- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
On Idol, all this unformed youthfulness was endearing, but on this debut she just seems green, not quite ready for the big leagues she's been pushed into.
-
Jordin Sparks gets a first effort that's all over the map--and works.
-
Sparks and a cast of au courant pop producers combine that sense of sparkle, striving, and her powerful pipes for an age-appropriate, uniformly pleasant release that shouldn't disappoint those voters.
-
Despite the misfires, Jordin Sparks is as much effervescent fun as any post-Idol bow.
-
The album shrewdly positions her in hip-hop-flavored R&B, which is interesting because it's one style she never touched on the show.
-
Jordin Sparks is one of the strongest Idol debuts yet.
-
A couple of inspirational songs--'This Is My Now,' her "American Idol" signature, and the heavy-handed 'God Loves Ugly'--are hidden at the end, perhaps to remind listeners of the middling CD this could have been but isn’t.
-
VibeIt reeks of generic blandness. [Feb 2008, p.86]
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 28 out of 40
-
Mixed: 0 out of 40
-
Negative: 12 out of 40
-
KaleT.Apr 8, 2008A solid debut!
-
JeffB.Mar 8, 2008Ugh. Worst. Album. Ever.
-
BrianN.Mar 4, 2008