― Morley Timmons, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 00:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:16 (seventeen years ago) link
There have been plenty of good hit ballads in the past couple years, but none have felt as genuine as "Promise." There's something so amazing about the way Ciara sings here. Rather than trying to asking Polow Da Don to hide her voice, she takes a leading role on the track and coos with real sincerity. Ok, so "Promise" is not an original track by any means, but for a smooth Ciara single, it's pretty close to perfect. The song itself is pretty simple...It's just a gorgeous beat, complete with some genius vocoder clips, and Ciara, who sounds more powerful here than she ever has. -Tape Store A curveball, at first: what's this, the thin-voiced Princess of Crunk leading her second album off with an opulent ballad? 'Promise' was an ambitious undertaking triumphantly executed: there was its epic structure (two intros! two middle eights, one of them spoken word!), there were the sumptuous layers of multi-tracked voices, the wonderfully tactile drum pads, the soft gasps of breaths used as extra percussion, the echoing longing of the vocodered backing vocals, the devotional romance of the lyrics (with added reference to the sources: you can be my Prince, my Knight indeed) - and above all, there was Ciara, replete with emotion, singing her heart out. And, even better, the video was a dancing video! By my count, this is the third of Ciara's singles which is a genius pinnacle of human achievement: a record which brooks no argument as to who, exactly, is the greatest pop star in the world right now. -lex pretend
― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:17 (seventeen years ago) link
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― abanana, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:23 (seventeen years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 03:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link
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― danzig, Thursday, 10 May 2007 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:05 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
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― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link
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― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tape Store, Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
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― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:52 (seventeen years ago) link
This might be the year's most beautiful track. It's got these gorgeous 'aahs,' this ebbing and flowing guitar and a reassuring, heartbreaking vocal. Listening to "Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" = a truly cathartic experience -Tape Store
― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:58 (seventeen years ago) link
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― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:07 (seventeen years ago) link
the best track is the ballad "Irreplacable" - by far. I think it must be the most emotionally affecting thing she's done, the chorus is amazing: You must not know bout me You must not know bout me I could have another you in a minute Matter fact he'll be here in a minute You must not know bout me You must not know bout me I could have another you by tomorrow So don't you ever for a moment Get to thinking you're irreplacable Okay so that probably doesn't convey it's brilliance. But the way she performs it, it's total stiff upper lip, lump in yr throat heroic fronting - Beyonce riding off into the sunset, a tear still drying on her cheek. -Tim Finney i love "to the left, to the left... everything you own in the box to the left" so much as well - the way you think it's a dance before the hit comes, or how it's like beyonce forcing herself on her hampered march forward. (...without the er other right leg she was standing on aka the boyfriend! altho haha that would be walking around in a circle, forget i said anything) it's at once vulnerable as it is resolute, basically, and it kills. -rtccc
― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 11 May 2007 02:31 (seventeen years ago) link