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The Secret Life of the Veronicas - Great Debut Album!

Reijo Piippula | Turku, Finland | 05/21/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You probably have heard the song "Untouched" which is in the album "Hook Me Up". Well, let me tell you something. This album is almost as good as "Hook Me Up". This album rocks! You could say that the music is near Avril Lavigne or Miley Cyrus. Still, I think that this is even better than their debut albums. These two girls know how to rock! "4ever" starts the rockin' way. Most of the album songs are upbeat tracks, only "Leave Me Alone", "Speechless", and "Nobody Wins" are little bit peaceful. These girls have an excellent voices. The final track "Mother Mother" is maybe the most powerful track in this album - I mean the roughest.

Stars: 4ever, Secret, When It All Falls Apart"

Were you scared that I might get hurt?

incubus1 | 08/25/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The only reason I bought The Veronicas' The Secret Life of... CD is simply because I kept hearing comparisons between them and Meg & Dia (a band I enjoy a lot). I figured anyone being compared to Meg & Dia deserved at least a listen so I got this. Word of advice:



THIS IS NOTHING LIKE MEG & DIA.



It's not particularly bad. From track 6 on I quite enjoy listening to it. But, those first five songs are so disgustingly pre-teen that I can't even listen to them. Okay, I should probably elaborate on that a bit.



The music in those first few songs is pretty decent and the vocal delivery--as with the rest of the CD--is great. The lyrics are what destroy what really has the potential to be a good song. Don't believe me? Listen to them. They're so horrid that, and I kid you not, that only 12 year olds will think they're clever. And I know that pop music doesn't necessarily have to be deep but come on, devoting an entire song to saying how you thought a guy was gay is idiotic.



Never fear for those who see potential in these girls. From Mouth Shut on we're greeted with potential being realized.



By the time you get to Mouth Shut you basically know The Veronicas' routine...soft verses with rock choruses. This doesn't change on the latter half of the CD but gone are all the "I know I'm hot and you don't have a chance with me" vibes given out early in the CD, lyrics are better too. Plus, a couple ballads thrown in for good measure never hurt anyone, especially when you've got a good singing voice. Leave Me Alone shows a lot of depth with one of the best choruses of the entire disc. Nobody Wins explores further The Veronicas melodic side and we have another winner. Lyrics are at their best on this song as well. Seems The Veronicas took that age old saying "save the best for last" to heart though, cause Mother Mother is by far the best song offered. Off beat verses giving way to a truly memorable chorus is a hard thing not to love.



My favorite songs are Mouth Shut, Leave Me Alone, Heavily Broken, Nobody Wins, and Mother Mother. The Veronicas aren't groundbreaking, anybody who tells you differently is just full of it. But they are good, I'll give them that. If they fully drop the stuck up-ness they sport at the beginning of The Secret Life of... then I'm sure my opinion on them will change right along with them, but until then I'm not completely sure what to think about them."