Jessica Simpson To Cover "Dreams"

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I just got this today from Google Alert, I am not sure if this is old news or what, but I figured I would post it. I hope I understood this article correctly lol


Jessica SimpsonBy Justine Parker
August 25, 2006 04:39pm

POP-singer-turned-actress Jessica Simpson says her latest album isn't about her high-profile marriage and divorce from ex-husband, former boybander Nick Lachey. No, really.

But naming the album - and first single - A Public Affair certainly won't harm sales.

For her fourth studio album - her first since 2003's In This Skin - Simpson has assembled a collection of pop tunes, ballads, country and club tracks which are largely uninspired and lightweight.

There's also a heavy reliance on samples and pop references.

The opening track, A Public Affair, opens with a rip-off of Madonna's 80s smash Holiday. The rest of the track has a light, summery feel, but lacks enough punch to become a bonafide summer hit.

The country-flavoured Walkin' 'Round in a circle, lets the southern belle side of Simpson come out, but the so-called "interpolations" from Fleetwood Mac's 70s hit Dreams are so obvious that it makes you wish you were listening to the original.
Simpson does create a new genre with the countrified 70s funk of Push Your Tush, which samples 70s funk/R'n'B legends The Ohio Players. But whoever let her think covering Dead Or Alive's 80s megahit You Spin Me Round was a good idea should be hang their head in shame. This could be the most gratuitous cover ever recorded.

The only track where Simpson really is on fire is the Scott Storch produced Fired Up. While it does include an awkward rap refrain where Simpson appears to be channelling Gwen Stefani on Hollaback Girl, it's definitely the most dancefloor-friendly track.

The rest of the album is a pleasant and forgettable mix of ballads, R'n'B-lite and chart-friendly pop.

JESSICA SIMPSON
A Public Affair
Epic/Sony BMG