it sounded like something the artist Kesha’ would sing however it was so computerized it was hard to listen to let alone hear Miley’s natural voice. The song “Robot” was another techno song, and “My Heart Beats for Love” reminds me of an oldies tune, like something from the Cyndi Lauper.

Now, the tracks “Two More Lonely People” and “Scars” are typical Miley songs, rock songs with a soft sound to them. Also, if you liked her tune “When I Look At You” she recorded for the feature film The Last Song, then you will love the songs “Stay” and “Take Me Along;” both have a nice soothing piano sound.

Disney Stars aren’t the only ones hitting the music scene Miranda Cosgrove star of Nickelodeon’s iCarly recently released her first album title “Sparks Fly” on May 4, 2010. The iCarly star’s first single “Kissin’ U” is an upbeat love song with a very slow verse her and there. The album is very much pop teen music which isn’t a, suspire since; Cosgrove is a 16 year old girl. She has a variety of upbeat dance songs including; “BAM,” “Disgusting,” “Daydream,” and “Oh Oh” and some slower song that still have that pop sound to them like; “Shakespeare,” “Hey You,” and “There Will Be Tears.”

Sparks Fly has that classic pop album sound and songs, if you are a fan of Miley Cyrus and Brittney Spears you will be fan of Miranda, one thing I must say is that her voice sounds great through out the entire CD, and she took it to find songs that fit her voice.

I belive every teenager will enjoy this album and should think about getting the five bonus tracks “Adored,” “Charlie,” “What Are You Waiting For,” “Brand New You,” and my personal favorite “Beautiful Mess;” these tracks are only available to buy off Amazon and iTunes.

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Disney’s new music collection of 2010 sets the new standard for teen music in Disney Mania 7 as it is released on March 9th, 2010. Featuring Disney stars such as Demi Lavato, Selena Gomez, Mitchel Musso, and Drew Seeley putting a new tune to old songs that many people consider classics. Though there are many opinions of the new album, Sparkling Stars decided to tell you what we thought about Disney Mania 7.

Disney Mania 7 featured many known Disney stars singing re-makes of original Disney songs. Though some versions are not as good as the original, many stars on the album were able to pull-off a new and improved way to rock out the songs we all know and love. Some songs, like Hakuna Matata performed by Debby Ryan, created a different side of the song because they took an up-beat song and created a slower, down to earth feel; she pulled it off amazingly.

Other songs, such as Under the Sea re-done by BooBoo Stewart, were a disappointment due to the fact that this song had been previously re-made by another Disney Channel singer, Raven Simone. Raven gave the song a Jamaican-like sound, closer to the original version sung in ‘The Little Mermaid’ where as BooBoo gave the song a rock-like feel which regrettably did not sound as good.

All in all, the album is a success in the eyes of Sparkling Stars. It wasn’t their best album ever but it is still in the top three. If you would like to preview the album, you can listen to samples of the song on Amazon.com, search Disney Mania 7. Thanks for reading Sparkling stars album review on Disney Mania 7!

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, the 23-year-old Ashley is attempting to sell the teen crowd the proposition that she’s ‘grown up’.

Disney’s tendency for producing tons of ‘talent’ for the teens has become legendary, with Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers being plastered basically everywhere in the world! And every so often some talent breaks through and something amazing and unique is created. But, no matter how charming and mischievous Tisdale was as Sharpay, none of that transfers to Guilty Pleasure. Instead she has sung maladroit songs rubbish attempts at sexuality and very little imagination!

It’s intriging to see that Ashley’s attempts to be grown up is less like a young women growing into her own skin and more like a teenager trying to impress people. It is very disappointing. Guilty Pleasure was written by professionals with no input from Tisdale. Ashley’s band comes out with a lame power pop, complete with wilted guitar progression and sweeping strings for her more emotional numbers. It completely lacks creativeness and is actually rather boring!

The lyrical contents are pretty bleak and the tunes cover the routine breakups-to-makeups area of modern pop music. Tisdale should make up her mind as in ‘Masquerade’ she says “I can be anything you want me to” but insists that she “has to be what she is underneath” in ‘Overrated’. Her everyday, bland vocals do little to communicate any actual importance!

So overall, although some of her songs are okay, Ashley Tisdale’s new album is rubbish and uninspired! This reviewer gives the album a C-!

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 and that the lyrics were less than perfect, however other thought she had talent and when the album was official released, bought it immediately.

Well, I don’t think Selena and the Scene will be winning any Grammys in time soon, but they can hold their own against other Disney artist. Their first single “Falling Down” is a dance techno song that pokes fun at the Hollywood, and bit of the high school, world.

Her titled track “Kiss & Tell” was a bit of a disappointment, suchlike her tune “Naturally;” all though both had catchy tunes there weren’t all that special unlike, the upbeat song “I Won’t Apologize,” which is all about accepting who you are. I Promise You” and “The Way I Loved You” are defiantly the softer songs off her album and I would say two of the best tracks.

Unlike “As a Blonde” and “More” which have to be the two tracks I didn’t like off the album. The lyrics weren’t at all catchy and the music was to rock and roll, however the rest of the songs on CD; “I Don’t Miss You At All,” “Stop and Erase,” “I Got U,” and “Crush” weren’t, like most her tracks, half bad.

So, in the end Selena and the Scenes album was a good first try, but I think with a little more practice and finding the right type of music I believe their second album will be what all Selena fans were hoping for with this CD. Sparkling Stars gives “Kiss & Tell” a B+!

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 Emily has a voice that out shines Miley’s in my opinion; her EP “All the Right Wrongs” is available in stores and online for download at Amazon.com, and ITunes. The album contains six great songs, her first single off the EP is “All the Way Up;” the tune has a rock sound to it and is a song you will totally jam out to weather you’re in the car, or in your room.

Another up beat song is “You Are the Only One,” I also liked the song “Average Girl” the chorus had some what of a country music sound to it, which I thought was interesting and gave the song that extra something. The softer tracks off the album are “What About Me” and “Found Out About You,” the lyrics for both songs are amazing and Emily song them with so much power, with out making her voice sound forced.

But, I would have to say that my favorite track, the one I keep replaying is a song that I think every teenage girl can relate to “I Hate the Home Coming Queen.” This is an up beat pop song with a bit of a rock edge, it is about that stuck up girl that everyone in school wants to be and your secretly jealous of, but can’t stand.

I must admit this is far from the Hannah Montana music we usually hear, so if you want to give another kind of pop music a try pick up this album, also check out Emily’s version of the holiday song “Run, Rudolph, Run” and the classic Disney princess song “Once Upon A Dream.”

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” began and the sound of the intro brought me back to the days of 90s pop (which I love) but it had a nice modern twist that I enjoyed as well and of course it showcased Archuleta’s strong vocals. Even though I was listening to it in October I was all ready for the Christmas spirit, I could almost smell the home baked cookies and see snow falling down. This put me in the mood for Christmas right away.

Some tracks that stood out were “Have yourself a Merry little Christmas” with Charice Pempengco, their vocals mesh very well and “Pat-a-pan” in which Archuleta starts the song off in French. My personal favorite was “Silent Night” Archuleta’s soothing vocals make it the perfect lullaby. Other tracks include many Christmas favorites such as “The first Noel”, “Angels We have Heard on High”, and “Ave Maria”.

Overall I would give the CD a B+ the songs and vocals were all done very well yet I wouldn’t recommend it to liven up your Christmas party. The songs more appropriate for a relaxing night with your family or if you want something to sooth you. I enjoyed listening to it and I think it some of the tracks will appear on my personal Christmas playlist in the near future.

Another, song I really like was Honor Society version of “White Christmas.” I have to admit I am not the biggest fan of this song, but they really add their on music and style to the tune that really gave it something extra. Of course Jordan Pruitt did a great job on the song “This Christmas;” she just has an amazing voice, however I would have liked the song to have different music to it, it was a little bit too much of Jazz type of music and not holiday. A really good new holiday track the album features is called “Gotta Get Back by Christmas” sung by new artist Steve Rushton; it is just a really fun holiday song to rock out and dance to.

The album also featured an old favorite holiday tune of my “Let It Snow” sung by a new artist as well, Anna Margaret. She did the song in the traditional way which was really good to hear due to all the other artist putting their own spin on the classic songs, it was nice to listen to a song and have it sound the same as its original version. The songs I liked lest on the album was “Please Come Home for Christmas” by Jesse McCartney and “Summertime Anthem” by the Jonas Brothers. First, I have to say I did not like the lyrics in both of the songs, and Please Come Home for Christmas was just a little to slow to me and it had really weird music to it. Don’t get me wrong I am personal a fan of Jesse McCartney music just not of this song.

However, with the Jonas Brothers I have never been a fan of their music; every now and then I will like a song of theirs (“Fly with me” great song) but I am just not into their music. With that said my reason for not like this song has nothing to do with me not like their music I just didn’t like how rock the song it was and it didn’t really sound like a Christmas song to me. Nevertheless, in my opinion five good tracks out of seven isn’t bad, and considering the album only cost $6.99 it is a pretty good deal.

I particular like the lyrics to the song “Love Story” they were very sweet and nice; however I was a little disappointed in its music I would have liked it to be slowed down a bit, nevertheless Nadia did a good job on the song and you could really understand the lyrics with out having the music over power them. “Be Mine” is one of the songs on the album I lest liked, I don’t know what it is but the lyrics or music they just don’t seem to fit with the each other. “Point The Finger” is a really good song; I like the lyrics and beat, you can dance to it or just set and list to it definitely the best on the album.

Nadia Ali has style of music all her, that my put people of but her different sound is what sets her apart from all the other artist out there and sometimes, something new can be great. You can list to the album yourself by entering to win one of three copies we are giving away by sending an email to Narges@sparklingstars.net stating what contest you are entering for, your name, and email.

The title song and first single from the CD is Strange a song about finding that even though your boyfriend broke up with you the sun still shines and he’s the loser not you.

“Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You” is probably the only song not about a strong women but about giving in and taking someone back when you know you shouldn’t . Her new single “Consider Me Gone” is a great song about knowing when to leave, if you’re not wanting to talk to me, then Consider Me Gone .

All the songs on this CD are fun to listen to like Maggie Creek Road about a mother who takes things into her own hands to protect her daughter to Pink Guitar about a girl who wants to be like Johnny Cash but with a Pink Guitar.

This CD proofs that you can have you young country artiest like Carrie Underwood and your Taylor Swift but nobody can out shine the Queen of Country Music “REBA.”