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Metamorphosis

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Ok, I went through quite a bit of the reviews to figure out whether I should get the CD or not... and of course it was kind of useless because all there was, was too many people going "I LOVE HILARY, she's the best" and too many people going "I HATE HILARY, SHE SUCKS!" and I was like... ok..... like those are gonna help my decision. Truly, I don't think people should review unless they are into the type of music the artist is considered because mostly on a country album there'll be rap fans reviewing "THIS SUCKS" when they most likely dont have the album, and in this case, 23+ year old girls saying its just teeny bubblegum pop. OMG!!!!! What the heck do they expect. The Facts: Hilary Duff is 15, She is a teenage girl with a life, she is a beginning singer and yet there are people comparing her to Mariah Carey and Whiteney Houston???!?!?! First off, if you're into adult contemporary.. you shouldnt even be tempted to listen to this, and face the facts.. teen pop is in and teens would not give a f*$# what you think.

Now I am a pop fan so this will be a true review. Well, unlike the past pop-princesses, Hilary is not sexual at all and keeps things on a G-rated basis which is actually kind of good. The songs are catchy ad the ballads are soft, her voice is pretty alright.. much different from Britney and Christina. The catchy songs are really great to dance to and move your head to... its great! Songs like "So Yesterday, Come Clean, Party Up, Sweet 16 and Why Not" just get you straight into a good mood while "Love Just Is, Anywhere But Here, Love Just Is, Inner Voice" are nice to lay back and enjoy the ballads. Overall.... IF YOU LIKE POP!!!!! this is a great addition to your CD collection...and if you dont.... why the heck are you spending your time here?

Reviews should not be a flame war between those who hate stars and those who love them, each side ferociously clinging to their prerogative that their belief is the only true one. That being said, despite this CD's (many) flaws, the lovable Hilary Duff still triumphs.

First, let's be honest; Duff is not a singer, and this CD makes that obvious (KMart's exclusive "Metamorphosis Remixed" CD makes this even more painfully obvious). However, she deserves bonus points for keeping her clothes on and not betraying her Disney fans by selling out her celebrity in favor of tube tops and skirts that may as well be belts. Further, Duff doesn't claim to be any more than she is, and is wise not to present herself as such. Thus, Duff delivers some truly catchy songs with good production. Voice lessons will undoubtedly make future albums compulsory in any pop music fan's collection.

This is a good start, and any flaws the CD has are easily overlooked by catchy hits and Duff's winning, force-of-nature personality.

Well, well, well.
First off, I would like to say I don't have anything really against Hilary Duff. I mean, she's a decent actress, she's pretty and everything. Her only problem is her "singing" career. She has an ok, voice- don't get me wrong- but that's just it. It's OK. Her CD is really repetitive in theme, lyrics and beat; and the stuff she does is very cookie-cutter. She reminds me of Britney back in the day. Innocent at first, fresh from a Disney show, but as her success grew, her clothes tightened and lessened in length, and her make-up grew. I don't like her CD at all, and I think for as much money as Disney spent on her, she should have been able to buy a better vocal coach. Lol. Anyway I don't have enough bad things to say about "Metamorphosis," but I truly hope I don't offend anyone.
Thanks for your time!
-Lynn

Okay, first off, you people who keep giving her 1-star and 5-star reviews just to make the average higher/lower should stop right now. It gives people the wrong opinion of the CD.

Anyway, let me talk about Hilary Duff as a singer. She is just not singing material, the lyrics suck (which is not her fault as she doesn't write her own lyrics), and the songs are just plain annoying. I can't see any redeeming qualities to this CD unless you like to play frisbee frequently. In that case, just buy one for $2. Simple.

Let's just go into one of the things people use to defend her, shall we?

"She's only 16!" That is used so frequently that you should just dismiss it. Since there are other singers that are/were her age when they started their musical career that this excuse holds no water. Let me list some that started at her age, but are better: Joss Stone, Stevie Wonder, Charlotte Church, Michael Jackson, Frankie Lymon, and Axl Rose (who was 17 when he recorded Live Like a Suicide).

What is even worse, besides the fact that she didn't write her lyrics (which is sad in it's own right since Robert Smith of The Cure started writing his songs when he was 15), is that she didn't even work to get her record deal. She got it because her show was the most popular show on Disney. You think that this girl could really get a record deal on her own. Hell no!

Okay, now let's look at the lyrics written by professionals (who are older). "Why not take a crazy chance? Why not do a crazy dance?" I know that it's a song that says that you should take risks or life could pass you by, but the line "why not do a crazy dance" is just not relevent and is probably just there to make the song longer.

Now look at something Alice Cooper wrote for his song Brutal Planet.
"We're spinning round on this ball of hate
There's no parole, there's no great escape
We're sentenced here until the end of days
And then my brother there's a price to pay

We're only human, we were born to die
Without the benefit of reason why
We live for pleasure to be satisfied
And now it's over there's no place to hide

Why don't you, come down to
It's such a brutal planet
It's such an ugly world
Why won't you, come down to

"This world is such perfection" (What a sight)
"It's just like paradise" (For your eyes)
"A truly grand creation" (What a sight)
"From up here it looks so nice" (For my eyes)

It's such a brutal planet
It's such a living hell
It was a holy garden
That's right where Adam fell
It's where the bite was taken
It's where we chose to sin
It's where we first were naked
This is where our death begins

We took advice from that deceiving snake
He said "don't worry it's a piece of cake"
And sent us swimming in a burning lake
Now we're abandoned here for heaven's sake

Why don't you, come down to
It's such a brutal planet
It's such an ugly world
Why won't you, come down to

"This world is such perfection" (What a sight)
"It's just like paradise" (For my eyes)
"A truly grand creation" (What a sight)
"From up here it looks so nice" (For my eyes)

Here's where we keep the armies
Here's where we write their names
Here's where the money god is
Here's our famous hall of shame
Here's where we starve the hungry
Here's where we cheat the poor
Here's where we beat the children
Here is where we pay the whores

Why don't you, come down to
It's such a brutal planet
It's such an ugly world
Why won't you, come down to

"This world is such perfection" (What a sight)
"It's just like paradise" (For my eyes)
"A truly grand creation" (What a sight)
"From up here it looks so nice" (For my eyes)

Right here we stoned the prophets
Built idols out of mud
Right here we fed the lions
Christian flesh and Christian blood
Down here is where we hung him
Upon an ugly cross
Over there we filled the ovens
Right here the holocaust"

Now compare the two. You will know the difference immediately.

Looks like the music industry is going downhill. And it looks like Hilary is a part of it.

WHERE HAS ALL THE GOOD MUSIC GONE!!!

She is utterly unable to sing! Even for those who are attracted to pop music in some form should avoid this C.D. The lyrics are shallow and meaningless. The bubble-gummy fluff of the whole C.D. makes it appealing only for pre-teens, in my opinion. DON'T BUY IT, and if you would like to, at least listen to it first!!

1. So Yesterday (5/5)
2. Come Clean (5/5)
3. Workin' It Out (5/5)
4. Little Voice (5/5)
5. Where Did I Go Right? (5/5)
6. Anywhere But Here (5/5)
7. The Math (5/5)
8. Love Just Is (5/5)
9. Sweet Sixteen (5/5)
10. Party Up (5/5)
11. Metamorphosis (5/5)
12. Inner Stregnth (5/5)
13. Why Not (5/5)
14. Girl Can Rock (5/5)

Ok, let's get this straight first, Hilary Duff sings POP music. Everything she write is aimed towards young girls and boys who watch the Disney Channel. Therefore, vocal talent and songwriting take a backseat to catchy choruses and loads of girly attitude. But you know what, at least she's not trying to be something else. That's why she gets my respect.

3 songs are this CD that caught my attention are:

"So Yesterday"---The bratty anthem about a girl proclaiming her freedom from her ex-boyfriend.

"Come Clean"---My particular favorite song out of the 3. Mainly because my ex-girlfriend had me listen to it over and over. But really its a cool, almost atmospheric song. I like the sound effects in the intro. But of course, the vocals and lyrics could use some improving.

"Where Did I Go Right"---This is my final song that caught my ear. It's actually kinda nice to get a break from the attitude and just hear Hilary's nearly naked voice. Of course, the lyrics are a bit repetitive, but I mean, if it's catchy or anthemic thats all that matters on this cd.

All around, if you're into pop music, you'll more than definetly like this cd. If your ex-girlfriend sang a couple songs off of the cd (like me), you'll probably get songs stuck in your head (don't feel bad). But yea, its a good pop cd for younger kids, some older people might like it too, I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a break from screaming and pounding guitars, but thats just me.

Hilary Duff, a sixteen-year-old Disney actress, is mostly famous for her role as Lizzie McGuire in the Disney program of the same name. However, she seems to be one of the few teen pop singers that people think has the potential to have as much or more success than Britney Spears. Like many actresses (J Lo and Jennifer Love Hewitt come to mind), Hilary decided to pursue a singing career and released two albums to date. The first one, "Santa Claus Lane" was a Christmas album containing mostly old holiday favourites sung in virtually that same manner as the originals. Almost a year later, Hilary returned with her non-holiday debut "Metamorphosis", which most fans of Lizzie McGuire picked up upon release.

The album starts off with the single "So Yesterday", a syrupy song that had a lot of exposure on the Disney channel and some success on other music channels. The song is lyrically quite weak, which is almost expected of young pop singers, however there is no reason why lyrics couldn't be stronger than "if the light it off then it isn't on". The song alternates from being oddly appealing to extremely annoying and only the bridge is consistently enjoyable. Afterwards comes another single, and by far the album highlight, "Come Clean". The song has a somewhat haunting quality about it and is lyrically the strongest track. The lyrics are actual somewhat deeper than you'd expect from Hilary and draw attention away from the fact that Hilary is far from a strong vocalist. The next track, "Workin' It Out" seems like it's supposed to be inspirational but it falls flat. Mostly, the song suffers from an incredibly weak chorus which is repeated at least four times. Also, Hilary sounds more like she's half-speaking, half-singing instead of actually singing the song.

The next song, "Little Voice" seems to be a favourite of fans but I find it absolutely irritating. Hilary's vocals (if you can call them vocals, again she's half-speaking the lyrics) are incredibly annoying (just listen to the way they are sung/spoken). Lyrically, this song is also exceptionally weak ("you smell so sweet just like my perfume"). As well, there is a chant of "la,la,la," etc., which seems to be put in solely to make the song longer. The song after, "Where Did I Go Right?" gives the listener a glimmer of hope that the album is going to improve. The lyrics are somewhat deeper but not nearly up to the level of "Come Clean" and Hilary's voice actually sounds great in this song. The bridge once again is particularly strong. Just when things start to look up however, we come to "Anywhere But Here" which tries to be deep but fails miserably and ends up not making much sense ("I'm falling through the door, flying cross the floor"). Hilary sounds particularly young in this song, which is really not a good thing.

"The Math", which is up next, also seems to be a favourite of fans and many people seem to disregard the fact that the song has nothing to do with the actual subject of math. The song seems to be an attempt to do an Avril-esque (note that I am not saying Hilary is trying to be Avril) rock song which does not work in the slightest because of the abysmal lyrics. ("Is it a minus or a plus, does enough equal enough"). Next up is the equally dreadful "Love Just Is", which, like many of the other songs on the album, suffers from poor lyrics and weak vocals. The verses seem to be decent lyrically however the chorus is incredibly poorly written. ("Love just is whatever it may be, love just is you and me"). After that comes "Sweet Sixteen" which is far too repetitive, not only in the chorus but also in the verses, for my taste. Upon reading the lyrics, I have no idea what the song has to do with being sixteen. The lyrics are once again subpar (though that's a bit of an understatement) with lines like "my blonde hair is everywhere" and "drivin' down to the club where we go to dance".

Next comes another upbeat attempt at a pop-rock song (at least that's what it seems like) however, like a majority of the songs on the album, "Party Up" suffers from poor lyrics that are simply confusing in places. ("This could be the start of something, why don't you party up?"). Also, there is something vaguely familiar about the music in this song. Afterwards comes "Metamorphosis" which is equally confusing because it seems like a metaphor gone wrong, as there are mentions of butterflies and cocoons that don't fit in with the rest of the song. As well, the chorus doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rest of the song. ("Metamorphosis, whatever this is..."). Lastly, there is a spoken verse at the end, which appears to be listing any word that rhymes with "transformation". Next up is the short song, "Inner Strength" which seems more like a work-in-progress than a real song. It is far too short to be a song but is a nice, inspirational touch. Lastly, there is the first single "Why Not" which I cannot stand however everyone seems to love it. The lyrics are too trite and the vocals too irritating for my taste.

Overall Mark: 2/5

Hilary has a long way to go before she can possibly rival the popularity of Britney Spears. Granted Hilary has a large fanbase because of her role as Lizzie McGuire but her lyrics are weak, even for an album of pure pop, and her vocals are even weaker. It is fairly obvious that there are computerized or at least layered in many places. However, you've got to give Hilary credit for making an entirely clean, kid-friendly pop album though she could do with much better songs. I would take "Come Clean", "Where Did I Go Right" and maybe "So Yesterday" and call it a day.

Hilary, you really need to work on that voice. This CD is not much of cd. Hilary's voice is immature and little-kid sounding and eventually gets annoying. Do not recommend!

Oh my God!!!!! Hilary Duff is the worst singer iv ever heard. she cant even sing! u wanna no how i no she cant sing? no, i didn't buy the cd, my silly aunt got it 4 me for xmas. BIG mistake. i hate it.
Singing - shes crap. why the hell did she get a record deal? even my toddler brother can sing better than her and he can hardly speak proper english!
Lyrics - they really don't make sense. she babbles on about nothing and im really ashamed iv got the album.

Anyway, unless u wanna either be deafened or bored silly by the songs, don't buy it!!!