Vitamin C - More (2000)
Artist: Vitamin C
Album: More
Release Date: 21 Nov. 2000
Label: Elektra
Genre: Pop
Quote Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Vitamin C's first album was pitched directly at junior-high and
high-school kids, to the point that its breakthrough single, "Graduation
(Friends Forever)," was pumped full of yearbook clichés. Perhaps it
shouldn't be a surprise that she wanted to spice up her image with her
second album, More, adding a little more sex and sophistication -- two
things that are only appropriate for a singer closing in on 30. While
the title implies this is another ride on the teen pop merry-go-round,
More winds up having more style and substance than its predecessor.
Vitamin C isn't afraid to be either slyly witty or to celebrate her new
wave roots, not just on the cover of the Waitresses' "I Know What Boys
Like," but in the general frothy, synthesized approach of the entire
album (highlighted by the near-robotic vocals on "She Talks About Love"
). Much of this music is lightweight, but deliberately so, and, at its
best, such as "Dangerous Girl," its bright, shiny attitude is utterly
giddy. Vitamin C isn't content on making effervescent, featherweight pop
singles; she wants to sex it up a bit, vamping on occasion (such as on
the lead single, "The Itch" ), and, with "Sex Has Come
Between Us," she gives into a platonic friendship turned romantic
(unlike Britney, who just teased on "Oops! I Did It Again" ). There's no
mistaking this for anything other than a dance-pop record, yet it's
made by an artist that is (thankfully) a little too old for teen pop.
She's in on the joke, playing with the conventions, adding a touch more
wit, both in the music and lyrics, as well as more classicist pop
songcraft. That doesn't mean that this is as purely pop as Fountains of
Wayne, but it's easy to see this becoming a guilty pleasure for that
group's fans. And they may even wind up embracing its knowing approach
to teen pop more than teens themselves.
Track List:
01 - The Itch
02 - Sex Has Come Between Us
03 - That Was Then, This Is Now
04 - Dangerous Girl
05 - She Talks About Love
06 - I Know What Boys Like
07 - Busted
08 - Special
09 - Where's The Party
10 - I Can't Say No
11 - Real Life
12 - As Long As You're Loving Me
13 - Smile
14 - Friends Forever (Graduation)
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