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Confessions

Usher - Confessions Audio CD

A fair review of the Usher "Confessions" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Usher reviews here, or go back to the Usher tabs.

Band: Usher
Title: Confessions
Rating:

Release Date: 2004-10-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Intro 2: Yeah! Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris 3: Throwback Featuring Jadakiss 4: Confessions 5: Confessions Part II 6: Burn 7: Caught Up 8: Superstar (Interlude) 9: Superstar 10: Truth Hurts 11: Simple Things 12: Bad Girl 13: That’s What It’s Made For 14: Can U Handle It? 15: Do It To Me 16: Take Your Hand 17: Follow Me 18: My Boo – Duet With Alicia Keys 19: Red Light 20: Seduction 21: Confessions Part II Remix Featuring Shyne, Kanye West & Twista

Music Soothes The Soul.
I am very pleased with my purchase, if you like Usher you will like this
CD.

My favorite!!!!!
d. This is my favorite Usher c. Second favorite is his first self titled "Usher" c. d. it didn't get much airplay like most of his songs now, but it should have. A secret only a true Usher fan would know about.

WOW
There are over 20 songs and I will guarantee that you know the words to more than 15 of them. For some reason, this entire CD has all his greatest hits or maybe this album itself was just da bomb. That's really good because most people don't know that many songs on an entire album. Get it. You won't regret it.

Usher - Confessions
Sometimes I wonder if he even knew how big of an album he created. Usher really out did himself on this one. Not since Thriller, has there been a album that combines the popularity & quality that Confessions does. Usher created a modern day classic. And not to take anything away from Usher, because i have always been a big Usher fan, but honestly of all the R&B singers that were out and popular at the time of Confessions, i honestly wouldnt have expected Usher to make an album of this level. This is the type of album you would have expected R. Kelly or Ginuwine to make, because they were both way bigger than Usher at that time. And Usher was still popular back in 1997-late 2003, but he wasn't a worldwide superstar like he is now. And i think that Usher owes everything he is now, to Confessions. Because honestly, if Usher wouldnt have made this classic album, i think he would still be just another R&B singer. Because his three previous albums Usher, My Way, & 8701 were all decent albums that sold pretty well, but they werent anything that caused people to say "Usher is the King of R&B". Well Confessions is the best R&B album of the last 20 years, and alot of superb R&B albums, still arent even close to Confessions. Now, four long years after the Diamond selling classic that is Confessions, we are just starting to get into that "Usher Craze" again because now he is just about to release his follow up to Confessions, Here I Stand, and the anticipation for that album is even higher than that of Confessions. But we are talking about Confessions now, you'll have to wait until May 27th to here my take on Here I Stand, and i will be very critical on that album. But Confessions is a front to back classic. I can honestly listen to every single song on this album without skipping a single one. My all time favorite has always been the bouncy but sexy song "Thats What It's Made For", theres something about this song that every time i hear it, it puts me in a good mood. Another classic song is "Follow Me" which was a great way to close the album. Its a more mid tempo song with blaring horns and synths, its pretty much Ushers song saying "This is my life". It's a great song. Another great song is the more slow song "Truth Hurts" where Usher confronts his girlfriend after suspecting shes been cheating, but in the end he confesses hes the one whos been cheating. And then there is the timeless classic hit singles, "Yeah" which was the party anthem of 2004, "Burn" which was the break up song of 2004, and "Confessions" which was just the song of 2004. I mean, this album really shoke up the music industry after it's release. No one ever thought that any album would even come close to Thrillers record for sales in a week. Most people and critics considered that record untouchable, as did i. But not only did Usher break the record for album sales in a week with Confessions, he shattered the record. And then he added four number one hit singles (Yeah, Burn, Confessions, and Caught Up). And on top of all of that the album is a classic. Usher really showed that he is here to stay, and now hes got the music world in his hands, and with Here I Stand (his follow up album to Confessions) on the edge of being released, dont be surprised if he breaks his own record again, and if that happens. . . lets just say anyone who was able to say they were alive while Usher was around is a very lucky person because he just might be the greatest overall musician to ever walk the earth. We'll just have to wait and see. . .

Grade:
A.

Confessions about this album (3 and 1/2 stars)
Now I'm not saying this album is garbage. Bonus tracks or without bonus tracks this album was highly overrated in 2004. It's good but it was not worth the excess hype around it. Yeah feat Lil Jon and Ludacris was a great choice for the first single before the radio beat that song into your subconscious. Burn, Confessions and Caught Up are nice follow up singles. Other highlights: Jadakiss shows up on the remix of Throwback. The Robin Thicke-produced Can U Handle It is pretty good. But there are plenty of tracks that scream filler on this album. Tracks like Superstar(the interlude and the song), Truth Hurts, Simple Things, Bad Girl and Follow Me sound like songs that were put on the album to take up space. Take Your Hand and Do It To Me will bore you to tears and That's What It's Made For is instantly laughable. Bonus tracks: My Boo feat Alicia Keys was a nice duet. Red Light is cool but doesnt seem like the type of song you'd listen to outside of the club scene. Seduction is okay but someone needs to tell Usher stick to singing. His rapping is just as bad as R Kelly's. Confessions is a lot better than the original but Confessions Part 2 featuring Kanye West, Shyne and Twista is garbage. Bottom Line: Confessions is an overhyped but good release and the bonus tracks doesnt add much to that fact. Usher is still a good singer but he needs to put more effort into his albums instead of putting effort into a couple of songs and going through the motions on the rest of the album. Standouts: YEAH, THROWBACK, CONFESSIONS, BURN, CAUGHT UP, CAN U HANDLE IT and MY BOO. .

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