Mandy Moore

I Wanna Be With You

The Single Review

Review Score:

(6/10)
Mandy Moore has a good voice with a large number of octaves. No, make that a great voice. I'd give this CD 5 stars, but because there are only 5- count them carefully, 5- new songs on the CD, it loses a star. Here is my track by track review:

Track 1- I Wanna Be With You- This is a great love song for any couple or someone with a crush. If you listen to it too much though, it gets annoying. 9/10

Track 2- Everything My Heart Desires- This is an R&B flavored song which Mandy does a great job on. She pronounces all of the vocals clearly, making this an awesome song. 8/10

Track 3- Want You Back- I'm listening to this one right now, with the repeat button pressed. It starts out slow, but picks up nicely. Unlike the other "I Want You Back"-themed songs, this one actually makes sense. 10/10

Track 4- The Way To My Heart- A semi-slow song, it's rather forgettable. 6/10

Track 5- So Real(Wade Robson Remix)- 1 word: yuck. 2/10

Track 6- Lock me In Your Heart- A sweet, uptempo song that sticks in your head. 8/10

Track 7- Walk Me Home- A nice song for a girlfriend who's testing her boyfriend's faithfulness. If you like slow but blah songs, this is it. 8/10

Track 8- I Like It- Similar to the remixes: yuck. I don't care if Howie from BSB wrote it, the Pope couldn't save this song. It's horrible. Worse than the remixes. 1/10

Track 9- So Real- Probably should've been a single, a cathchy song you love to listen to. 9/10

Track 10- Candy (Wade Robson Remix)- Better than the "So Real" remix, it's still not great. 4/10

Track 11- Your Face- This is the breakout song for Mandy. I love this song to the end of the world. It starts very slow and gets faster, but is never much faster than Brian McKnight's "6,8,12". This one has to be a single, and you have to listen to it! 15/10

Track 12- IWBWY (Soul Solution Remix)- Usually ballad remixes are blah, but this is very respectable. You'd more likely than not hear this in a club. 7/10

Mandy has a great voice, but you can tell this CD was rushed to be put together. Mandy handles ballads very well, but there aren't enough of them on either of the discs. I read today that a new CD is due out this fall. COME ON! If you liked "So Real", get this one because you'll like the new songs and old alike. But if you didn't, wait for "Your Face" to be released as a single.

One final question: Why wasn't "Not Too Young" put on here? Just a thought.

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