Reviews I found on the album......
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There is an old cliché phrase I was once taught that said: “If 당신 go into something thinking it’s going to be bad, then it’s going to be bad. However, if 당신 go into something with a positive attitude, then it will turn out well”. I would now like to condemn whoever it was that taught me this. On the back of the highly infectious 제목 track/lead single, I was genuinely excited for the new album from former tween sensations The Veronicas, Hook Me Up. With any luck it wouldn’t be like their 이전 effort, The Secret Life Of…, which became incredibly lacklustre after the first four tracks (all of which, must be pointed out, were commercially released singles).
So, upon listening to the album, the 질문 have to be put. Is the album better than its predecessor? The answer is yes. Does it feature a new sound and direction for the Orglissano twins? Yes again. But have the Veronicas made a great album because of this? Sadly, no. Far from it. Hook Me Up is a disappointing album, filled with half-baked ideas and ignoring its potential to be a great pop album- or, even, a great dance album.
“Untouched” is an admittedly great opening track, featuring everything that is good about this album. A bizarre alt-pop wave of synths, string section sampling and dissonant guitar, with motor-mouth vocals in the verse, leading up to a great hook in the chorus. This fades out and right into “Hook Me Up”, the lead single and easily the best song on the album. At first, chances are 당신 may not like it (I know that when I first heard it, I hated it). But the best thing about this song is how damn infectious it is, thus making it an excellent pop song with 상단, 맨 위로 harmonies and a synth hook Hellogoodbye would be envious of.
The one-two 펀치 of this song and the 제목 track prove how good this album could have been. Unfortunately, it’s mostly downhill from here.
The 다음 two tracks either suffer from trying to be too much at once (“This Is How It Feels”), and generally not going anywhere (“This Love”). It’s certainly a departure from the 기타 pop-rock of their 이전 album, but it appears not all change is good in this case. As the album progresses from here, 당신 can’t help but get the feeling that the band really need to pull a rabbit out of their hat. And while they certainly come close to it- “I Can’t Stay Away” features some lively beats, and “All I Have” features come catchy moments, live drums (exactly what this album needed 더 많이 of), and some very cool use of a vocoder- but there is just too much filler and lazy song writing. Songs like “I Don’t Wanna Wait” and “In Another Life” both have great potential, but the best parts of the song aren’t furthered to make for a better overall.
And then there’s “Popular”- what can be said about this one? Basically, if Peaches went out and got completely hammered with Princess Superstar and they managed to have some kind of inbred lovechild with “Best Damn Thing”-era Avril Lavigne as the midwife, it would probably come out sounding something like this. And believe me, this is definitely not a compliment. Talking about the song, the girls say that the song is “taking the piss out of famous people”. However, in a similar vein to Good 샬럿, 샬 롯 atrocity “I Just Wanna Live”, 당신 simply cannot tell and it comes off as vain and cheap.
It’s good that, at the very least, the Veronicas have gone for something different from the pop market at the moment. But it’s a 쓴, 쓰라린 letdown that, even after all this change, most of the songs just aren’t very good. Not even the fantastic single can save this one. A pity, really, given how good this album could have been.
For 팬 only- though chances are 당신 may not be much of a 팬 after this record, even if 당신 were before."
"If 당신 could distil the shrill, lustful screaming of hormones as they course through adolescent blood, decode their molecular makeup and play the results back in sonic form, 당신 wouldn’t be a million miles off the defiantly ludicrous but deadly serious sound of The Veronicas.
There’s 더 많이 to these girls, idols in their native Australia and the States, than the usual shop-window pouting. Sitting between authentic and manufactured, sometime kids’ TV stars Jessica and Lisa Origliasso began 글쓰기 songs together in their teens. Signed to a major in their native Australia, they were connected with top-flight pop songwriters to hone their craft – one result being ‘All About Us’, as recorded 의해 TaTu.
That song is a good starting point: supercharged with near hysterical emotion, a bizarre hybrid of 이모 guitars, techno-lite and power ballads. But where that Sapphic duo were irritatingly, paedophilically coy, Jessica and Lisa are disarmingly frank; their 음악 might be beloved of tweens, but these are women in their 20s and not afraid to flaunt it. Take raunchy lead single ‘Untouched’, with its slashes of strings, gasped refrain and pleas of “I want 당신 so much/And I just can’t resist you”. And on the strutting, choppy ‘Take Me On The Floor’, we don’t think that ‘take’ is in the sense of ‘escort’.
As well as come-ons, there are some deft explorations of heartbreak (‘Someone Wake Me Up’, the vengeful ‘This Is How It Feels’ and the helium-soaring ‘This Love’) and plain old up-yours fun (‘Popular’). Like all pop albums, ‘Hook Me Up’ is overlong and occasionally plagued 의해 ballad filler (‘All I Have’, ‘Goodbye To You’) but it’s real pop: trashy, unabashedly overemotional, actually loved 의해 kids… and massive fun."
"This album is an amazing insight into the Aussie group's growth. As a very big 팬 of the first album, I was very scepticle of this albums release. Would they be able to carry on the cleverly crafted songs from The Secret Life Of...? True, this album is different from the first. The album has a heavier rock sound with some computerization introduced to enhance its 80's rock/pop genre. Let me tell 당신 though, this album is fantastic. Realistically, we cannot expect the girls to produce a "carry on" from their last album, how dull would that be? They have grown musically and branched out into a new sound.
With electro 80's esk songs like Hook Me Up, Untouched and the (almost flashdance like) sound of This Is How It Feels, leading the way, making room for slower numbers like the fantastic I Cant Stay Away. This album is amazing, and we should be congratulating the girls, not comparing them to their 이전 work!"
"When 당신 have such pop perfection as "4 Ever," a track that seemed almost solitarily responsible to the rise of teen rock pop, it is difficult to imagine any possible way to redefine yourself as an artist. Especially when there are two of 당신 that look the same. Twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso are The Veronicas, and after having taken the world 의해 storm in 2006, return with their sophomore effort, Hook Me Up.
In the realm of stylistic changes, the shift from the rockier Meredith Brooks/Tracy Bonham The Secret Life Of... to the glam electro of Hook Me Up may seem, at first, an alienation of the 팬 garnered with the former album. One review I saw early on was a discontent 팬 clamoring about the complete and utter lack of guitars. What does that say to me? Listen to the damn album! The Origliassos haven't abandoned anything they did in 2006, with the exception of neglecting to work with Max Martin again. They've built on every single foundation they created on The Secret Life Of..., providing not only a 더 많이 entertaining vehicle for their talents, but a 더 많이 mature level of songwriting and expression of pain, loss, loneliness, and regret. From the first moment the album starts, the fine hairs of an expert bow sliding across taut strings that is the melodic opening of "Untouched," 당신 know you're in for something different and special. "Untouched" is fast, both in BPM and in the way the twins vocally present the song, yet it proves once again that speed and pain are not mutually exclusive ideas. While the track begs and pleads with 당신 to 옮기기 along with it, it also implores 당신 to be moved 의해 it, as the girls sing like, "I feel so untouched right now/ Want 당신 so much somehow/ Just can't resist you/ It's not enough to say that I miss you." I am inextricably bound. The album's 제목 track, which is also it's lead single, "Hook Me Up," is an electropop tune with a serious drive to the dance floor (check out Tommy Trash's vocal version, quite fun!).
The album is upbeat and fun, yet surprisingly adult and moody. Tracks like "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than 당신 Ever Were)", "This Love," and "I Can't Stay Away" are all bittersweet in their lyrical content yet complete knockouts in musical delivery. "Revenge" hearkens back to The Secret Life Of... in that it features a 더 많이 guitar-driven sound than a lot of the album, but maintains the flow and energy of the rest of the disc. Despite the content of the track, the song would be considered upbeat musically due to the high BPM and drum style. "This Love," the third Australian single off of the album, features a 더 많이 straightforward synth-pop sound, even going so far as to emulate a-ha's "Take On Me" as the pivotal moment in the track. The last of my trio of favorites, "I Can't Stay Away," describes the addiction to a person, sexually, and the admission of that addiction. The song is powerful and moving, the Origliassos' vocals soaring over one of the slower songs on the album.
Hook Me Up features a bevy of other potential singles, all as good as the next, but I do want to point out one last one before leaving the rest a mystery. "Popular" at first seems like a 랜덤 track, very atypical to the rest of the album. It is an extremely self-indulgent, tongue-in-cheek response to their own rapid rise in fame. With lyrics like, "And I get what I want/ My name is my credit card," 당신 can see the humor within the lyrics. Upbeat, very poppy, but eventually the complete inanity of it grew on me and I now count it as one of my favorites. Don't discount this song due to the extreme contrast it poses to the rest of the disc 또는 their 이전 material. Give it a shot, 당신 might just like it.
Summary: Hook Me Up is a well-crafted and immensely enjoyable dance pop album and should continue The Veronicas reign as the reigning pop band. A winner."
"I have to admit, I was waiting on this album for what seems like an eternity. I expected a sound extremely similar to what "The Secret Life" cd offered, but when I heard the first single "Hook Me Up" I was kind of blown away to the polar opposite this cd took from its predecessor. It is not in the same genre, the same ball park, the same planet as the first cd. Putting that all aside, it was went far beyond the maturity level of the first cd, and completely topped all expectations that I had for it. The sound is much 더 많이 upbeat; however, the words seem deeper and 더 많이 dramatic, perhaps growing up a little with their 팬 base. If 당신 miss the older sound of The Veronicas, 당신 should give the track, "All I have" a listen, its them, just a different sound, and a different playing field, not locking them in to the stereotypical kind of pop cookie-cutter sound that's going on today. A bit of a playful edge is offered instead. This is definitely a cd worth buying. It's amazing!"
So what do 당신 think of 'Hook Me Up'? Be honest!
"
There is an old cliché phrase I was once taught that said: “If 당신 go into something thinking it’s going to be bad, then it’s going to be bad. However, if 당신 go into something with a positive attitude, then it will turn out well”. I would now like to condemn whoever it was that taught me this. On the back of the highly infectious 제목 track/lead single, I was genuinely excited for the new album from former tween sensations The Veronicas, Hook Me Up. With any luck it wouldn’t be like their 이전 effort, The Secret Life Of…, which became incredibly lacklustre after the first four tracks (all of which, must be pointed out, were commercially released singles).
So, upon listening to the album, the 질문 have to be put. Is the album better than its predecessor? The answer is yes. Does it feature a new sound and direction for the Orglissano twins? Yes again. But have the Veronicas made a great album because of this? Sadly, no. Far from it. Hook Me Up is a disappointing album, filled with half-baked ideas and ignoring its potential to be a great pop album- or, even, a great dance album.
“Untouched” is an admittedly great opening track, featuring everything that is good about this album. A bizarre alt-pop wave of synths, string section sampling and dissonant guitar, with motor-mouth vocals in the verse, leading up to a great hook in the chorus. This fades out and right into “Hook Me Up”, the lead single and easily the best song on the album. At first, chances are 당신 may not like it (I know that when I first heard it, I hated it). But the best thing about this song is how damn infectious it is, thus making it an excellent pop song with 상단, 맨 위로 harmonies and a synth hook Hellogoodbye would be envious of.
The one-two 펀치 of this song and the 제목 track prove how good this album could have been. Unfortunately, it’s mostly downhill from here.
The 다음 two tracks either suffer from trying to be too much at once (“This Is How It Feels”), and generally not going anywhere (“This Love”). It’s certainly a departure from the 기타 pop-rock of their 이전 album, but it appears not all change is good in this case. As the album progresses from here, 당신 can’t help but get the feeling that the band really need to pull a rabbit out of their hat. And while they certainly come close to it- “I Can’t Stay Away” features some lively beats, and “All I Have” features come catchy moments, live drums (exactly what this album needed 더 많이 of), and some very cool use of a vocoder- but there is just too much filler and lazy song writing. Songs like “I Don’t Wanna Wait” and “In Another Life” both have great potential, but the best parts of the song aren’t furthered to make for a better overall.
And then there’s “Popular”- what can be said about this one? Basically, if Peaches went out and got completely hammered with Princess Superstar and they managed to have some kind of inbred lovechild with “Best Damn Thing”-era Avril Lavigne as the midwife, it would probably come out sounding something like this. And believe me, this is definitely not a compliment. Talking about the song, the girls say that the song is “taking the piss out of famous people”. However, in a similar vein to Good 샬럿, 샬 롯 atrocity “I Just Wanna Live”, 당신 simply cannot tell and it comes off as vain and cheap.
It’s good that, at the very least, the Veronicas have gone for something different from the pop market at the moment. But it’s a 쓴, 쓰라린 letdown that, even after all this change, most of the songs just aren’t very good. Not even the fantastic single can save this one. A pity, really, given how good this album could have been.
For 팬 only- though chances are 당신 may not be much of a 팬 after this record, even if 당신 were before."
"If 당신 could distil the shrill, lustful screaming of hormones as they course through adolescent blood, decode their molecular makeup and play the results back in sonic form, 당신 wouldn’t be a million miles off the defiantly ludicrous but deadly serious sound of The Veronicas.
There’s 더 많이 to these girls, idols in their native Australia and the States, than the usual shop-window pouting. Sitting between authentic and manufactured, sometime kids’ TV stars Jessica and Lisa Origliasso began 글쓰기 songs together in their teens. Signed to a major in their native Australia, they were connected with top-flight pop songwriters to hone their craft – one result being ‘All About Us’, as recorded 의해 TaTu.
That song is a good starting point: supercharged with near hysterical emotion, a bizarre hybrid of 이모 guitars, techno-lite and power ballads. But where that Sapphic duo were irritatingly, paedophilically coy, Jessica and Lisa are disarmingly frank; their 음악 might be beloved of tweens, but these are women in their 20s and not afraid to flaunt it. Take raunchy lead single ‘Untouched’, with its slashes of strings, gasped refrain and pleas of “I want 당신 so much/And I just can’t resist you”. And on the strutting, choppy ‘Take Me On The Floor’, we don’t think that ‘take’ is in the sense of ‘escort’.
As well as come-ons, there are some deft explorations of heartbreak (‘Someone Wake Me Up’, the vengeful ‘This Is How It Feels’ and the helium-soaring ‘This Love’) and plain old up-yours fun (‘Popular’). Like all pop albums, ‘Hook Me Up’ is overlong and occasionally plagued 의해 ballad filler (‘All I Have’, ‘Goodbye To You’) but it’s real pop: trashy, unabashedly overemotional, actually loved 의해 kids… and massive fun."
"This album is an amazing insight into the Aussie group's growth. As a very big 팬 of the first album, I was very scepticle of this albums release. Would they be able to carry on the cleverly crafted songs from The Secret Life Of...? True, this album is different from the first. The album has a heavier rock sound with some computerization introduced to enhance its 80's rock/pop genre. Let me tell 당신 though, this album is fantastic. Realistically, we cannot expect the girls to produce a "carry on" from their last album, how dull would that be? They have grown musically and branched out into a new sound.
With electro 80's esk songs like Hook Me Up, Untouched and the (almost flashdance like) sound of This Is How It Feels, leading the way, making room for slower numbers like the fantastic I Cant Stay Away. This album is amazing, and we should be congratulating the girls, not comparing them to their 이전 work!"
"When 당신 have such pop perfection as "4 Ever," a track that seemed almost solitarily responsible to the rise of teen rock pop, it is difficult to imagine any possible way to redefine yourself as an artist. Especially when there are two of 당신 that look the same. Twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso are The Veronicas, and after having taken the world 의해 storm in 2006, return with their sophomore effort, Hook Me Up.
In the realm of stylistic changes, the shift from the rockier Meredith Brooks/Tracy Bonham The Secret Life Of... to the glam electro of Hook Me Up may seem, at first, an alienation of the 팬 garnered with the former album. One review I saw early on was a discontent 팬 clamoring about the complete and utter lack of guitars. What does that say to me? Listen to the damn album! The Origliassos haven't abandoned anything they did in 2006, with the exception of neglecting to work with Max Martin again. They've built on every single foundation they created on The Secret Life Of..., providing not only a 더 많이 entertaining vehicle for their talents, but a 더 많이 mature level of songwriting and expression of pain, loss, loneliness, and regret. From the first moment the album starts, the fine hairs of an expert bow sliding across taut strings that is the melodic opening of "Untouched," 당신 know you're in for something different and special. "Untouched" is fast, both in BPM and in the way the twins vocally present the song, yet it proves once again that speed and pain are not mutually exclusive ideas. While the track begs and pleads with 당신 to 옮기기 along with it, it also implores 당신 to be moved 의해 it, as the girls sing like, "I feel so untouched right now/ Want 당신 so much somehow/ Just can't resist you/ It's not enough to say that I miss you." I am inextricably bound. The album's 제목 track, which is also it's lead single, "Hook Me Up," is an electropop tune with a serious drive to the dance floor (check out Tommy Trash's vocal version, quite fun!).
The album is upbeat and fun, yet surprisingly adult and moody. Tracks like "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than 당신 Ever Were)", "This Love," and "I Can't Stay Away" are all bittersweet in their lyrical content yet complete knockouts in musical delivery. "Revenge" hearkens back to The Secret Life Of... in that it features a 더 많이 guitar-driven sound than a lot of the album, but maintains the flow and energy of the rest of the disc. Despite the content of the track, the song would be considered upbeat musically due to the high BPM and drum style. "This Love," the third Australian single off of the album, features a 더 많이 straightforward synth-pop sound, even going so far as to emulate a-ha's "Take On Me" as the pivotal moment in the track. The last of my trio of favorites, "I Can't Stay Away," describes the addiction to a person, sexually, and the admission of that addiction. The song is powerful and moving, the Origliassos' vocals soaring over one of the slower songs on the album.
Hook Me Up features a bevy of other potential singles, all as good as the next, but I do want to point out one last one before leaving the rest a mystery. "Popular" at first seems like a 랜덤 track, very atypical to the rest of the album. It is an extremely self-indulgent, tongue-in-cheek response to their own rapid rise in fame. With lyrics like, "And I get what I want/ My name is my credit card," 당신 can see the humor within the lyrics. Upbeat, very poppy, but eventually the complete inanity of it grew on me and I now count it as one of my favorites. Don't discount this song due to the extreme contrast it poses to the rest of the disc 또는 their 이전 material. Give it a shot, 당신 might just like it.
Summary: Hook Me Up is a well-crafted and immensely enjoyable dance pop album and should continue The Veronicas reign as the reigning pop band. A winner."
"I have to admit, I was waiting on this album for what seems like an eternity. I expected a sound extremely similar to what "The Secret Life" cd offered, but when I heard the first single "Hook Me Up" I was kind of blown away to the polar opposite this cd took from its predecessor. It is not in the same genre, the same ball park, the same planet as the first cd. Putting that all aside, it was went far beyond the maturity level of the first cd, and completely topped all expectations that I had for it. The sound is much 더 많이 upbeat; however, the words seem deeper and 더 많이 dramatic, perhaps growing up a little with their 팬 base. If 당신 miss the older sound of The Veronicas, 당신 should give the track, "All I have" a listen, its them, just a different sound, and a different playing field, not locking them in to the stereotypical kind of pop cookie-cutter sound that's going on today. A bit of a playful edge is offered instead. This is definitely a cd worth buying. It's amazing!"
So what do 당신 think of 'Hook Me Up'? Be honest!