Christina Milian - It's About Time

Anyway, songs to check:

"Whatever You Want" - a brassy'n'bouncy disco number with Joe Budden, really uptempo, like "Crazy in Love" meets Mya's "Free" (funny how nearly everything Christina does feels like its halfway between Beyonce and Mya in one form or another. Certainly her overall feel is halfway between Beyonce's brazen sensuality and Mya's beguiling fragility).

"Someday Oneday" - gorgeous, wispy ballad that has one of my favourite tricks in an R&B ballad, namely a sort of naive, self-deceiving optimism that secretly realises its own tenuousness (see also Brandy's oddly ace "Wow" from a few years back).

"Get Loose" - a chip off the "Dip It Low" block. *very* impressive production courtesy of Rodney Darkchild - who has absorbed Diwali/Coolie Dance ideas more effectively than Timbaland - but the song itself is a bit weak. Very percussive, the sort of thing I'd love to play out.

"I'm Sorry" - endearingly awkward mid-tempo number that wants to be a ballad but can't quite manage it, owing to the stumbling beat and Christina's air of slightly manipulative cynicism. Like if Kandi from Xscape ever tried to write a ballad.

"Peanut Butter & Jelly" - for Dan. A club number with faintly disturbing sexual imagery. Again, a bit weak on the song-front.

"Miss You Like Crazy" - my favourite maybe. A glorious power-ballad. Not much more to be said. Love it.

"I Could Be That Woman" - big'n'bold rave-up, with the same sort of self-confident euphoria that propels Britney's "Brave New Girl".

Overall I've decided the album is surprisingly strong with no real missteps. All the songs I haven't mentioned are really likeable as well. As I've indicated, the only real let-down is that the songs like "Dip It Low" are a bit inferior to it, but that's balanced out by the high quality of the ballads etc.