2-1/2 stars -- Here's the problem...

Review Score: (4/10)
When Mandy Moore first came out, her lyrics were okay but the singing wasn't so good (remember "Candy"?). I didn't hear her second album I Wanna Be With You - or maybe I did, because some of the songs from her first album are on it. On her self-titled album her singing has definitely improved, but as for the lyrics...

The only song where Mandy's singing and the lyrics go hand in hand is the very last one, "When I Talk To You". "Cry" is okay too, and "Crush" is tolerable, but nothing else really impresses. Diane Warren's "From Loving You" isn't all it's cracked up to be, and to this day I don't know what "In My Pocket" is about. "Split Chick" is ridiculous, while "Yo-Yo" and "Saturate Me" are metaphoric mistakes.

Maybe Mandy should get some better writers if she wants to stand out in the crowd. Because if she keeps going at this rate, people will probably just dismiss her and her albums as disposable pop mess.

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