Autobiography

1) Autobiography - Love this song, great way to start the album off, v. energetic, feel good song!

2) Pieces Of Me - Ashlee's first song out in the UK and i love it, i can really relate!

3) Shadow - I love the lyrics and the idea to this rocky ballad, one of my favourites.

4) La La - Gotta love this song! It doesn't necessarily mean something its just tongue and cheek and gr8 to jump and dance around to! Love It!

5) Love Makes The World Go Round - I love this song! Lyrics mean a lot to me and i love the lyrics to this one, it's really sweet i see it as a feel good song.

6) Better Off - When i first got the album i had this on none stop as i can really relate to it my favourite line would have to be "The sky is falling And it's early in the morning But it's ok" cos when i used to get up for school i would dread it and i would listen to this song and i'd be like ykno what it's early in the morning i'd rather not be going, but it's ok. Ahh im rambling lol!

7) Love Me For Me - Wasn't too keen on this song at first cos i'm not really into Rock but not i love it its got a great beat to it. It's a really strong,powerful song with lyrics to match and i can definately relate!

8) Surrender - Another favourite of mine,an amazing song with great lyrics fun to mess around and dance to! Always makes me smile =P

9) Unreachable - To be honest never really quite understood this song, i kind of had to make my own asumptions with the lyrics but still a nice ballad.

10) Nothing New - Loved this song when i first listened to the album i can really relate to it, gr8 rocky edge to it!

11) Giving It All Away - Another one i could not stop playing i can really relate to the words to this one! Love It!

12) Undiscovered - Kind of relate this one to unreachable because they have the same kinda vibe going on still a gr8 track though!

13) Harder Everyday - Not one i was keen on at first but no wi'm growing to love it! I love the chorus and the way Ashlee sings it - that goes for all the songs i love the way shes sings them!

14) Sorry - Love this song its my favourite at the moment, totally can relate to it as i can to most of the tracks, but definately this one, its really rocky and edgy! Love the way she sings and shouts the lyrics its like she really means it! Love it!

The now-infamous title track starts off with the ominously intoned "You think you know me," as if to establish a sense of mystery. Following it up is a collection of passable guitar pop, like the whiny "Shadow," cringingly juvenile "Lala," and bland "Unreachable." Sprinkled here and there are some by-numbers ballads like "Undiscovered" and the bouncy pop of "Surrender."

Currently all the buzz about Simpson is about her SNL lipsynching gaffe, and formerly it was all about how she is pop superstar Jessica Simpson's little sis. But taken only by itself, Simpson's album is a bland, somewhat whiny pop confection that aspires to rockness, and falls short of its goal.

The music is fairly decent guitar pop, not outstanding but pleasant enough to listen to. John Shanks does a pretty decent job with guitar, bass and keyboards; the three guys who do percussion -- Jeff Rothschild, Kenny Aronoff and Abe Laboriel Jr. -- are passable as well. It's unfortunate that their music is paired with Simpson's vocals.

It's not written anywhere that you have to have an amazing voice to be a singer. And Simpson's might be passable if she stuck to growly intonations. Unfortunately she tries to hold notes and stretch them out -- and her voice starts cracking and straining. As she sings, "Living in the shadow/of someone else's dream," the word "dream" has quite a squeaky strain to it.

And the songwriting is not just bland, but immature and contradictory. Simpson spends quite some time lamenting that her sister was the pretty, popular one, then commands "Don't feel sorry for me!". If you don't want us to feel sorry for you, then why are you complaining? It gets worse, with Simpson coyly saying "You make me wanna lala in the kitchen on the floor." Interpret that as you will. The way I see it, I cannot understand why she sings a song about sex, then quickly softens the naughtiness with an infantile euphemism like "lala."

While the instrumentation backing Ashlee Simpson up is moderately good, her conflicting tough-girl/mopey-girl image and straining vocals make "Autobiography" all but a disaster. Sorry, Ashlee -- you're still in the shadow.