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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Paris Isn't Burning, 22 Nov 2006
Of course, it makes perfect sense that a young mega-rich girl would want her own `rock' album and cult following. Paris has been a jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none, with her reality TV show and numerous other famous tabloid outings. But this is about the music and if you can't sing, hire someone to make it sound like you can sing. Scott Storch is a well-known hip-hop producer, but even he can't save Paris. Highlights are suggested to be, "Do You Think I'm Sexy" and "Stars Are Blind". The latter is literally true for Miss Hilton as her voice has a tepid mouse-like quality that Storch wraps into a slight dizzying reverb to give it, um, quality of sorts. The backing band is akin to karaoke quality, which makes sense, as you don't want your band to upstage you. Now think about it. You really didn't think Paris Hilton could sing now did you?
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The gods are crazy, the stars are deaf, 1 Sep 2006
It's pretty hard to write objectively when the subject is one of the most infamous figures in modern pop culture. Then again, sometimes you need a little nastiness to be really truthful.
And in this case, the subject is one of the most justifiably mocked albums of 2006 this far has been Paris Hilton's "Paris," a light-as-air album full of lightweight club beats and processed vocals. Given that all she ever sings about is how hot she is, it's kind of like listening to a sex robot.
The most prominent single is "Stars Are Blind," which probably has the best melody on the album. Of course, that's because it also blatantly imitates the reggae beats of "The Tide is High," the pop song by the quintessential blonde pop star. Although it's nearly impossible to imagine Hilton singing that "I'm not the kinda girl."
The album hits its nadir early on, with the appalling hip-hop song "Fighting Over Me." Jadakiss does most of the vocals. Hilton only sings the bridge -- and a narcissistic one it is too: "Everytime I step out the house they want to fight over me/Maybe cuz im hot to death and im so so so SEX-EE!" she squeals.
Things only get worse with the wispy club beats of songs like "Turn It Up," the meandering "I Want You" and the lackluster heavy beats of "Nothing in This World." There's a dabble in guitar pop, still heavily synthesized, before the style switches back to lightweight club pop. Unsurprisingly, it wraps up with a breathy cover of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."
Basically, there's not much to recommend this album, except to people who will listen to anything with a techno beat. It's generic musically, not really memorable in any way -- but its quality is brought even lower by appallingly narcissistic lyrics and terrible vocals.
And it's undeniable that Hilton's voice is a terrible one. She sings in a Betty Boop voice, which has been processed until it sounds robotic. But no amount of computer tweaking can hide the fact that she has zero vocal range, and even gets a little off-key. When she's coos "other half of my heartbeat," you can hear that she's straining to hold the note.
Don't expect the "music" to cover up the multitude of sins in Paris's voice or the songs written for her. The lightweight techno is just a predictable series of electrobeats; I doubt this took more than ten minutes to whip up. It's fairly pleasant in terms of catchiness, but it's also completely forgettable and gets annoying if you listen to it more than once.
Listening to "Paris" is like listening to a self-important sex robot rhapsodizing about her wares. Even as bubblegum music, this is appallingly empty and derivative.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit of balance, 2 Sep 2006
There seems to be a mix of slag Paris off reviews & Paris is fantastic reviews.
I would like to offer a bit of balance as I neither like or dislike Paris, although I am very impressed by the way she has become an icon just by being Paris Hilton. I think 3 stars is an accurate rating for the album. There are a number of tracks on this album that are very catchy & will probably be released as singles & achieve chart success. However, the cover of 'do you think I'm sexy' is quite appalling.
I have to agree with NoWireHangers review with regard to "Paris Hilton's voice is well hid behind layers of filters and sound effects."
My final observation is that, if an unknown female singer had released this, she would probably have achieved moderate success. But Paris is on a seriously high pedestal in the eyes of the world & if that helps boost sales then why not take advantage of it - fair play to her.
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