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HILARY DUFF - DIGNITY; Best Pop/Dance album thus far (wow)
Topic Started: Jun 9 2007, 01:07 PM (1,189 Views)
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I simply fell in love with this girl after she released this amazing Pop/Dance album. Simply Amazing.


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Rate: 3.5/5 (70%)
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Duff takes a while to find her style

KIDS grow up so fast these days, or at least they act that way. Maybe it's the unrelenting competition from the Avrils and the Ashlees, but here is Hilary Duff, still shy of her 20th birthday, releasing her debut as an "adult" recording artist.

"Dignity" (OUT NOW) may get the kind of "oohs" and "aahs" that friends and relatives bestow on their little girl that day when she shows up in a dress, heels and makeup. But as often happens at that time, Duff doesn't seem entirely comfortable and confident in her new image.

In her teen-pop years, the singer-actress showed an unremarkable voice but conveyed an unaffected personality. Here she seems a little lost and overwhelmed by the percolating dance settings and body-blow rock arrangements. The inappropriately languid vocal on the album-opening "Danger" immediately signals this disconnect between singer and song.

But as she tries out different approaches, Duff eventually finds some footing. Her dusky vocal on the down-tempo track "No Work All Play" is a convincing surprise, and she turns fast, tricky phrasing into a natural presence on the stalker putdown "Dreamer."

Duff also sounds vibrant on "Never Stop" and "Between You and Me," two of the five tracks produced by Chico Bennett and Richard Vission. Duff's writing partnership with teen specialist Kara DioGuardi yields some grand hooks and fairly routine observations on romance, revenge, insecurity and identity, but it's Bennett and Vission's big buoyant, ABBA-honoring mega-pop tracks that give "Dignity" a memorable kick.

--Richard Cromelin


i'd say buy it! :)
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I like the music but I've never really liked her voice.
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Not really my kind of genre, but I'm sure others like her music.
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I've never been a fan of her music, just one of 2 songs I liked, but after this album has been released, I must say she's good at what she does. I don't like the whole album, but most of the songs are good.

I've only seen the first video, but now that you post the second, I'm going to see it and give feedback later ;)
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I thought that your topic title meant "Hilary Duff without dignity" and I was like, "What else is new?" XD

To make this post more on-topic, I don't think I've actually heard any of Hilary Duff's music...and I don't really have a desire to.
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Not really a fan, though my sister has the album I think. Sadly >_<
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Yeah....I'm definately not a fan. I watched the 2nd music video, and I just got bored. The music is almost the same thing throughout the entire video. :/

But, to each his own. ;) :)
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Thx for the feedback guys.

I like her way more now. That old "lizzie McGuire" image is gone for good. Hilary is all about the catchy dance tracks. I just love her now!

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Video is not that good and very unoriginal. And when she sings she sounds like she is mumbling and her voice also sounds computer generated (way to many effects).

But then again, not my type of music
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To each his own. I've just seen the new video, and I have to say it rocks. I love it, and she looks really good when she's dancing and have those strange things in her face; that makes her eyes look really good B)
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I love this girl. Ever since Casper Meets Wendy, I've loved her! This album is really one of the best I've heard. I love it soo much! <3
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Jun 10 2007, 04:09 AM
I love this girl. Ever since Casper Meets Wendy, I've loved her! This album is really one of the best I've heard. I love it soo much! <3

i know, the album is actually pretty good. <3 her too
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Dignity? Pop stars have dignity?!
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I used to be a fan, but she's gotten pretty annoying lately. Haven't heard anything from Dignity, though.
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