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Duffy: Your Cleaner, Whiter Retro-Soul Option

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the new full-length by Duffy, Rockferry, which hits stores today: More »

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Death Cab For Cutie Will Possess Some Shelf Space

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the new full-length by Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs, which hits stores tomorrow: More »

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Get Ready, Wal-Mart Cashiers: It's Clay Day

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews, even when the new release schedule isn't quite as exciting as it was the week before. Under consideration today is an album that Largehearted Boy has said the "mainstream media" is "fawning over": Clay Aiken's On My Way Here. More »

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Maybe Today Should Have Been Record Store Day

More frequently these days, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today are three other notable releases hitting stores today: The Roots' Rising Down, Portishead's Third, and Santogold's self-titled debut. More »

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Critics Sample The Product Of Madonna's Last Day Of Work At Warner

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the new album/contract killer by Madonna, Hard Candy, which hits stores tomorrow: More »

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Ashlee Simpson Gets Her Name In The Papers For Music-Related Reasons (Sorta)

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the latest album by gossip-page staple Ashlee Simpson, whose third album Bittersweet World hits stores tomorrow and has one writer reaching for the slightly unfortunate metaphor: More »

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Mariah Carey Tries To Prove She's Still A Genius Of Love

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the latest album by Mariah Carey, E=MC2, which hits stores tomorrow: More »

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R.E.M. Has Critics Racing For Their Memories

From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the latest album by R.E.M., Accelerate, which hits stores tomorrow: More »

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Britney Tries A TV Channel Other Than E! For A Change

Now and again, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. This installment covers probably the most talked about music news of the day, for better or worse: Britney Spears' career-rehabbing stint on last night's episode of How I Met Your Mother. More »

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Panic At The Disco Let The Strings Come In

Nearly every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's installment covers Panic at the Disco's Pretty. Odd, which lead singer Brendon Urie said should be described in a way that should make at least one reference to its awkwardly punctuated title. Did critics take Urie's challenge? Let's find out! More »

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Snoop Dogg Gets An Extra Letter Grade For A Time Cover

Nearly every week, we used to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's triumphant return is for the album with the song for that video you liked a few weeks ago: Snoop Dogg's Ego Trippin', which hits shelves today: More »

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Kate Nash Has A Lot On Her Mind, And She Wants To Tell You All About It

With the new year all rung in, it's time to once again round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is Made Of Bricks by the nu-Lily-Allen Kate Nash, which hits stores in the United States today: More »

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Who Do The Critics Think The Spice Girls Are?


Usually, we reserve "The Last Word" for reviews of new albums. But what with the Spice Girls' reunion tour kicking off in Vancouver, B.C., last night, how could we not give the space this week over to writeups of the first show? (And how could we not note that the above performance of "Who Do You Think You Are"—in which the girls are rendered almost as tiny as Geri's new-look Union Jack dress—should serve as proof that the show isn't being wholly lipsynced?) More »

Alicia Keys Lets Her Collaborators Shine A Little Too Brightly Nearly every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is MySpace hack victim Alicia Keys' As I Am, which hits shelves tomorrow:

Jay-Z Returns To The "Gangster" Life Nearly every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is Jay-Z's American Gangster, which hits shelves tomorrow:

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Britney Spears Disappears In Plain Sight

Ed. note: The reviews for Britney Spears' Blackout keep pouring in, so why not run another edition of "The Last Word," where we compile the last sentences of reviews of the album? Be honest: You're much more interested in what people have to say about Britney's new album than what they have to say about the Eagles'. And that's OK, really. More »

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Britney Spears' "Blackout" Gets Some Harsh Light Thrown On It

Ed. note: We usually save "The Last Word"—where we collect reactions on a new album—for the Monday or Tuesday of that album's release week, but for some reason, writeups of Britney Spears' Blackout have started coming in in over the past 24 hours. (Perhaps the dailies are saving their prime review slots for their reactions to the new Eagles album, I'm Not There soundtrack, or, I dunno, the Larry the Cable Guy Christmas album.) So in honor of this—and Jive Records' decision to bump up the release date for the album—we've decided to rush this edition of the feature out as well. More »

Carrie Underwood Tries To Win Critics' Hearts At The "Carnival" Nearly every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is Carrie Underwood's second album, Carnival Ride: