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Conceivably, laddish London-based pop pin-ups Busted (or Charlie, James and Mattie as our daughters-with-attitude would have it) are what evil, plan-hatching marketing men ought to have in mind if they decided the music world needed to be taken over by a milk-toothed, mind-yer-"p"s-and-"q"s version of Blink 182. However, worrisome mums (or should that be "moms"--after all, car boots are "trunks", arses are "asses" and boyfriends get "dissed" not chucked in Busted's transatlantic teen-world) will find the lack of lyrical references to farting and fornication somewhat moralistically reassuring, although the peeping Tom confessions of hit single "What I Go to School For" and sexual fantasies about Britney ("I'll make you feel good inside") suggest that Busted's under-the-mattress porno stashes have yet to be dispensed with. Looking beyond the half-baked bad-boy image and linguistic schizophrenia, what you have here is three young guys with talent, tunes (they write their own, y'know), a decidedly English cheekiness, angry (well, perhaps slightly more cross than usual) guitars and--when they get it right--a hilariously understated way of conveying the calamity of a teenage social life ("I asked you to dance at the disco ... but you said no"). If only they could ditch the soppy ballad stuff and be done with it. --Kevin Maidment
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Looking at this bunch you would have thought that the last thing they'd want to reminisce about as they embark on a glittering pop career is their academic years.
However, new boys Busted are somewhat obsessed with their time as scholars, although the chief subject of interest suggests that their concentration during these formative years was focused more on extra curricular activities than GCSE coursework. Former teacher Miss Mackenzie gets not one, but two songs dedicated to her, with recollections of their school boy crushes opening and closing the album.
Busted opens with their current hit "What I Go To School For", a healthy slab of guitar driven, chart friendly pop that gives a good indication of what to expect from the album. Think a younger, British Wheatus (although it would be hard to tell they're not Yanks if it weren't for the school uniforms in the video) or Blink 182 junior and you will be along the right lines.
Busted are here to rock - they play their own instruments and they've had a pretty confident stab at songwriting for ones so young. Although it would be hard to imagine them actually being busted for anything more risqué than staying out late on a week night. Their cheeky and geeky Green Day-type lyrics in tracks such as "Loser Kid" and the pop-punktastic "Crash and Burn", are endearingly refreshing in these days of Gareth Gates and Ronan Keating mush.
There are the more downbeat moments though, namely in the form of the A1-style naff guitar ballad "Losing You" which ventures a bit too far in to the realms of cheese. However, on the whole their memories of emotional growing pains and teen angst hits home with enough tongue in cheek, energy and fun to make Busted an admiral effort. Well done boys, B+. --Jacqueline Hodges
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wickid!!!,
This review is from: Busted (Audio CD)
The first time I listened to this album, on the basis of Busted's fantastically catchy hit singles 'What I Go To School For' and 'Year 3000', I thought it was REALLY poor. Then, suddenly, one night I woke up and loved it!Put simply, Busted do pop with a bit of bite better than anyone around. Their lyrics, whilst not winning them any Ivor Novello awards, are often really funny and occasionally, really outstanding ('Eveything I Knew' with the 'we used to talk about - whatever' practically sums up every relationship I've ever had!). And let's face it, for a group of teenagers, they've got huge talent - song-writers, good singing voices and playing their own instruments extremely well. But, onto the songs. 'What I Go To School For', 'Year 3000', 'Crash & Burn' (released as 'You Said No') are Busted at their pop/rock best, all with irritatingly catchy choruses and some fantastic tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Also falling into this group are 'Dawson's Geek', 'All The Way' and 'Britney'. But, it's the ballads that come as the real surprise - they're unexpectedly good! My personal favourites are 'Losing You' which may be 'pure cheese' but gets me everytime, 'When Day Turns Into Night' which has very bare but beautiful instrumentals and 'Without You' - definitely Charlie's song, with him having sole songwriting credits and singing most of it, the 'rock power ballad' thing really suiting his gravelly voice and check out that gorgeous piano intro. I can't not mention 'Everything I Knew', another personal favourite of mine, which is an up-tempo ballad with a great hook. Personally, I can't stand 'Psycho Girl' and the instrumental thing is a bit of a waste of space. Overall, however, this is a VERY catchy and extremely promising debut album that is definitely worth checking out and gets better with every listen.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Good!,
This review is from: Busted (Audio CD)
I am not the target audience for this type of music/band - but I love it! It's fun, lively and musically and lyrically better than their years would suggest!So what if you have never heard of Green Day (see earlier review) - I suspect that it wouldn't matter anyway - this is a top CD (as is the other one by Busted) and it is well worth a listen to. By the way - I'm 41 years old and still love new, fresh stuff like this. Keep it up boys.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
busted breakthrough band of the year,
This review is from: Busted (Audio CD)
I discovered Busted this summer on an english music channel and it was like love at first sight with this song.I could'nt help singing it, the lyrics are very funny n easy too understand for my english and the melody is so amazing and stunning.One month after,I listen the new single YEAR 3000 and I decided to buy their album by internet cos the band is unknown in France.There are different kind of music like slows(losing u,psycho girl).They play good pop music n melodies with Dawson's Geek.Lyrics are about teenage way of life.I advise u to buy this wonderful album.
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