Grammy Nominees 2001
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2001-02-06
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Say My Name - Destiny's Child
- I Try - Macy Gray
- Music - Madonna
- Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC
- Beautiful Day - U2
- Sexx Laws - Beck
- Real Slim Shady - Eminem
- Optimistic - Radiohead
- You're the One - Paul Simon
- Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan
- What a Girl Wants - Christina Aguilera
- Save Me - Aimee Mann
- Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
- Oops! ... I Did It Again - Britney Spears
- Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys
- Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies
- Breathless - The Corrs
Music reviews of Grammy Nominees 2001
Music Review: Good but not perfect
Rating: 4 Stars
With any compilation album, you are taking some risks. Much like the editor reviewed, the Grammy Nominees series is a bit classier than some other compilation albums.
You tend to get a slightly higher quality grouping of songs than those found on the NOW or Totally Hits series. This one is no exception. There's some good music here to appeal to a wide variety of people.
The only downside to this album, much like any compilation, is that you have to accept what someone else considers a "hit", deserving to be on the CD.
In my honest opinion, there are a couple of things that would really help compilation albums come out with a bit better quality.
1. Don't use radio edit or edited for content versions of songs. I realise this isn't exactly something considered "family friendly" with some artists, particularly someone like Eminem. Yet, to me, it shows a serious lack of respect for an artist to only releases edited versions of their music. You don't see people selling statues of David wearing pants, why do the same to music?
2. To be considered a true "hit", a song should make it to #1 on the Billboard charts at least once. It should also stay there for more than one week. I've seen a number of compilation albums of so-called "hits", that include songs that never broke the top 20 on Billboard. Just because a song gets a lot of airtime, doesn't necessarily mean it's a good song. Radio tends to seriously overplay a lot of music. That should never be used as a basis in judgeing a song to be a "hit" or a flop.
3. Don't try to appeal to every possible audience at once. Find one demographic and stick with it. True, some people like myself, enjoy a wide variety of music. However, your typical rap fan isn't going to be into teen pop. Just like your typical metal head isn't going to be into soft rock. Trying to include something for everyone tends to water down a compilation album. One general style or type of music should be the focus of any good compilation, and it should stay as true to that one type as possible throughout. Most compilation albums come far from that.
That being said, this is a good CD and one worth picking up. I lost interest in the NOW series after the 7th or 8th one released. I lost interest in the Totally Hits series after the 3rd or 4th one released. The Grammy Nominees series is one that I still see a lot of potential for. It's not perfect, but no compilation album ever will be.
Description of Grammy Nominees 2001
Something like the classy version of the Now! or the Totally Hits series, the Grammy Nominees sets gather a self-explanatory batch of key tracks. This volume cherry-picks Record and Album of the Year choices, along with various pop-category nominations. The 17 cuts take in everything from teen pop (Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, 'N Sync, and Backstreet Boys) to the grownup (Madonna, U2, and Radiohead) to the really grownup (Paul Simon, and Steely Dan). Eminem is here, too, with a cleaned-up version of "The Real Slim Shady." Especially given past years' embarrassments, Grammy Nominees 2001 proves to be a listenable overview of the Recording Academy's continued wrestling with the modern world. --Rickey WrightGeneral CDs
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