Customer Reviews

Jessica Simpson: In This Skin

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Okay, this album has been re-released TWICE now!! Come on, Columbia! How greedy can you get?! With this, all you're really getting is the same exact thing from the first re-release plus music videos for Angels and Take My Breath Away! I'm getting sick and tired of record companies repackaging new products and adding extra "features" to suck money out of people's wallets! I've already repurchased this album once and I'm not doing it again! If I want to see the music videos, I can go to Launch or Jessica's website!

I prefer you to buy this product as it is DualDisc instead of the normal disc, but this DualDisc costs more expensive though, but you get an awesome extras such as:
1. Newlyweds Scenes from the first season (promise you, after this scenes and if u haven't watch Newlyweds, you will buy the DVD!!)
2. Jessica and Nics's wedding (so sweet and beautiful)
3. Music Videos of Angels and Take My Breath Away (this is not so good, I want the music video of With You and Sweetest Sin to be included)
4. The whole album listening, with photos.
5. Jessica in the Studio
6. Discography
7. more..

For Jessica fans, and if you are about to buy In This SKin, this dualdisc is a perfect one for you.

..before until I heard some songs from it and the hit reality show: Newlyweds. This album became a success because of Newlyweds though.. somehow I was surprised after I listened to some songs from the internet, of what this album offers.
This is her best album to date,, I prefer this instead of A Public Affair but A Public Affair contains mostly fun and upbeat song, while this has many simply peferct ballads that everyone can enjoy and love it and a really great beat song like "With You".. Guys, you wont get dissapointed after you buy this album, and for Jessica haters who think this album is a crap, after you listen, your bothering mind that says this album is a crap will shut up. So.. check this album, her voice is so stunning especially in "Angles". A Must Have Pop Album!!

YOU CAN HATE JESSICA, BUT SORRY. YOU CAN'T HATE THIS ALBUM.

Forgive Jessica Simpson's oft-questionable dumb blonde antics since the girl does have talent. Putting aside horrific tracks like "Forbidden Fruit" (sorry, but Jessica just doesn't fit into the club-ready pop category that Britney Spears dominates--she's too sweet) In This Skin is a pretty decent record by Simpson Standards. There are some low moments like her previous discs have showcased (such as the how-did-it-make-the-cut-to-be-on-record song "Loving You" and, of course, the tepid club pop attempt that is "Forbidden") but overall Skin is one of Jessica's most consistent (and mature) releases. Her once-impressive singing abilities are lackluster-sounding here, coming off both forced and contrived as she incorporates Britney-like groans, moans and breathiness--but overall this CD bubbles with jovial love (since at the time of its release Simpson has just married then-hubby Nick Lachey), as evident in nice mature songs like the shimmery "I Have Loved You" and "Underneath." The title track tells of the buxom blonde's realization she never needed to be anything but herself in the first place (her bubbly personality is a huge reason she gained such infamy after the reality TV show Newlyweds shot her into pop superstardom) and is quite a decent song at that. "Be" is dedicated to Lachey and (though likable) isn't as memorable as the one hit single here, the bumbling "With You" (also dedicated to then-husband). Overall In This Skin shows us a talented performer coming into her own--and for that reason alone she should be commended. Now if only her material was as likable as her persona!

Does J. Simpson's record company have any integrity left? We all know the answer to that one. How many times can they repackage this same garbage? Talk about beating a dead horse! If J. Simpson didn't represent the classic sex object (for men to objectify and girls to idolize) then this disaster would not have been made even once, let alone make it to a third incarnation. All of you who bought this album ask yourself this question: Would I still listen to this music if the singer did not represent an attractive image? It seems many people conflate the image of the artist with the perception of the art itself. The music should be able to stand on its own regardless of the nature of the artist. Would the Mona Lisa be a better painting if Da Vinci was as attractive as J. Simpson?

It is a real shame that the record company wastes its resources rehashing all this substanceless garbage instead of finding and promoting real artists. I suppose the record company is not entirely to blame. They are only in it to make a buck. The real problem is the people buying this fluff. They are responsible for the tragedy that there is so much great music out there that we will never hear.

Re-releasing album is great. Albums 10 to 30 years old can be remastered to sound great and to be used in a CD format.

Re-releasing albums can be a problem as well. Sony, Artista, and Columbia especially. Come on, the In This Skin CD was released 2 years ago. But wait, it was re-released a year ago. And it's released AGAIN! Yes, again people. What does that tell you? This is just pure marketing. Why release CDs 2 years of their age? This is beyond me.

The CD itself is quite nice. Song like "You Don't Have To Let Go" and "In This Skin" show her vocal improvement of the past years. And some dance songs like "Forbidden Fruit", still show vocals. The weaknesses are in "My Way Home" and "Angels" which still say vocals are not totally matured, but are still there.

This CD gets two stars. 4 Stars for the original album, then -2 stars for releasing the same thing twice. Are they expectng people to buy the same thing twice? I only bought one copy of "In This Skin", the first re-released version with the DVD extra. But nothing else. This proves Columbia's and Sony's totally ridiculous greed.

Replay Value: Low
Child Appeal: Medium
Teen Appeal: High
Adult Appeal: Low

Jessica Simpson hit the pop market with the admirable debut her 1999 Sweet Kisses turned out to be, but hit the backburner to top teen queens Britney Spears (1998) and Christina Aguilera (1999) despite her impressive vocal malismas. In 2001 her sophomore effort turned out to be marketed as a second Britney, and although a full-listen pop/R&B piece, Irresistible's lack of originality kept Simpson a B-lister to the likes of Spears and Aguilera. In 2003, her current CD (In This Skin) hit the shelves backed by the decent pop ballad "Sweetest Sin," but due to lack of sales and popularity it appeared Jessica's 15 minutes of fame were up; but due to a hugely popular MTV reality show called "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica," the now-Mrs. Lachey hit No. 2 and Columbia Records put out a reissued version of In This Skin featuring two new covered tunes. Jessica Simpson has been on the public's radar ever since but for the wrong reasons: a true musician? Possibly, but not now. This diva-in-training has become another cash cow for the industry due to statements such as "Is this chicken or fish?" (Chicken of the Sea-brand tuna, courtesy of her first season of "Newlyweds"); and though In This Skin features some nice but not-top-40-material material, Jessica's third release is just an ok piece of fluff. I think the cd derserves an overall higher rating so I am not taking marks off although I believe it doesn't deserve 5 stars.

This is an album with a lot of things, but mainly it has a lot of talent of Jessica and excellent lyrics!!
Buy iy in the new version!!