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You may recall that I have mentioned an upcoming young singing sensation by the name of Simon Curtis before on this blog. If you have amnesia or attention deficit disorder, you will probably want to move your cursor up the Simon Curtis tab under the garishly bright fizzypop logo, click and have a snoop around. Because come early 2009 you will be glad that you did. For that is when Simon Curtis will become the next international teen sensation (although he is no longer a teen) with a smash movie, a bound to brillo soundtrack and the much anticipated release of the still brilliant after 3 years Alter Boy album. Sadly until then I will have to put up with lesser teen sensations and ones that are far more shameful to like than the ace Mr C. It's a temporary fix people...

There are three songs that really stand out and warrant further discussion. Simple Song shows that saving one of the strongest songs for the end of the album works really well. It has a rather rocky verse structure before reigning in the drama for a rather nice piano led refrain. It's almost a McFly song for a girl, which is high praise indeed. As for her cover of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, well I cringed when I heard that this would be on the album - teen covers of 80s tracks always remind me the nadir of Hilary and Haylie's respective careers in Material Girl(s). Fucking awful in other words. Surprisingly Miley's interpretation of Girls... works incredibly well. A real shocker! There's an interesting backing track that rather than highlight the melody in the verses, concentrates on an effective use of strings and Miley (purposely or not) adds a desperation to the track, which works well in light of her Vanity Fair "scandal". An interesting take on the responsibilities of a Disney song and adds a pathos to the song. Yes! Miley does pathos! who would have thunk it? Finally, the title track - revealed by vile odious perez to be a song that america's number one scrubber Katy Perry worked on years ago, it's probably going to get a better reputation from Miley who turns it into a enthusiastic bubbly pop tune that nicely showcases her not-brilliant-but above-average-and-engaging vocal style. And let's face it, never has a star embodied the infamous Ricky Kaiser Chief proclaimation "I'd wank off a tramp for success" than Katy 'who-needs-principles' Perry. She would probably fellatiate Lou Perlman for that number one record. Miley is so much better than that. For now :P So not an amazing cd, but enough to enjoy in here until the next teen sensation catches my attention....