1) Leavin' 2) It's Over 3) Rock You Feat Sean Garrett 4) How Do You Sleep ? 5) Into Ya 6) Make Up 7) My Baby 8) Told You So 9) Relapse 10) Runnin' 11) Freaky 12) Not Your Enemy 13) Bleeding Love (Asian Edition Bonus Track)
Departure is Jesse McCartney's 3rd album . It was released in US last month on the 20th .
So far , 1 single has been released from Departure which's Leavin' . Leavin' became Jesse's biggest hit to date in the US where it peaked at no.10 on the Billboard Hot 100 surpressing that of his debut single Beautiful Soul which peak position was no.15.
Just like The Veronicas , I have been a longtime fan of Jesse since his Beautiful Soul days & naturally I have seen him grow musically & then some since he debuted on the scene as a solo artist 4 years ago .
While his debut album Beautiful Soul was pretty much bubblegum pop fare , his 2nd album Right Where You Want Me presented a more grown up pop/rock sound .
This time in Departure , Jesse took a 360 degree turn in his music as compared to his previous releases .
He was quoted saying about the new album , "I'm going for Prince chord changes , Michael (Jackson) melodies , and the bigness of Madonna - fun '80s stuff . That's the best that I can put it . "
& I think he's correct because judging from Departure , it's NOTHING like what you can find in Right Where You Want Me nor Beautiful Soul .
Gone are the pop/rock & cheesy pop sounds that Jesse used to chun out . In place is a more organic pop sound with a strong R&B feel .
Standout tracks on the album include It's Over , Rock You , How Do You Sleep ? , Make Up & My Baby .
In fact as of now , there're speculations that either It's Over or How Do You Sleep will be the successor of Leavin' . Honestly I like both as I feel they're destined to be single material .
Unlike Right Where You Want Me , Departure needs a few more spins before you can get yourself into the groove in Jesse's latest new sound . It's a bold take coming from him but sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone & venture into new music ground & I feel Jesse has done a pretty good job in here .
Also included in the asian edition of Departure is Jesse's take of Bleeding Love which he had a hand in cowriting it alongside with OneRepublic's frontman Ryan Tedder & it's interesting to hear a male perspective take on the song which put Leona Lewis on the world music map .
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Karen Pang
# 10th Jan
# #1 BREAKERZ fan in Singapore since 2008 debut single ♥
# My music blog consists of JPop/Rock singles & albums reviews that I put my heart , efforts & soul into writing them as I'm disgusted with the way that JPop/Rock music is being treated/written/reviewed in Singapore so to the local media (yes you TEENS , Teenage Magazine & The Strait Times) , screw you all . I basically can write better JPop/Rock reviews , period
