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Bittersweet World
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62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 66 Ratings

  • Summary: Jessica Simpson's younger sister releases her third album produced by Timberland, The Neptunes' Chad Hugo, Kenna, and Jack Joseph Puig.

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Little Miss Obsessive
Wa-o, wa-o, wa-o (That side of your bed is still mine) Wa-o, wa-o, wa-o (That side of your bed is still mine) Am I the reason why you tossed and... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Bittersweet World is the first time that she has made a record that lives up to her happily empty persona, something that's truly fun junk.
  2. The Guardian
    80
    The prevailing impression is that she has grown up and lightened up, the earnest, angsty moods replaced by an exuberant fusion of crunchy 1980s rock and noughties pop.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Bittersweet brims with polished--and similarly Gwen-esque--hooks and pretty melodies.
  4. Dot Music
    60
    She's got an album which for all its sing-along moments is neither catchy nor extreme enough to be exceptional.
  5. Rolling Stone
    60
    On her third album, Simpson skillfully shifts her crunchy, guitar-driven pop to Eighties-influenced electro-rock with the help of Timbaland and the Neptunes’ Chad Hugo.
  6. Blender
    60
    In the quest to make overly bronzed twentysomethings sweat, this endearing pseudo–rebel loses much of the little–sister angst that made her so appealing in the first place.
  7. Drowned In Sound
    30
    There’re dudes out there (Google them) who will try and tell you this album has some relevance, that it represents pop, that it’s important. That it’s good. They’re wrong.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 9 out of 27
  1. Steven
    Jul 16, 2009
    10
    Bittersweet World is definitely an improvement on I Am Me. Songs like Boys, What I've Become, Ragdoll and Murder are catchy as hell!
  2. JavierD.
    Apr 24, 2008
    10
    This album is perfect and is her best by far.She works with Timbaland but she stay true to herself with her rock style and thats something i like
  4. BrendanH.
    Apr 24, 2008
    9
    who the hell averages these scores?! rolling stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5! HOW IS THAT THE EQUIVELANT OF A 60?!?!?! this site who the hell averages these scores?! rolling stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5! HOW IS THAT THE EQUIVELANT OF A 60?!?!?! this site doesn't know how to work properly stupid shits this albums great though really different it kinda rules… Expand
  5. LeeK.
    Apr 27, 2008
    7
    3/5 does equal to 60!
  6. robxblue
    Apr 25, 2008
    4
    Looking at the reviews, it makes it seem like Ashlee's new CD is actually pretty good. Surprisingly, I bought it and I was very Looking at the reviews, it makes it seem like Ashlee's new CD is actually pretty good. Surprisingly, I bought it and I was very dissapointed. The songs are just ANNOYING, choppy, and not very melodic or catchy except for maybe "Boys," which is a decent cut. The rest are CRAP! Timbaland must have just given her his leftover beats that weren't good enough for his A-listers.… Expand
  7. SteveS.
    Apr 26, 2008
    1
    Doesn't 3 out of 5 equal 60%, can someone do the math for me? I'm an Ashlee Simpson fan and we don't need to know these things.
  8. CalaodniaK.
    Apr 24, 2008
    0
    Horrid. Absolutely horrid.

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