Most Wanted [ENHANCED]

Hilary Duff

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: August 16, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B0009W5J3C
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (381 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,719 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Hilary Duff stares off the cover of Most Wanted with the look of a doe-eyed, feathered-haired criminal. Or maybe she's just exhausted, which would explain why she revisits so much already-released material. Three of the teen queen's biggest, brightest hits ("Come Clean," "Rock This World," and "Why Not") get the remix treatment. Impossible though it seems, each remix is still zippier than the original. Perennial fave "So Yesterday" is squished between the hard-rockin', deeply satisfying "Mr. James Dean" from 2004's Hilary Duff and the too-girlie-for-its-own-good "Metamorphosis" from the same-named 2003 disc. There are three originals including opener "Wake Up", a slightly self-pitying look inside the celebrity glass bubble, but to a great beat, the danceable "Beat of my Heart," and emo-esque "Break My Heart." The burning question of whether it's worth it to buy this record based on the inarguably good remixes and three original tracks will be dictated by how severe her fan base's withdrawal symptoms are. If magazine covers bear any relation to the old practice of plastering a town with "wanted" posters, odds are Duff's zillions of fans will not only find this disc but help her deliver on its smart title's promise. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilary Duff Rocks!!, August 20, 2005

By	Embo G. (St.Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews

I honestly don't care what other people say about Hilary Duff, and/or her music. I think she has a great voice, and should not be criticized so much. This is a really good album! She sounds great on it!! Even though it's a CD with some of her older songs, it's still just as good- plus, if you look at the credits on the CD slip cover, you'll see that she co-wrote a lot of the newer songs. Also, some people can sing, some people can write songs, some people can do both. So what if she doesn't write all her own songs? That doesn't take away from her greatness factor. If you don't want to listen to some repeated songs from her previous CD's, then I probably wouldn't reccomend that you buy this. But, for a Hilary fan, this is a perfect combination of the best of Hilary's old, new, and remixed songs. And, as always, Hilary shines in the newest edition to her collection. Oh, and it's cool that her boyfriend and his brother did a lot for this CD!!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD!!, August 18, 2005

A Kid's Review

I'm 12 years old and a lot of people consider me too old for Hilary Duff, but I just love her songs. I'll admit it, she doesn't have a great voice. But when you listen to her songs, I mean really listen, they all have great messages that are really inspiring. And I know she doesn't write them on her own, but I really can't imagine anyone else singing them. Her voice fits all her songs very well.

I do think she shouldn't have done a greatest hits cd already. 2 Cds doesn't really give you much to choose from, and I don't really agree with the songs she picked, but I'm okay with it, all her songs are pretty good. I think it's great for Hilary. At first I was with everyone else saying she only got a record deal because of her acting abilities, but she's really stepped up to the plate and is becoming many little girls favorite actress AND singer. She's joining the ranks with Jennifer Lopez, Raven and Lindsay Lohan in the double performance category.

Love it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Most Wanted by Hilary Duff, August 18, 2005

By	Joseph "JoMo" (Texas) - See all my reviews

First of all, anyone over 18 has no business buying this album anyway. Now, Hilary Duff has a soft voice, which stays basically in the same range, which is probably why she is mocked so much. Sure, she's not a terrific singer, but I really see no reason to judge her music on just that. I am however baffled by why she feels the need to release a semi-greatest hits album after only two albums (not counting the crap-tastic christmas album). And what's even a bigger wonder, is she's had like three songs from her debut Metamorphosis album to reach video status, and one from her self entitled album (having two singles "Fly" And "Someone's Watching Over Me", but the second failing to be made into a video.) Hilary Duff explains this by being the "most wanted" songs at concerts which get the best reactions, but let's be honest, how many have been to a Hilary Duff concert? Not many. So is it really necessary to release "Most Wanted", which is filled with like 4 hits, 4 remixes, 3 songs new songs, and 2 songs that never made her major albums (one of which is included in the remixes)? Not really. But is it necessarily a bad thing? No.

Thankfully, anyone who hasn't written off Hilary Duff wont find a dull moment in this album. Sure there are songs that are questionable, such as the out of tune "Mr. James Dean" and the, as stated from the amazon editorial, too girly for it's own good "Metamorphosis". But other than that it's pretty solid as far as Hilary Duff songs are concerned. The remixes are fine, though one may wonder what was wrong the originals. Also, the three new tracks are welcomed cards into Duff's deck of songs, being poppy songs one can see Hilary jumping around the stage to. And finally, "Girl Can Rock" was finally introduced to an album outside of The Cinderella Story soundtrack. But the albums true stand out tracks are "Break My Heart" and 2005 Remixes of "Rock This World" and "Come Clean", the remix and bonus track of "I Am" is also terrific. It's songs like these which keep me a Hilary Duff fan.

All in all, this is a good pop album driven for the younger crowds. You can definitely tell Hilary is trying to keep it clean, as opposed to fellow triple threat and rival Lindsay Lohan. Is she ever going to be able to belt it out like Whitney or Mariah? No, but one has to be somewhat impressed that she managed to mark this big of a name for herself despite that.