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They altered the beat, and The Pussycat Dolls are only on the chorus, but it’s a nice, new version.  I personally don’t like it as much as the original, however this is nice change of pace version.  8/10

I like the Remix better than the original.  Mims provides a nice touch.  8/10

“If 2007’s “Trout’s latest disc comes via the Dutch label Provogue, which is not surprising, considering that his solo career took off in Europe years before he made a name for himself stateside. “The Outsider” reveals him and his bandmates hard at work doing what they do best: crunching together blues and rock to create [...]

“If 2007’s “Fancy Footwork” was Chromeo’s go at a slick dance party, then “Fancier Footwork” is the duo’s attempt to keep you bouncing in the club all night long. The reissue’s bonus disc packs cuts from Chromeo’s first album, 2004’s “She’s in Control,” and a number of remixes from the likes of DFA and Crookers. [...]

“Bookended by excerpts from Franklin Roosevelt’s Depression-era Fireside Chats as well as the 1932 original version of Bernard “Slim” Smith’s “Breadline Blues” and an updated version by McCoury, “Moneyland” convincingly speaks to the current economy and how it affects the working class, always ripe material for a bluegrass album. While many of the cuts have [...]

“America may know Alison Moyet for her only top 40 entry, 1985’s “Invisible,” but global music aficionados have celebrated her charms as part of ’80’s duo Yazoo with Erasure’s Vince Clarke and a half-dozen lovingly crafted solo efforts during the two decades following. “The Turn,” which launched at No. 21 in the United Kingdom last [...]

“”Exit Strategy” finds Ron Sexsmith exploring his songwriting talent in new ways, crafting an instantly memorable album full of soulful, classic pop tunes. The Canadian vocalist/multi-instrumentalist hits high points with the Enya-meets-Brian Wilson instrumental opener “Spiritude”; the lilting, Buddy Holly-evoking “Music to My Ears”; ’70s soul epic “This Is How I Know”; Bill Withers-style uplifting [...]

“Recorded in Albert Hammond Jr.’s native New York, “Como Te Llama” is the solo Stroke’s follow-up to his lauded 2006 debut, “Yours to Keep.” The album is filled with big guitar noise and mildly incongruous but not unpleasant mixtures of modern riffs (”Rocket”), new wave basslines (”Victory at Monterey”) and retro hooks and melodies (”Miss [...]