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Now What
: I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!! I like it ALOT more than her first one. I bought one copy at Wal-Mart. I didn't notice it said "edited" on the tape they put on the top of the cd case. I went to Best Buy and got one that don't have the dirty words cut out. I like the uncut, not edited version best. I can live with words like sh*t and f*ck. The edited version sounds like the cd is messed up because you can hear the sh in sh*t and the f in f*ck. However, if you have kids who might listen to it then you probably should consider buying the edited version of this disc at Wal-Mart. I couldn't find one that said "Parental Advisory" on it at Wal-Mart.
Not a bad song on this CD, and it keeps getting better and better with each listen.
When Lisa sings "It took me all my life/To finally figure out/That I'm not in the mood/To be anything like you/Maybe it's alright/And maybe not/I'll conduct my choir/I'll figure it out" in the opening track, it's clear she has got it figured out. An album two years in the making, Lisa Marie Presley once again does not disappoint. Diehard fans and curious newcomers alike will no doubt fall quickly for this album and for Lisa herself. Full of catchy pop-rock tunes and gut-wrenching power ballads, Lisa lets her listeners into her soul to get a glimpse of the very real woman behind the tabloid fodder. The album as a whole demonstrates not only the tremendous growth of an artist blossoming before us - it also shows Lisa in a positive, more confident place than she appeared to be in when she released TWMIC. This is not to say that she doesn't deliver the angst and attitude that so many of her fans thrive on - she comes through quite well, in fact. Her brutal honesty shines through on the rockers, "Turbulence" and "Idiot" ("I'm gonna tell you what I think about you/In that unforgivable way I do/You're an idiot/And I hate your guts"), and her ballads open up a window into the life of a person without the greatest success in relationships. Most telling are "High Enough," showing a vulnerable LMP drinking away the negativity of a life gone wrong, and the gritty straightforward lyrics in "Turned To Black" remind the listener that this is a woman to contend with, not someone who can be controlled or held down.
A little musical help from Linda Perry and brilliant vocal pairing with Pink (on the melodic, harmony driven "Shine") are not the only differences between "Now What" and her debut. This time around, she sprinkles a little positivity into her darker tracks and even writes an entirely upbeat song, "Thanx," written for and dedicated to the loyal friends and fans she has had through the years. "Raven," complete with an intro and outro of a three-year-old Lisa, gives listeners a peek into her childhood with a haunting ballad written about, and dedicated to, her mother. Lisa's words to her mom "Go on dry your eyes/Hey you finally see me - hi/And I see you/And everything till now/It wasn't that bad really/Beautiful lady" tug at the heartstrings and leave the listener with an irresistible urge to go and call their own mother. The title track, "Now What," perhaps the first track to make it onto her albums to truly showcase her vocals, reflects on the painful ending of a relationship, the realization that it's time to move on, and as she sings, "Now who's gonna save me next time/It won't be you for the first time/Somehow I'll be alright" her fans can tell from this record, LMP will, in fact, be alright. The only question now is "What's Next?"
Personal highlights are "Turned to Black," "Now What," "Idiot," "High Enough," and the hidden track, included in both the "clean" and "unedited" versions, "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow."
It is very rare for me to find an album that I like all the songs on it but this is one of them. Lately, it seems most "top" artists create a catchy song that plays on the radio but the rest of the album they put out is not so good. Not so with NOW WHAT. The joke here is radio isn't playing much of this album and ALL of the songs are great. Lisa is a new voice in the music world and it is great she is here.
I would like to first point out a few incorrect statements I noticed in some of the amazon reviews below mine...
Lisa Marie is the sole writer to ALL of the lyrics on this album, minus one track, "Dirty Laundry", and co-writer on "When You Go". Read the booklet closely, the lyric credits are separate. Linda did not write any lyrics.
And "Raven" is the song dedicated to her mother, she said that on Oprah.
That said, she is an amazing artist and I give her so much credit/respect for what shes doing. I've had "Thanx", "Idiot" and "When You Go" on repeat since I first heard them. The hidden track "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (a Ramones cover) is another of my initial favorites too.
Get the album, listen to it a few times, let it grow on you........ it will.
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