Paula DeAnda

Paula DeAnda | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000FTWB7Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,406 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sugary-Sweet, January 17, 2007

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Cory T. Shaeffer "HockeyFanatic" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paula DeAnda (Audio CD)

As I listened to the first five songs off of Paula DeAnda's self-titled debut album, I was completely engaged in the melodic beats, with her voice being a perfect fit for the material she decided to record here. She did hit some bumps along the way throughout the last eight tracks, particularly the awful track "I'll Be Down For You," but overall it was quite a nice surprise. Here is a description of some tracks from this CD:

1)Doing Too Much - the opening track, and a nice little tune with a catchy chorus and a little rap from Baby Bash. Very upbeat, and although the lyrics are a little juvenile at times, we've all experienced teenage love at some point.

2)Walk Away - My favorite. WHAT A CHORUS! No surprise, it was co-written by the very talented Christina Milian. Would have been a killer track without the added uh's and uh huh, yeah's (the universal sophisticated language of hip-hop). Could be remixed into a killer trance tune.

3)When it Was Me - Great summertime song, and no guest vocalists either. Sung beautifully, short and sweet. The lyrics will not be confused with Dylan, but the music is on par with the best out there today.

4)Overloved - a ballad written by veteran songriter Diane Warren (who wrote bundles of chart-topping hits in the late 80's and early 90's including "Love Will Lead You Back" by Taylor Dayne.) Good song to slow the pace of the uptempo songs here.

5)Let's Go Out Tonight - One that will grow on you. DeAnda's breezy vocals wrap around a piano and synth beat that is similar in melody and style to Joe Jackson's "Steppin Out" which is ironic given the title of the song, maybe it was intended to be, I don't know. But a good track regardless. Great music, very simple lyrics.

6)I'll Be Down For You - the album's only terrible track. This is what happens when a young artist delves too deeply into hip-hop territory and tries way too hard to be something she is not.

7)Footprints on My Heart - kind of corny title but a great melody, and passionate vocals (which is not always the case, as DeAnda has a pitch-perfect voice, but has trouble showing her emotions at times.) This track's opening chords are very similar to Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart," again ironic given the title.

So this disc is a worthwhile purchase for fans of pop and lite hip-hop and dance. It won't win any awards for musical sophistication, but that is not the intent on a record like this. Suggestion to Paula for the next album, from a longtime music geek: more dance, less guest rappers. A dance groove similar to Natalie's "Candy" would have put this CD over the top, but as it stands, it is a fine album in its own right. Very enjoyable, as you can pop it in the CD player, let it play, and forget your problems for awhile.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3-1/2 stars -- Good, but would've been better had it been a private party, May 3, 2007

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paula DeAnda (Audio CD)

I discovered Paula DeAnda by accident; I turned on MTV Hits one day and saw her video for "Doing Too Much". I was impressed because she has a very good voice; still, like the title says, the song wasn't doing too much and her self-titled album in turn didn't debut at a very high spot on the Billboard 200. But after her second single "Walk Away (Remember Me)" began to grow on me, it renewed my interest in her, so I decided to check her out.

There is a good number of quality songs on here, like "Wanna Be With You", "When It Was Me", and especially "I'll Be Down For You". And "Overloved" is a lot better than most recent Diane Warren songs. The final track, "Footprints On My Heart", is one of those cases where the lyrics look kind of cheesy on paper, but they sound fine when you hear the song.

The thing that brings the album down, though, is that Paula really has a bad choice of guest rappers. At times their verses hurt otherwise great songs, like when the DEY can't even TALK on beat at the beginning of "Walk Away". And I shouldn't have been too surprised about Baby Bash's underwhelming verse on "Doing Too Much" because he's always wack, but another thing about that song is that I don't understand why Paula is doing the exact same adlibs during every chorus past the first verse.

"Easy" features Lil' Wayne saying something about "having more plaques (Plax} than tartar", and although I normally think Ak'Sent is underrated, she kicks a pretty okay verse on "Make `Em Clap to This", which is really just a lazy sample of Rakim's famous line from "Eric B. Is President". Speaking of those two songs, they also prove that maybe Paula should stick to ballads. All in all, this is still a good album, but for her next album she needs to leave the guest stars behind.

Anthony Rupert

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for it's genre!, September 11, 2006

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K. Adair "Rose Kisses" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paula DeAnda (Audio CD)

I thought this was a pretty good cd. It's very pop, often teeny bopperish, but not annoying. Paula has a pretty good voice and many of the songs are very catchy. Some I liked on the very first listen. This cd was a nice suprise. I only bought it for the song "Doing too Much" because I saw the cd brand new for $7.98 and thought "why not." However, they are many songs on the cd that are very good and as a new comer she did an excellent job. It's far better than most of the crap that has been released lately.