Singles Reviews

Reviewed this week:

This Time - Starsailor (3.5/5)
Sleep - Texas (4/5)
Just Like the Rain - Richard Hawley (3/5)
You Get What You Give - LMC Featuring Rachel McFarlane (3.5/5)
I'll Be Ready - Sunblock (1/5)

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This Time - Starsailor (3.5/5)

This is a good single, but doesn't offer anything new. It's the same mid-tempo, piano-driven rock you can hear anywhere. The singer sounds a lot like Maroon 5's Adam Levine. Decent but not earth shattering. (Released Jan. 23)

Sleep - Texas (4/5)

After the stunning first Red Book single, "Getaway," Texas faltered a bit with "Can't Resist." They're back on track with "Sleep," a mid-tempo number (their specialty, ala "Say What You Want") with some extra vocal help from Paul MacDonald (not sure who he is, but he's not in band). (1/9)

Just Like the Rain - Richard Hawley (3/5)

A bit folkish and his voice sounds like he's about to keel over. Pleasant adult pop stuff. (1/23)

You Get What You Give - LMC Featuring Rachel McFarlane (3.5/5)

It's a given now that most dance music being produced is going to remake/sample/loop something familiar. LMC brought us the cool 2004 Whitney Houston/U2 mashup "Take Me To The Clouds Above." This is more just a straightup House semi-remake of New Radicals' "You Get What You Give." The result is danceable and decent, and better than a lot of the other recent remake efforts going around. (1/23)

I'll Be Ready - Sunblock (1/5)

Speaking of remakes, whoever thought we needed a series (yes, a series!) of dance remakes built around loops of the Baywatch Theme is clearly in the running for the 2006 Enemy of Pop Music award. What utter dreck! (1/9)