Album Review; Ke$Ha - Animal

Okay so it's really no secret that I'm a HUGE Ke$Ha fan. It all started with Right Round (with which Flo Rida broke the record for the most downloaded song evar) and has blossomed ever since. I LOVE her voice and couldn't get enough. When I first heard Tik Tok (and realized Kesha was white...) I played it on repeat for like two days straight (not because she's white, but because it's amazing). Tik Tok has now beaten Right Round's record, so I figure this girl is gonna go pretty far.
I spent time immediately trying to find as much as I could on the internet, and she's shot up to become one of my favorite musicians right now, along with Jay Brannan (who'll get his own post soon.) This is my standard track-by-track review of her debut album, Animal.


1. Your Love is my Drug
I think my favorite line is "My steeze is gonna be affected if I keep it up like a lovesick crackhead". This cute, bubblegum song just makes me smile. Not my fave on the album but still killer.

2. Tik Tok
Didn't I do a whole entry on this song already? Yes.
Still. This song is freakin' awesome. Check out the remix feat. Pitbull and the parody by The Midnight Beast!

3. Take It Off
Probably my favorite dance song on the album. Whenever I hear it, I think of a room full of throbbing people dancing like motherfuckers. I love "There's a place I know if you're looking for a show, where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor." This girl and her glitter! Love it. This song should definitely be the next single off the album.

4. Kiss N' Tell
This song is a little cutsey for me. While I really like it, I don't think it's single-worthy for me. I do like it though! It's just not horrendously exciting.

5. Stephen
This song is about a guy with a girlfriend who won't call her and it cracks me up.
"I've got it down to a simple art, just bat my eyes like this and there's a broken heart."
People can say she can't write lyrics, but they can suck it. That line is amazing.

6. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)
I honestly like the demo version of this song better. On 3OH!3's next album they've got a duet called My First Kiss, so I think that's why 3OH!3 is on this album. They needed another voice somewhere on the album, and they went with someone familiar. And while I love 3OH!3's contribution, it really wasn't necessary for the song. Her version just plain sounded better! ...however, I still really, really like this version. If Take It Off isn't the next single, this will be.

7. Hungover
This song may or may not be the story of my life.
This is the first slow song on the album, and it's goddamned amazing. Definitely peg this song or Animal as single number 3. It sets a good precedent for the rest of the songs, being a transition between party lyrics but ballad feel. It reminds me a bit of La La La by LMFAO - still a party song, but a more serious vibe to it.

8. Party at a Rich Dude's House
This song is strange for me, because it could have been one of my favorite songs on the album if I hadn't heard the demo version first. For some reason, they decided that this needed to be a clean album, which is ridiculous considering who Kesha is. There's a spoken line in the demo where she sounds like she's stumbling around and says "And the sun is comin' up and oh my god I think I'm still fucked up..." but in the clean version she says "drunk" instead of "fucked up" and anyone that's woken up drunk knows that you don't exactly know what's going on, and you're more than likely to say fuck. I know that's how I feel. Otherwise, killer track.

9. Backstabber
This song is basically great. Amazing for when you're in a bitter mood. I totally see this as being single #4. (This track also has a demo that's a bit naughtier)

10. Blind
The chorus of this song reminds me of something, but I can't quite place it.
Anyways, this track is a guilty pleasure for me. ...actually, all of the slow songs on this CD are. It's amazing. This songs nice though, and it's good for the album.

11. D.I.N.O.S.A.U.R.
I liked the demo version of this one better, too! It had a few more instruments involved. I kinda like that the background drum beat sounds a bit like when you're riding Yoshi in Super Mario World, though.... I wish this song had been closer to the beginning of the album, because the second half of the album has more mature lyrics, whereas this song could have been written by any high school girl who's seen Bring it On.

12. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
I like this song a lot. It's one of the more mature songs on the album, but it's still Ke$ha through and through. I like whatever it is that the guitar does throughout the song, it's nice. Definitely one of my favorites on the album.

13. Boots & Boys
While this is nowhere near one of my favorite songs on the album, but I like the concept. It's basically a parody of all the songs men write about women and cars, and objectifying men just as much as they've objectified women. Not the most creative song on the album, but I respect the effort.

14. Animal
"I am in love with what we are, not what we should be. And I am starstruck with every part of this whole story." This is a song that's incredibly pertinent to my life right now, and I really love listening to it. It might be my favorite track on the album right now.



There are various deluxes, bonus tracks, and unreleased tracks all over the net, so I'm gonna review some of my favorites and why you should listen to them.


! - Aliens Invading
This is a song about Aliens Invading and then Ke$ha having sex with them. Yes. This song is freaking amazing and I can't imagine why it wasn't on the album - I would SO choreograph something to this. Seriously, it has a mess of plays on my iTunes.

@ - Taio Cruz - Dirty Picture (feat. Ke$Ha)
This song takes a second to heat up, but then it's amazing! It's all about sexting. It makes me giggle with naughty delight listening to it. If people knew who Taio Cruz was, this would be a club banger in ten seconds flat.

# - Paris Hilton's Closet
What is there to say? This is a song about Kesha getting wasted and throwing up in Paris Hilton's Closet. AMAZING.

$ - Never Know About Love (Trashy Boy)
I just love how this song sounds. It's a bit of the nastier version of Kesha vs. the bubblegum pop version. I definitely love this version of Ke$ha.

% - This Love
She made her own version and then gave it to The Veronicas, who did do an amazing job of it. I love their version, but I also LOVE Ke$ha's version a whole bunch. I, like a dork, layered one on top of the other so I could hear both at the same time. Ke$ha's actually done a bunch of writing, check her wikipedia page to see what all she's had a hand in.

^ - Slow Motion (feat. Three 6 Mafia)
It looks to me like Ke$ha originally had a far sluttier, hip-hoppier album lined up, but decided to go with the bubblegum. It's a shame, because I like a lot of the grittier stuff that she's kept hidden. This song's great.

& - Mr. Watson
This is a song about hooking up with a teacher. ...it makes me giggle.

* - Boom Boom Bang (feat. Busbee)
Same situation as Slow Motion, it's a grittier, hip-hoppier song that I really like.

( - Mouth

I just found this one seconds ago, and I can't quite tell if it's Ke$ha or not, but I certainly hope it is, because I'm digging this song!


Okay, let's review!

Ke$Ha can be spelled 3 different ways - Ke$Ha, Ke$ha, and Kesha. The $ was used out of irony, since she made no money from Right Round.
She wrote or co-wrote her entire album.
She is NOT trying to be Lady Gaga. Try actually listening to her music, and you'll see this. I like and defend Ke$ha probably the same way some people respond to Lady Gaga, but they're such different people. Gaga is representing herself as an artist - Ke$ha is representing herself as a walking party. If you're gonna compare her to ANYONE, go with Katy Perry. Ke$ha herself appreciates that comparison.

Single predictions:
1. Tik Tok (obviously)
2. Take It Off, Blah Blah Blah
3. Hungover, Animal
4. Backstabber, or whichever song didn't make single #2

There does tend to be a formula for singles, and I'm hoping she decides to follow the formula.

Buy the album! It's only $6.99 on Amazon!

Believers Never Die - Album Review

Album Review:

Believers Never Die - Fall Out Boy's Greatest Hits




I'll admit, I've not actually gotten this album, I merely have basically ever Fall Out Boy song ever.

So here's the deal. I'm going to go through, track-by-track, and talk about them. Because I'm cool like that. :-)


1. Dead On Arrival
" I know I'm not your favorite record. The songs you grow to like never stick at first."
This is an essential early Fall Out Boy song. It's a song about songs, it's catchy, it's quintessential early-millennial punk rock. First released in 2003, it really set the stage for the band.

2. Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy?

Ahh, the band's first music video. This video really shows the band at the beginning of their rise to fame - fun, happy, totally bamf. Sure, they seemed like a rip off of Blink-182, but they clearly have a bit of their own in here too. This is the song that early Fall Out Boy fans think of when they fondly reminisce about the band.

3. Saturday
"And I read about the afterlife, but I never really lived more than an hour"
A beautiful, early Fall Out Boy track. When they played this at the concert, the fans went batshit, so clearly this song has stuck in our heads over the years.

4. Sugar, We're Going Down

This is when most of the world noticed Fall Out Boy. I remember seeing this music video at about three in the morning on vh1 and thinking "...I need everything this band has ever made or ever will make." Of course, a couple weeks later, they started playing the video during the day and I wasn't the only new believer. Of course, Pat's slurring vocals spurred a line of spoofs, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

5. Dance, Dance

Fall Out Boy - New Music - More Music Videos

This video really started Fall Out Boy off, and everyone that didn't hear Sugar, We're Going Down sure as hell heard Dance, Dance. This also spurred Fall Out Boy in a more creative direction with their videos. (My favorite parts are where Pete licks someone's guitar, and tries to kiss Pat. That shit is hot.)

6. A Little Less "Sixteen Candles", a Little More "Touch Me"
"I don't blame you for being you, but you can't hate me for hating it."
This song was a bit of a return to their sound from Take this to your Grave, and also had an incredibly creative video. A strong rock anthem, it showed where they came from and where they're going. Also at this point, Fall Out Boy had established themselves enough as musicians that in the video, they introduced us to Panic! at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes.

7. This Ain't a Scene, it's an Arms Race
"All the boys who the dance floor never loved, and all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough, Sing - until your lungs give out."
...I'm not gonna lie, I hated this song when I first heard it. It was more heavily produced, more electric guitar-y. It marked a different style of singing from Pat, a new style of writing from Pete,
and a new sound from the band. However, like they predicted in Dead on Arrival, "the songs you grow to like never stick at first." Once I got used to the bands new sound, I definitely liked the track a lot more. It's still probably one of my least favorite tracks on the album, but it was still an amazing album all around.

8. Thnks fr th Mmrs

Fall Out Boy - New Music - More Music Videos

This is still one of my favorite tracks from the band. It's a lot of fun, but it shows that Fall Out Boy has recognized itself as a ferreal band. There's so much synthesis between them and they're becoming more Fall Out Boy and less Pat + Pete, plus those other guys.

9. The Take Over, the Break's Over
"Don't pretend you ever forgot about me."
I didn't like the track when I first got the CD, but it really grew on me. They used the video as an interesting opportunity to address fans who felt that they'd "sold out", which was really neat. I understood them most at this point in their career. They finally had the money to be in a good studio with good equipment and a label that supported their every endeavor, so now they were making the music they've always wanted to make. As the opening track of the album, Thriller, states, "Fans are won and lost and won again but our hearts beat for the Die Hards."

10. "I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)"
"The best way to make it through with hearts and wrists intact is to realize that Two out of Three ain't bad"
A very different sound for the band, the first real ballad-esque song they'd really done and made a single. A fantastic love song that proves once again that Love is so Punk Rock.

11. Beat It (feat. John Mayer)
There's not really too much to say about this track, since it's a cover. It's a good cover though, but I'm not a big Michael Jackson fan, so it only does so much for me.

12. I Don't Care
"I don't care what you think, as long as it's about me"
Not the deepest lyric writing out of Pete, honestly. This is another track that I really didn't care for right off the bat, but it makes a very good first single in the same way that This Ain't A Scene did. It's definitely a toe-tapper with an interesting video, but I think it's probably one of the weakest songs on the entire CD. Once again, that doesn't mean I don't like it, I just think they released it because it's radio-friendly, catchy, and simple - not because it was a piece to be proud of.

13. America's Suitehearts
"Down set one, hut-hut hike! Media Blitz."
I chose those lyrics because they're the most misunderstood lyrics. Otherwise, this is a lyrically weak song. ...actually, in retrospect, this is a lyrically weak album, but I think a lot of that comes from their sudden obsession with politics and celebrities this album, Pete of course forgetting he's become as much tabloid as the rest of Hollywood that he despises so much. While the album has the strongest sound out of all of them, the strength of it seems to be brought on solely by Stump, who writes all of the music. Pete, who writes the lyrics, seems to have really staggered on this album, possibly due to his rise to superstardom, marriage, age, lack of maturity, etc. I followed him on twitter for a while until I realized that he sounds like an idiot. All the maturity on this album clearly comes from Patrick.
I will give them props, however, for featuring Cassadee Pope of Hey Monday fame in the video, just like they've done with so many artists in the past.

14. What a Catch, Donnie

Fall Out Boy - New Music - More Music Videos

"They say the captain goes down with the ship; So, when the world ends, will God go down with it?"
This is my favorite Fall Out Boy song of all time. Literally, the first time I heard it, I cried. The reprise is a beautiful selection that represents their growth and time together as a band.
The song was originally written for Patrick by Pete Wentz, which just shows the beautiful bromance between Pat and Pete. The video itself features Patrick, and has cameos by people that have helped them and been with them throughout their journey, and the rest of the band minus Pete (the original version had him in for a second, but the green screen effect really bothered them, so they took him out entirely.) It was really beautiful for Pete to release the spotlight like that for Pat. I sing this song while walking around my house all the time, it's bad. I love this song.

15. Alpha Dog
"You're not the first or the last, but you're possibly the prettiest."
Originally appearing on the Citizens for our Betterment mixtape, this track was always a nice track, but I never really thought it was single-worthy. ...I still don't, but then again, Fall Out Boy and I work on different mindsets. It's still a great track though.

16. From Now On, We Are Enemies
I'm not gonna lie, as I'm typing this, I'm listening to this song for the first time... I kind of really, really like it. I guarantee you this will hardly be the last time I listen to this song. I'm not sure why they titled it the way they did, but it's a very good track. Nice and melodic, heavy on vocals and pretty instruments, it's a lot softer and happier sounding than some of their other tracks. It's definitely making me smile.

17. Yule Shoot Your Eyes Out
"Merry Christmas, I could care less."
This is probably my favorite Christmas song, which weird my family out. Whatever. I love it. I actually listen to it basically all year long, it's a very amazing track.

18. Growing Up
"I guess I'm my own better half."
I'm really glad Fall Out Boy chose to finish out the album with this track. It's from the first EP they released, where Patrick Stump actually did all the lyric writing. It's a really good indication of where they wanted to go, and putting it on their Greatest Hits as the final track says "...yep. We did it. We've achieved our dreams - we've Grown Up."



Fall Out Boy has shaped how our music sounds nowadays. It's forced a need for strong vocals, strong writing, strong music, and strong personalities. When they started, they rode on the coattails of the success of bands like Blink-182 and Sum 41, but now bands hope to sound like Fall Out Boy. They heralded in the success of The Academy Is..., Hey Monday, All Time Low, Gym Class Heroes, and many others. They will always be one of our most remembered bands throughout history, and thanks to their gradual rise to fame, they managed to remain stable and way more than just a one-hit wonder.

Pixie Lott - Turn It Up (Album Review)

You guys remember a little bit ago when I posted Pixie Lott's acoustic covers of Use Somebody? After that I started looking up a bit more of her, and on Tuesday she dropped her first full album, Turn It Up. Let's talk about it!




















I. Love. This. Album.

I love this album.

This is an extremely feel-good-brit-pop album. Pixie has this beautiful Raspy voice and bubbly personality that's like if Pink and Lady Gaga had a love child, but made sure it never drank or did coke off dirty guy's penises (respectively.) The music itself sounds sorta like if Amy CrackWhinehouse and Duffy had a baby that never did drugs. Mind you, I don't really care for Amy Crackhouse or Duffy, but for some reason, everything works just right for me with Pixie Lott.

So far, the #1 Singles Mama Do and Boys and Girls are my favorites on the album, but that's also because they're definitely the most Radio-Ready songs on the album. The rest are songs that you'd maybe put on a mix cd for someone you know really well, or listen to on your iPod on the walk to work. So far, my favorite tracks other than Mama Do and Boys and Girls are Band-Aid and Turn It Up (the Fall). I also really, really like Here We Go Again (produced by Red One, producer of hits like Just Dance by Lady Gaga and Run The Show by Kat DeLuna) and Gravity. Both are just cute, catchy brit-pop tunes that make me happy.

What's especially surprising about Pixie is that she's only 18, yet she has the voice and persona of a complete seasoned professional. Show-Biz is 100% ready for Pixie. Granted, American media has only noticed her because she's blonde and has tig ol' bitties, but I (clearly) like her for a lot more than that. I'm very curious to see how far she can take it in America, but I honestly think she'll be a-okay.

Mama Do



Boys and Girls



Apologize (Live Acoustic)

Hot Mess - Album Review

Yo, what up, iPod fans! Sorry I haven't updated anything useful in like forever, so let me make up for it with a full-on, track-by-track album review of Hot Mess by Cobra Starship.



1. Nice Guys Finish Last
It's a pretty good starter track for the album... it follows in the footsteps of the lead single. GGGB. Is it anything special? It's not single-worthy, but maybe mix-cd worthy.
2. Pete Wentz is the Only Reason We're Famous
The title of this came from something some disgruntled music fan said to them once. It's a strong track, but has kinda weak, radio-friendly lyrics that aren't anything terribly special. I love the track though - it makes a really good Getting-Ready-For-The-Bar Worthy song.
3. Good Girls Go Bad (GGGB)
This is a stellar track. Absolutely the most single-worthy track on the CD. I love Leighton Meester, and she was the absolutely perfect addition to this track. I'm very glad they chose to include her on this track.
4. Fold Your Hands Child
Eh... this track's okay. It's a bit slower, which kinda cuts the early feel of the album. If you're dowloading it track-by-track and you want to conserve money, feel free to leave this track out.
5. You're Not in on the Joke
This is a nice track... more of a Private Playlist track though, listen to it on your long walk to work.
6. Hot Mess
This is one of the better tracks on the album, but I don't think it's that awesome that the album got named after it... the lyrics are pretty shallow and pedantic (family guy reference!!) but it's still a decent track. Maybe mix cd or getting-ready-for-the-bar worthy.
7. Living in the Sky with Diamonds
This is a really nice disco-infused track with soft vocals reminiscent of their song "The Ballad of Big Poppa and Diamond Girl" from When the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets.
8. Wet Hot American Summer
This track is nice, but nothing spectacular. It won't be on my playlist, but I'm not sad that I have it.
9. The Scene is Dead; Long Live the Scene
This is a slower track that sounds like something you'd hear more on When the City Sleeps, so it's got a nice Cobra Throwback feel... but more of a Private Playlist track, or a mix cd for someone you've already made a whole bunch for.
10. Move Like You Gonna Die
I've listened to this song a bunch of times, and I still can't make up my mind on how I feel about it. Like... I like it, but it also doesn't feel terribly original for them. It's meant to be another punk club song and I wouldn't be surprised if they put out a video for it... but I don't see it going anywhere.
11. The World Will Never Do
I. Love. This. Song. It's got a whole mess of play count because I love it so much. It's kind of fantastic. ...then again, I think it's one of those songs that gets in my head. I think it's what Cobra would do if they were offered the next Bond theme song. I think it's fly.

BONUS TRACKS
12. I May be Rude, but I'm the Truth
Eh, it's not terribly different than the other tracks, but it's still good.
13. Cobras Never Say Die
This song does not live up to it's title. 'nuff said.



As a whole, I actually really like this album... but track-by-track, sometimes it's hard to distinguish one track from another. Cobra hasn't really evolved as much from their last album as I'd expect them to. I kind of miss their Decaydance Punk Rock feel they had with When the City Sleeps, since Viva La Cobra and Hot Mess have a far stronger synth-pop feel than their predecessors:

I also noticed that a lot of albums have themes, and Hot Mess' theme involves referencing past songs. They're only very slight references that may even be coincidental, but for a stark Cobra fan, they're noticeable.

In Fold Your Hands Child, lyrics include "Fuck Shit Up," which is likely homage to their track I Kissed a Boy, and the line "do whatchu gotta do" which is from Pete Wentz is the Only Reason We're Famous (the first track leaked from the album)

In You're Not in on the Joke, Gabe says "I'll only show you what you want to see" and other such lines that give it the same theme and a lot of the same phrases from their song Kiss My Sass from Viva La Cobra.

In The Scene Is Dead; Long Live the Scene, the line "Dance all Night" is repeated, just like in their second single from When the City Sleeps, Hey Mr. DJ.

While I like this album, I think Cobra needs to take a break from touring and really focus on evolving the band. From When the City Sleeps to Viva La Cobra, only just over a year had passed. While they had almost a two year break to make Hot Mess, they never really took a break from touring to really settle down and make new, original material. From When the City Sleeps, I was mildly disappointed in Viva la Cobra, though I loved Guilty Pleasure, My Moves are White (White Hot that Is) and Kiss My Sass. This CD is an awesome CD, but few tracks stick out in my mind like songs from their past CDs have.

Album Review - All I Ever Wanted

Album Review - Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted


Kelly Clarkson's new album, All I Ever Wanted, may have been released back in March, but I only just got my hands on it. You'll just have to trust that I do more than blog, and wasn't able to get my hands on it.

Well, we can't talk about the new album without talking about the old albums, so we'll start there.
Let's forget about Thankful. Lord knows the rest of the world did. For all intents and purposes, Clarkson's career really took off with the success of Breakaway. A stellar album where every song could have been single, that album made everyone either respect or resent her. Since U Been Gone, originally slated to go to that kinderwhore Hillary Duff, became one of the biggest singles in the history of ever. Her following releases, Behind these Hazel Eyes, Because of You, and Walk Away all were beautiful gems.
Important Fact: Clarkson is only credited with partial writing credits for five songs from Breakaway.

Her next album, My December, was a huge source of controversy. While Clarkson was more or less in charge of the album, it failed to meet the standards set by Breakaway.
Important Fact: Kelly is credited with writing credits for every song on the album.

All I Ever Wanted is, so far, a huge success. I've listened to the entire album a few times, along with hearing the singles My Life Would Suck Without You and I Do Not Hook Up hundreds of time. This round, Clarkson has cut back on her writing and focused more on her performance. Collaborating with multiple producers and writers including Katy Perry and Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic) has given this album farther opportunity for lyrical and aural perfection. Whether Clarkson is proud of this album or not is unknown, but I personally think she has every right to be. For starters, the tracks I Do Not Hook Up and Longshot were both originally written and recorded by Katy Perry back in 2004. I'm thrilled that Perry passed her reins; Clarkson's versions offer so much more in energy and vocal prowess than Katy Perry could ever muster up. Teaming up with Ryan Tedder for Already Gone gives the track a feel similar to that of OneRepublic's Say (All I Need), with the emotion and raw power that only KC could provide. The album just wouldn't be the same without bitter breakup songs such as If I Can't Have You or solid bonus tracks such as The Day We Fell Apart. It retains it's strength as a party album with tracks like Whyyawannabringmedown, but allows Kelly to truly show her range and power with rock-ballands like Cry and If No One Will Listen.
All in all, I'm more than proud of Kelly's progress with this album.
Important Fact: Clarkson is credited on writing only seven tracks on the album (including the bonus tracks.)

Long story short, I definitely recommend this album. Get in on it!

Kelly has put out two videos for it so far, My Life Would Suck Without You and I Do Not Hook Up. Both videos were quite interesting. In My Life, KC shows that she's a crazy instigator in a relationship, and in Hook Up, I'm reminded that Kelly still won't have sex with me even though I wait outside her house with nothing but high hopes and a smile even though I have a completely healthy, non-sexual obsession with Kelly Clarkson.

Album Review - Here, Here, and Here

So I just got Meg & Dia's album, and seeing as how I can't find my gameboy... wait, I just found it. It was next to me this whole time. Seriously, am I blind? I seriously did find it in the middle of typing that sentence. Oh, Irony.

Well, anyways, I'm gonna do an album review.



This album is a bit more poppy than their last album, Something Real. That doesn't mean I don't like it, it's just... different... than the Meg & Dia I'm used to. They've always had a more haunting feel to their music, and it's more than lacking in this album than in their last album. They still have amazingly strong vocals and a unique sound, and I really do like the album.
So far, my favorite tracks are Black Wedding, What If, and Bored of your Love (feat. Tom Higgenson of Plain White T's.) Bored of your Love is a sad tale of a love gone cold. I legit cried a little tore a phone book in half with my bare hands. Because I'm a man. Yeah. Totally manly. *sniff* I was really disappointed by the lack of a strong acoustic track that the group is pretty known for (see Halloween, Rebecca, Lessons in New Jersey, etc.) Here, Here, and Here (the song) seems to be about Mozart, and what he felt went into composing. Course, I know next to nothing about Mozart. So... yeah. Oh come on, you knew that coming into this relationship. How was I supposed to know you wanted me to do the dishes? That's not... sorry, I got carried away. Really though, I have no idea what the song is about. All I know is that it's pretty.
Anyways, assuming Something Real is rated a 5 out of 5, I'm gonna have to give here, here, and here a 3.5. That's not to say that Something Real was a better album, I just liked it a whole lot more.

Going Away - Acoustic
Cardigan Weather - Live
Halloween (from in their bathroom)
Rebecca - Live