Cascada has managed to deliver more electronic club pop with the 2006 release of Everytime We Touch. The album combines house, disco with commercial pop to produce highly danceable tracks. The blonde bombshell delivers sweet pop lyrics and refrains that tend to stick in your head. The title track was so successful it reached #10 on the US music charts and was certified double platinum. If you enjoy albums by Cher or Madonna, you will probably also enjoy Cascada’s style of dance music. Perhaps, most of the songs do sound a little alike with the same speed, the same beat and the same drum machine. However, that’s not necessarily a bad thing if you enjoy hitting the dance floor and listening to energetic dance tracks.

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The debut solo album of the System of a Down singer, Serj Tankian also features opera singer, Ani Maldjian and drummer John Dolmayan who is a fellow bandmate. On Elect the Dead, Serj didn’t set his sights on creating an acoustic folk masterpiece or electro-pop album, but rather straightforward rock. Instead, the album is as propulsive and strange as any of the art-metal records of System’s. Many of the songs feature slow choruses punctuated by speed-punk splatter, maniacal rants and serrated guitars. This works well on the eerie song “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition,” but not so well on “Saving Us” that features Tankian’s annoying chorus. Although some will praise the singer’s lyrics, the post-industrial society tirades may not be appreciated by System of A Down fans.

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The Fray turned out to be one of 2005’s best pop-rock bands. How To Save A Life is filled with catchy melodies and rhythms and powerful lyrics. The album starts off with the fast song “She Is” followed by the catchy hit “Over My Head (Cable Car).” Unlike most albums, the title track is one of the best on the album and the touching “Fall Away” features somber vocals that start off with a dreamlike guitar riff. “Heaven Forbid” is a heavenly song indeed and “Hundred” is a powerful piano song featuring Isaac’s memorable vocals. “Dead Wrong” contains great vocals and drumming and “Little House” starts off with a fast piano that quickly turns into what sounds like a rock opera. The Fray proves that it’s here to stay with this amazing album.

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