The A-Teens - Greatest Hits
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Free Music Notes for Greatest Hits
Free Music Review: Where is Bangkok?
Hit: 4 Stars
Where is Bangkok? After living in Guadalahara, Mexico, the only A-Teens song known there, why would you alienate a Mexican population of 100 million?Free Music Review: One of the greatest Greatest Hits album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is definitely a great album. In my opinion, the tracks here (including three new ones) are the best. Three new tracks: The Final Cut, With or Without You, and I Promise Myself are outstanding. My favourite is definitely I PROMISE MYSELF.Free Music Review: Excellent Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Every song on this album is AWESOME... great music, vocals, and beats... love to jamm to this type of music.. its a must have ALBUM - definetly 10 of 10Free Music Review: very good
Hit: 5 Stars
1. Mammia mia-One of my fav. abba covers, fast beat, great song 10/10
2. Upside down-excellent song, really shows what a-teens can do 9/10
3. Gimme gimme gimme-this is an ok song, not really one of my fav abba covers but i still listen to it 7/10
4. Floorfiller-my fav song off of pop till you drop. great beats, awesome vocals 11/10
5. Dancing queen-I really don't like this song. Worst abba cover they did. 1/10
6. Perfect match-apparently a lot of people don't like this song, but I do. chorus is amazing. 10/10
7. ..To the music-this is an ok song, not really one of my favorites. Good vocals though. 6/10
8. Halfway around the world-2nd favorite song off of teen spirit. Great vocals, video is good too. 11/10
9. Sugar rush-don't like this song much. it is better than dreamstreet's version though 5/10
10. Super Trouper-Very well done song, beats are good 9/10
11. Heartbreak lullaby-I love this song, one of the best ballads. the fast version is better though that was on princess diaries. 10/10
12. Can't help falling in love-great tune 9/10
13. Let your heart do all the talking-great dance song, beats are good, song is awesome 10/10
14. The final cut-this song is very good. my 3rd favorite of all time. great lyrics 10/10
15. With or without you-I absolutely love this song. Marie and Dhani wrote this and i just love it. awesome!! 15/10
16. I promised myself-great great...video is awesome! 13/10
This is a great album, buy it if you love the a-teens. I listen to this all the time and it is not a waste of money!
Free Music Review: The A*Teens at their very best
Hit: 5 Stars
It's true, the A*Teens are a sweet, delicious guilty pleasure, and not much more. But their music is insanely catchy, mind-blowingly addictive, and it's HAPPY-it really motivates you to get up and dance, to just let go and enjoy yourself. So their airy moments are somewhat justified. Either way, this is a must-have CD if you like pop-because the A*Teens have mastered it. And this is most definitely as good as they get-though they didn't have too many radio hits in America, they were a smash overseas, and rightfully so. Here's a review of each song:
MAMMA MIA- Quite possibly their best song ever, and also likely the best song here. Their covers of Abba's hits I actually enjoy a lot-they're faster, more fun, more danceable. I am sad to say I can't draw too much enjoyment from the original versions, because they are too slow, too raw, too old-fashioned-sounding. But this is very catchy, very fun, very danceable. (5/5)
UPSIDE DOWN (BOUNCING OFF THE CEILING)- This was their first single that wasn't a cover, and it is also a very good song! Extremely catchy, very happy song. Kids who have ever had crushes will probably be able to relate to this. My second or third favorite song here, probably. (5/5)
GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT)- This is also an extremely good cover of an Abba song. An almost eerie melody, but very danceable, very catchy. Such an awesome song to listen to. One of their best Abba covers. The first three tracks here are definitely my favorites. (5/5)
FLOORFILLER- I like this one, a very fun dance song, but it isn't quite as good as the first three here. It's a little more childish-a little too reminiscent of Kidz Bop s*** *shiver*. But, it's still pretty good and is worthy of being on here. (4/5)
DANCING QUEEN- I don't know why, but I don't like this song quite as much as I did when it first came out. There is a *very* small chance that I might actually like the original better. This one gets kind of annoying after a while for some reason, but it is still pretty good. Way more modern-sounding and poppy than Abba's version. Nice little dance tune-slower than most dance tracks here. (4/5)
A PERFECT MATCH- Meh, this one's okay. An attempt at punk rock pop. An interesting little message. The chorus is the best part-and the catchy, fun chorus saves this song from just sucking. Not one of the best here, but still....it's alright. (3/5)
...TO THE MUSIC- This is a fun little song, but yet again, it can't compete with the first three. The chorus is good. It's probably a bit better than "A Perfect Match." Sweet little song. But not incredible. (3/5)
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD- This is another really good one. Very catchy, infectious chorus, fun, happy sound. Ever sad that someone you love is going away for awhile? This might cheer you up. This one gets better and better, the more I hear it. A favorite of mine. (5/5)
SUGAR RUSH- I remember hearing a clip of this song [the chorus] a while back, and I just went nuts over it. I like it a tad less now that I've heard the whole thing, but it is still a VERY good song. The lyrics are a tad too corny, and when I found out that Dream Street did a version too, it was discomforting-now every time I hear the song I'm reminded of THEM >_<. Anyways, very sweet melody, nice background effects. Good song. (4/5)
SUPER TROUPER- For some reason, I don't like this song. There are better ones on The Abba Generation. It's okay, but a little too old-fashioned sounding and generic. (2/5)
HEARTBREAK LULLABY- This song was supposedly on the import version of the Princess Diaries soundtrack, and I don't really like it. I don't like the A*Teens' ballads. The beginning is so-so, but it really isn't that great. Boring, generic. (1/5)
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE- This is another favorite of mine. An Elvis cover; they made an extremely slow ballad a very fun dance track! Many ballads would seem awkward when changed to a dance track, but this works just as well as a dance track as it did a ballad-if not better! Probably the best song off their third album. (5/5)
LET YOUR HEART DO ALL THE TALKING- Like Britney and Madonna's ever-changing style, the A*Teens have had a few mild 'reinventions' of their own. This is a side of them I've never seen. Instead of sugary dance pop, we hear hard-hitting, crackling electrofunk in this track. Not a favorite of mine-but a somewhat catchy chorus. (3/5)
THE FINAL CUT- I don't like this one that much. The chorus is okay, but the beat isn't fantastic. The lyrics are interesting, though. This sends the message that the band is pretty much finished-'I believe in what we had, I believe in what we said, we gotta understand that it's time to let it go, holding on to yesterday, it will never be the same, but now it's time to make the final cut.' (3/5)
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU- The last couple of tracks are a little too slow and a little too depressing-all of them seem to be discussing the group/band splitting up. This one's alright, but I don't like it much. This one has a good message to send, though, and can say something important to couples breaking up. But a not-so-interesting beat ruins it. (2/5)
I PROMISED MYSELF- By far, the best new track here. Rather sad, yet again, and almost melancholically romantic, but a happy, optimistic-sounding melody. I like this one, but it isn't quite as good as their previous smashes. (4/5)
OVERALL SCORE: 58/80
This is a must-have for pop lovers, and the only CD to get if you're a casual fan of the A*Teens. Good luck finding a copy if you don't live in Europe, though.....-_-....there was never an official American release, and NO ONE seems to have it in the U.S. You can't even order it @_@. I had to get it here at amazon. This is a very satisfying hits collection-pretty much all of my favorite A*Teens tracks are here. My only complaint is that I wish they would have included "Take A Chance On Me," because that is one of my favorite tracks off of The Abba Generation. It's also true that their voices aren't spectacular-but I can think of far worse. Marie [the blonde], however, can sing. Though it has its flaws, I reluctantly give it 5 stars, and I highly recommend this great CD to lovers of pop who are sick of the trashiness. Some songs on here are so unbelievably catchy and addictive, you will want to hear them again and again. As Courtney Kemp stated in her review of Teen Spirit, the A*Teens indeed have 'no funky ambitions and nothing to prove'-they are simply out to have fun and are open to others joining in-and I can guarantee their music will make you want to do just that.