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All the glitter does not make gold: being Nelly Furtado ("Yo Yo") doesn't work, and a couple of Natalie Imbruglia-esque power ballads ("Saturate Me," "Crush") capture Moore in all her adolescent awkwardness, while the uptempo tracks rely on oddly placed Middle Eastern arrangements that don't fit the dance floor.
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But once those fleeting, producer-driven thrills die down, the remainder of the album takes a middle-of-the-road, midtempo stance that goes from covering her age issues on "17" to getting downright silly and insipid about looove with "Saturate Me."
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As teen pop goes, it could be a lot worse.
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Sweet as she may be, there's nothing in Mandy Moore's bubblegum world that makes her stand out from the wallpaper of Disneyland background music.
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Mandy Moore is a pop album to be proud of: every song has a good melody, a solid hook, and dramatically improved singing from its star.
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There's nothing on this album quite like the guilty pleasure of "Candy," her textbook pop number from "So Real."
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 4 out of 12
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Oct 14, 2011
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ChrisEDec 4, 2006
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KortneyJJan 26, 2004