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Rating: There are things that are scary. Like waking up one morning and discovering that there's a vocalist with a voice that's a mix between Avril Lavigne and Ann Wilson (from Heart) who sings disco-pop-rock "angry girl" songs from the '80s with an unsettling triteness and banality. It's Maja Ivarsson, the frontwoman of The Sounds, from Sweden with fury. A beautiful girl, undoubtedly. And that's the only positive thing one can say about her.
I should write a serious and precise review, but I can't. I'm scared, I'm really scared that with the repeated listening necessary to do things right, one of these insipid little songs might stick in my head, and I'll find myself humming it with satisfaction. I swear. It's stuff for thirteen-year-olds, but from when there were no cell phones, no rap or hip hop, when there were "Pop 84" jeans, in short, when we were naive, when any black leather garment was rebellion. Okay, I'll stop. Let's get back to the music.
Second effort of a group formed by five members (the classic rock formation with added keyboards/synthesizers), the album opens with "Song With A Mission", straight from the '80s AOR, where the height of rebellion is given by a guitar feedback thrown there between a refrain and a verse. At first glance, it seems like an intriguing track, but the overwhelming sense of déjà vu cuts any chance of redemption short. Continuing with the listening, we begin to be flooded by 4/4 tempos, classic verse-chorus-bridge-verse form, lyrics expressing simple concepts like "hey handsome I'm a girl, you can use me as a doormat, but whether to give it to you or not is my decision because I rock!" or "what can you do that's how it was meant to be, oh how bad I feel, I would almost go shopping".
Working with skip on the MP3 player, here's one of the tracks to save: "Tony The Beat", which until the refrain with syrupy synths arrives, is decent, then it drifts into something worthy of the soundtrack of "summer" films with Jerry Calà that air in the summer at 3 in the afternoon. Another skip to get to "Night After Night", a very banal ballad carried by piano and guitar arpeggio, which highlights all the limitations of the singer's voice, showing a vocal range of 1 octave, when the norm is 3. The nice thing (ahem...) is that the same track rearranged in a more rock key (present as a bonus track), doesn't look bad, but at the same time manages to transform into something even more anonymous.
Towards the end of the album, we encounter the '80s electro-disco of "Hurt You", where thanks to the almost complete absence of the frontwoman's voice, a different air is breathed: if you like certain sounds, it's not too bad. And we've reached the end of the album, time for judgments!
To describe how glossy and polished this album is, I necessarily have to use a harsh analogy: it's like a virgin with 3 Prada-branded hymens.
A recommendation: make sure these five scoundrels are not allowed to keep making records!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Song With a Mission (02:56)
Hey what do you say I got a 15 million dollar contract coming my way
This song is not for you only for people living like we do, and not for the true
So dont you think I know whats wrong
You are acting like I dont witness stories
But you can't push us down
this song is not for you
only for people living like we do, and not for the true
Hey baby with a one two three four
Everybody been missing
You are feeling cheated
I dont feel appealing
Without me you're nothing at all
Hey what do you say I got a 15 million dollar contract coming my way
This song is not for you only for people living like we do, and not for the true
Hey baby with a one two three four
Pride with a mission
You are feeling cheated
I dont feel appealing
Without me you are nothing at all
This song is not for you only for people living like we do, and not for the true
To all you liars
Who will retired
Don't believe in what they say and what you always been told
Yeeeah!
Hey baby with a one two three four
Everybody been missing
You are feeling cheated
I dont feel appealing
Without me you are nothing at all
Hey baby with a one two three four
Pride with a mission
To all you liars
Who will retired
Dont believe in what they say and what you always been told
This song is not for you only for people living like we do, and not for the true
Dont believe in what they say and what you always been told
Dont believe in what they say and what you a
04 24 Hours (02:40)
Fragile, handle with care
You fall in love then you lose your head
For the last 24 hours,
Well I've been crying my heart out
This time hoping for the better
Been down seems like forever
For the next 24 hours
Well I'm yours, and the world is ours ohhhhh
You said it was love for the first time
Oh baby baby be mine
Cuz I'm in love in love in love in love with you
It's all good, you dont have to worry
I'm not like that, I'm not in a hurry
Take your time I'm not going nowhere
If you go I will always follow
You said it was love for the first time
Oh baby baby be mine
Cuz I'm in love in love in love in love with you with you with you with you
With you oohh
Would I lie to you?
I've never had a reason to
Something I would never do never do never do
Heeyy
You said it was love for the first time
Oh baby baby be mine
Cuz I'm in love, in love, in love, in love with you
You said it was love for the first time
Oh baby baby be mine
Cuz I'm in love, in love, in love, in love with you, with you, with you, with you, with you
05 Painted by Numbers (03:17)
Could I act like you, and put a smile on my face
Not even for a second, would I lie to myself
Too many things are missing, and there's a tear in my eye
It's not a question or an answer, but it will change your mind
We'll be the same tomorrow
'Cause we all been painted by numbers
We're dancin' as we borrow
You said it was love
I said I'd like you to be mine
na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
I couldn't act like you, but I can love like you do
Between us there is something, I can't explain it to you
We'll be the same tomorrow
'Cause we all been painted by numbers
We're dancin' as we borrow
You said it was love
I got what I need to get by
We'll be the same tomorrow
'Cause we all been painted by numbers
We're dancin' as we borrow
You said it was love
I said I'd like you to be mine
na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
We'll be the same tomorrow
'Cause we all been painted by numbers
We're dancin' as we borrow
Sing a song for sorrow (Sing a song for sorrow)
'Cause we all been painted by numbers
We're dancin' as we borrow
You said it was love
I got what I need to get by
07 Ego (02:41)
I've been dying to say this to you
And I don't know what else to do
I've seen your fucking attitude
Well I've been doing someone that you know
It's not a secret to anymore
'Cause I've seen you blowing around my fame
With empty words our worlds collide
It was my ego telling me why
I never thought I'd say this to you
I lied about you, regrets are useless
Was it my ego saying why
I've been dying to say this to you
And I don't know what else to do
I've seen your fucking attitude
Yeah
Well I've been doing someone that you know
It's not a secret to anymore
'Cause I've seen you glowing around my fame
With empty words our worlds collide
It was my ego telling me why (You wanted someone who cared!)
With empty words our worlds collide (You needed someone to care!)
It was my ego telling me why
I never thought I'd say this to you
I lied about you, regrets are useless
Was it my ego saying why
With empty words our worlds collide
It was my ego telling me why (You wanted someone who cared!)
With empty words our worlds collide (You needed someone to care!)
It was my ego telling me why
I never thought I'd say this to you
I lied about you, regrets are useless
Was it my ego tellin' me
Was it my ego tellin' me why
08 Hurt You (03:52)
Don't want hurt you
Try not to mess with your feelings
It's just a matter of trust, for us, for lust
Don't want hurt you
Try not to fuck with your feelings
It's just a matter of trust, for us, for lust
You should come over
Cause I can tell from your eyes
Why won't you tell me what's really on your mind
Too much confusion
You need a little more time
So many times now we've been through this before
Don't want hurt you
Try not to mess with your feelings
It's just a matter of trust, for us, for lust
Don't want hurt you
Try not to fuck with your feelings
It's just a matter of trust, for us, for lust
Can we start over
Or should I leave you behind?
Give me an answer
But please don't tell me the truth
What's your solution?
You can't make up your mind
This is my answer, you know I wanna leave
Don't say you just wanna go!
Don't you know you're on your own?
Don't say you just wanna go!
Don't you know you're on your own?
Don't want hurt you
Don't want hurt you
Try not to mess with your feelings
It's just a matter of trust, for us, for lust
Don't want hurt you
Try not to fuck with your feelings
It's just a matter of trust, for us, for lust
Don't say you just wanna go!
Don't you know you're on your own?
Don't say you just wanna go!
Don't you know you're on your own?
Don't want hurt you
Don't want hurt you
Try not to mess with your feelings
Don't say you just wanna go
Don't want hurt you
Don't want hurt you
Try not to mess with your feelings
Don't say you just wanna go
Don't want hurt you
Don't want hurt you
Try not to fuck with your feelings
Don't say you just wanna go
09 Much Too Long (03:05)
I don't feel rejected but I feel neglected
You know me too well
But you keep twisting my arm
There was a time when we had everything
You know my weakness
To push me around
We need to talk, nothing to serious
I just can't keep this inside me no more
So live hated, not much to brag about
But I have always been cool with myself
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
To stop me I'm out in the cold
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
You've been holding on for much too long
I got a call, nothing too serious
Don't even know you but we're keeping in touch
So I've been jealous, not much to brag about
But I've always been true to myself
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
To stop me I'm out in the cold
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
You've been holding on for much too long now
I don't feel rejected but I feel neglected
You know me too well
But you keep twisting my arm
There was a time when we had everything
You know my weakness
To push me around
So live hated, not much to brag about
But I have always been cool with myself
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
To stop me I'm out in the cold
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
You've been holding on for much too long now... much too long now... much too long now
It takes more than a heartbeat to get me
You've been holding on
For much too long
Now
10 Running Out of Turbo (02:53)
Hey! Hey! Hey!
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey!
I'm waiting I'm aching, I'm running away
you can't stop me no matter what they say
It's twisting and turning inside me again
I've get this feeling this could be the end
you keep raising the stakes...I keep making mistakes
Don't you know is a game and do you got what it takes?
For me to stay ALIVE, boy!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey!
It's not ok...It's not ok
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
The sooner the better, you see me this way.
We can't go on like this pretending it's okay.
It's twisting and turning inside me again
We keep getting closer to the end
you keep raising the stakes I keep making mistakes
Didn't you know is a game and do you got what it takes?
For me to stay ALIVE, boy!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
It's not ok...It's not ok
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
I won't stop running away from you
gonna find me anyway
I keep running, I'm gonna give it all back
to you tonight....
Heeyyy!!!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
It's not ok...It's not ok
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey!
That's what I say
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
It's not ok...It's not ok
Hey! Hey! Hey! Heeeyyy!!!!
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