Album zapravo počinje obećavajuće. Odlične Get To Know Me (feat. Nas), koju je napisao sam Joe, a producirali Tim & Bob, If I Was Your Man koju su producirali Stargate, te Where You At? (feat. Papoose) koju je producirao Sean Garrett. Nažalost, ipak su to rijetki od svijetlih trenutaka na šestom studijskom albumu ovog nekad jako popularnog r&b pjevača. Tek negdje pred kraj albuma ponovi se još jedan dobar trenutak u obliku pjesme Life Of A Party, koja najviše podsjeća na onaj stari dobri zvuk po kojem je Joe bio poznat. Ostatak albuma ipak je previše isproduciran, ispeglan i "plastičan", a uključuje između ostalih i produkciju neizostavnog i sveprisutnog Bryana Michaela Coxa, tima Cool & Dre, te The Underdogs.
U usporedbi sa sličnim albumima koji su se pojavili u zadnje vrijeme, ovaj je za nijansu bolji. No glavni problem je što osim spomenutih pjesama nema pjesme koja bi se posebno istaknula, bilo po zanimljivoj melodiji, produkciji ili interpretaciji. I koja bi ostala upamćena kao značajna za neko glazbeno razdoblje. Za velike ljubitelje Joea, ovaj album možda i nije najlošija vijest, jer će štovatelji njegovog zvuka i opusa na nekoliko pjesama ipak doći na svoje, no Joe će nesumnjivo izgubiti jedan veliki dio svoje fan baze, a nove će teško privući. U moru sličnih izvođača, pjesama, produkcije, tko je uopće Joe?
Ali da stvar ne bi izgledala toliko crno koliko zapravo nije, i Let's Just Do It i Feel For You (ne znam je li slučajno, ali Cox je podnošljiv samo u kombinaciji s Johnta Austinom) zaslužuju prolaz.
I ovo je prvi put da radim ovo, ali nisam stavio sliku s naslovnice albuma. Iz jednostavnog razloga. Ružna je, malo zastrašujuća i nemam ni najmanjeg pojma zašto bi se takva slika našla na naslovnici albuma. Ovog ili bilo kojeg drugog.
OCJENA: 3+
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MR HUDSON Straight No Chaser 3
CHRIS BROWN Graffiti 4
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JAY SEAN All Or Nothing -4
PIXIE LOTT Pixie Lott 3+
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LADY GAGA Fame Monster -4
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NORAH JONES The Fall 4
JOHN MAYER Battle Studies 3
ONE REPUBLIC Waking Up -3
LEONA LEWIS Echo -3
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RYAN LESLIE Transition 4
MELANIE FIONA The Bridge -3
CHERYL COLE 3 Words -4
ALEXANDRA BURKE Overcome 3
TREY SONGZ Ready 4
FRANKMUSIK Complete Me -4
LA ROUX La Roux 4
THE BLACK EYED PEAS The E.N.D. 2+
SHAKIRA She Wolf 2
MIKA The Boy Who Knew Too Much -4
LETOYA Lady Love 3+
MARIO D.N.A. 4+
KID CUDI Man On The Moon 4+
MAXWELL BLACKsummers'Night -5
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CIARA Fantasy Ride 3+
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THE-DREAM Love vs. Money 5
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KINGS OF LEON Only By The Night -4
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MGMT Oracular Spectacular -5
SANTOGOLD Santogold -5
JAMIE FOXX Intuition -3
DINO DVORNIK Pandorina Kutija -4
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KEYSHIA COLE A Different Me 3
THE KILLERS Day & Age -5
KANYE WEST 808's & Heartbreak -4
BRITNEY SPEARS Circus -5
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DAVID COOK David Cook 2+
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SUGABABES Catfights & Spotlights 3+
T-PAIN Thr33 Ringz -2
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LANA Volim Biti Zaljubljena 3
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LADY GAGA The Fame -3
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK The Block 3+
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MICHELLE WILLIAMS Unexpected -4
GIRLICIOUS Girlicious 1
M.I.A. Kala -5
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ASHLEE SIMPSON Bittersweet World 2
JASON MRAZ We Sing, We Dance... -4
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LIL' WAYNE Tha Carter III 4+
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CHERISH The Truth -3
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JANET JACKSON Discipline 4+
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RADIOHEAD In Rainbows 5
BURIAL Untrue 4+
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MARIO Go -5
KATIE MELUA Pictures -5
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JILL SCOTT Words and Sounds Vol.3 4
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CIARA The Evolution -4
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AMERIE Because I Love It -4
BOBBY VALENTINO Special Occasion -3
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD N.B. -4
NE-YO Because Of You 3
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NORAH JONES Not Too Late -4
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JAMIE T Panic Prevention 4
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