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Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks
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| As a younger teen, American Idol's latest winner, Jordin Sparks, was a plus-size model. Now 17, she has a debut album arriving with minus-size expectations. Chalk that up both to sixth-season Idol fatigue and to doubts about whether her TV likability would count for much on a CD. First single ''Tattoo'' wasn't encouraging, with producers Stargate copping from their own ''Irreplaceable'' yet making Sparks sound bland enough that Beyoncé wouldn't mind the rip-off. Throw in her maligned Idol coronation anthem, ''This Is My Now,'' and Sparks may as well start singing ''There went my now.''...full text |
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| Rollingstone |
| Jordin sparks was the perfect American Idol because you could see that she was working hard, learning new tricks week to week, which suits the Idol massive's fantasy that we're teaching her how to be a star. She was wildly inconsistent, going from an excellent "I (Who Have Nothing)" to a pitiful "Livin' on a Prayer." But that just built up her ingenue appeal: America gets to feel like we're watching the duck become a swan before our eyes. Melinda Doolittle may have been a stronger singer, but she's also a fully formed adult — there's no way she could sing something called "This Is My Now" with a straight face. (When Blake Lewis had to sing it, he was practically gagging all the way through.) But Sparks? Happy to be here, happy to do what she's told, no different from millions of other pleasant-mannered teen girls. She's the kind of pop star who writes "Nobody puts baby in a corner :P" on her MySpace blog and means it....full text |
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| Billboard |
| With an all-star team of writer/ producers (Stargate, the Underdogs), 17-year-old "American Idol" champ Jordin Sparks gets a first effort that's all over the map—and works. The best news about "Jordin Sparks" is that nobody's trying to mold her into a fly ho or a torchy diva; these 13 songs sound like exactly what she should be singing at this age and juncture in her career. The overall effect is sophisticated teen pop marked by innocent good cheer and harmony-laden vocal arrangements, although the synthesizer and drum machine-dominated tracks work better in some cases ("Tattoo," "One Step at a Time," "Now You Tell Me") than in others ("Shy Boy," "Young and in Love"). "No Air," Sparks' duet with Chris Brown, has plenty of hit potential, while "Now You Tell Me," with its swelling arrangement and muscular chorus, is the album's gem....full text |
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