Coverage by Mandy Moore

Pros: Great, spirited performances of some of the best pop songs of the 70's and 80's
Cons: Absolutely none

This year, for the first time, I've been following American Idol fairly closely. I've been enjoying the show, but part of me deep down inside still can't help feeling that it still represents much of what's wrong with the music industry today. Not only ...

Pros: Excellently sung and played versions of classic songs.
Cons: A couple of covers that overshoot and don't hold a candle to the originals.

I must admit that I've never held Mandy Moore in particularly high regard. As much as a pop fan as I am, there's something about her records that I just could never get. She was a little too plastic and (apparently) untalented. It probably reached it's ...

Pros: Great songs and a very capable voice working with them
Cons: "One Way Or Another" just might make my next worst cover list.

“Have A Little Faith In Me” is a beautiful remake of a song I first heard in Benny and Joon. Her voice is strong and expressive and the arrangement of this song is highly appealing. It borders on country but it still works as pop. It ...

Pros: A fun listen; good choice of songs
Cons: Derivative, somewhat over-produced

Okay, I'll set up the joke for you. I'm a 25 year old male, heterosexual, my user name comes from a freakin' hardcore punk band, I spend most of my time listening to punk, emo-core and hard rock music. And, yes, I did actually buy a Mandy Moore album. ...

Pros: A couple of good song selections and performances
Cons: Yet it doesn't really matter

Cover songs are something you either love or hate. Most of the time, the original versions are usually the best versions, with some rare exceptions. I like the cover songs to be kept to a limited one or maybe two per album. I also can appreciate a ...

Pros: voice has improved by leaps and bounds, vibe is mature, She's Mandy Moore!
Cons: One Way Or Another is ugh, people dismiss it too easily

Whenever there's a movement in the music industry, the media and fans alike always keep track of the progress made years later to see who exactly has the most stamina to last in the industry. There's always an assortment of success levels that people can ...

Pros: Everything: the songs selected, the instrumentation, Mandy's beautiful vocals.
Cons: It's only 12 songs long.

Had someone told me a few years ago that I'd be giving a Mandy Moore album 5 stars, I would have thought that their itty bitty brain had caved in on itself from lack of use. And if you feel a bit like I used to feel, you wouldn't be caught dead ...

Pros: Great collection of covers, Moore's got such a lovely voice...
Cons: ...gets a bit bland towards the middle, some songs are a bit cheesy

I've always liked Mandy Moore. Despite her disastrous debut album, I've always been somewhat interested in Moore's career. Admittedly, I'm a bigger fan of her acting choices than her music, but I decided to take a chance recently and buy her ...

Pros: Excellent renditions of classic songs; nice modern pop sounds; Mandy's vocals
Cons: Couple songs are boring; some lackluster choices; only 12 songs and only 46:00

Despite my hard-drive crashing and all my music files being lost, I immediately got back online and re-d/l this CD so I could keep my “dammit, I’m grown” series going. Mandy Moore’s Coverage lands at #2. Mandy Moore was always the underdog of ...

Pros: Her very mature voice adds life to songs we'd all forgotten about.
Cons: There are a few lifeless moments here, but not many cons.

Mandy Moore has never exactly been a huge selling artist. Her first album So Real, as awful as she admits it was, was a mediocre success. Her second real album, Mandy Moore, was a very good CD (re ad my review), but due t ...

Pros: plucky, endearing, pleasant, sophisticated, excellent song selection
Cons: banal, ineffective, personality-less retreads of mostly familiar songs.

Coverage is easily the biggest mind-fu#K of an album concept of the past year. The fact that the 19 year old pop-tart decided to ditch the bubble-gum pop roots from which she came and cast herself in the mold of a modern day Judy Collins is bewildering, ...

Pros: Mandy's voice, everything excluding "Breaking Us in Two"
Cons: "Breaking Us in Two" is a bit bland

Fall 03 was an interesting time for pop music's former teen pop female sensations; each seemed to be going in completely different directions. Britney was fresh off her latest successful album and exploring her new "friendship" with Madonna, Christina ...

Pros: A good listen, great song choices, a good choice for pop music cynics like myself
Cons: Too short (12 songs! cmon!) and not given enough credit in the music industry

Let me start off by stating that I despise pop music in all it's shiny, overproduced, no-instrument-playing, belly-baring, TRL glory. My favorite bands are more in the Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, and Less than Jake ilk. That being said, I hold a certain ...

Pros: A feel-good album for music fans of all ages.
Cons: Some songs run together near the end in similarity.

Mandy Moore has got to be one of the most underrated pop princesses out there. Since her early Britney-esque debut and subsequent albums, she has struggled to carve out a niche for herself. I think with this album she finally succeeds in presenting the ...

Pros: Great Tracks; A showcase of Mandy's ability to take on a different music
Cons: Fans of the typical, overrated bubblegum pop will find it hard to appreciate this album

Consumers who adore the typical and overrated "bubblegum pop" my find it hard to appreciate this album. However, anyone who appreciates talent, values lyrics, and is open to more varied kind of music will find "Coverage" a great album. The album ...