Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Mar 07 '04
Pros: Great, spirited performances of some of the best pop songs of the 70's and 80's
Cons: Absolutely none
Summary: 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 ...
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Jun 02 '08
Pros: A couple of good song selections and performances
Cons: Yet it doesn't really matter
Summary: 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 ...
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Apr 09 '07
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
Summary: 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 ...
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Jan 21 '07
Pros: Mandy's voice, everything excluding "Breaking Us in Two"
Cons: "Breaking Us in Two" is a bit bland
Summary: 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 ...
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Jun 30 '04
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
Summary: 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 ...
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Jan 21 '04
Pros: A feel-good album for music fans of all ages.
Cons: Some songs run together near the end in similarity.
Summary: 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 ...
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Jan 15 '04
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
Summary: 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 ...
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Dec 28 '03
Pros: Everything: the songs selected, the instrumentation, Mandy's beautiful vocals.
Cons: It's only 12 songs long.
Summary: 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 ...
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Nov 30 '03
Pros: plucky, endearing, pleasant, sophisticated, excellent song selection
Cons: banal, ineffective, personality-less retreads of mostly familiar songs.
Summary: 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, ...
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Nov 21 '03
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
Summary: 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 ...
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Nov 20 '03
Pros: Great songs and a very capable voice working with them
Cons: "One Way Or Another" just might make my next worst cover list.
Summary: “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 ...
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Nov 20 '03
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
Summary: 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 ...
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Nov 17 '03
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.
Summary: 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 ...
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Oct 22 '03
Pros: A fun listen; good choice of songs
Cons: Derivative, somewhat over-produced
Summary: 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. ...
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Oct 22 '03
Pros: Her voice makes the remakes better than ever!
Cons: Nothing I can think of. Honestly!
Summary: Being that I have been a Mandy Moore fan for a while (although I have never bought any of her albums), I decided to support her new endeavor. Honestly, I was not incredibly excited when I purchased this CD, because the songs that are listed on the album a ...
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