1) Untouched 2) Hook Me Up 3) This Is How It Feels 4) This Love 5) I Can't Stay Away 6) Take Me On The Floor 7) I Don't Wanna Wait 8) Popular 9) Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were) 10) Someone Wake Me Up 11) All I Have 12) In Another Life
Hook Me Up is Australian duo The Veronicas's 2nd album . It was released last Nov 3rd in Aust .
So far 3 singles have been released from the album which're highlighted in bold .
This is a seriously long overdue album review on my part because I wanted to review & talk about Hook Me Up for the longest time but I just didn't had the time to review about it so I thought better late than never .
I have been a fan of this sister duo since their 4ever days ; when they put out their debut album The Secret Life Of The Veronicas .
The music style of The Secret Life Of The Veronicas is mainly dominated by pop/rock & naturally people are going to think that their 2nd album will follow suit but they took a 360 degree turn & shows a new direction of music for the duo — exploring a new electro-pop sound , influenced by LA bands .
Initally I was skeptical whether can the twin sisters put off such a bold change in their music direction especially since I was a big fan of their pop/rock material but after I gave Hook Me Up many listens , I realised that they really can rock it up with their brand new electro pop sound .
The 1st single from the album which's of the same title ; Hook Me Up became the girls's 1st no.1 hit on the ARIA singles chart while the 2nd single Untouched's peak position was no.2 .
I can safely say that almost 85% of the album consists of electro pop stuff although you still can detest traces of their trademark pop/rock sound in songs like In Another Life & I Don't Wanna Wait .
My fave songs on the album non singles wise have to be Popular , This Is How It Feels & I Can't Stay Away . Popular's destined to be a single because I adore the synth that was used in the song .
Just when I thought the girls can't top things off with a great debut , they came back & surprised me with an even better sounding 2nd album . They definitely don't fall into the dreaded 2nd album syndrome as they managed to avoid sounding the same as their debut .
Not to mention , Hook Me Up is a great album that you can play & crank it up at a party & you can guarantee that your guests will have maximum fun when you & them bopped to the songs on the album .
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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
