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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 43 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12599
Category: Music
Artist: Ashlee Simpson
Publisher: Geffen Records
Studio: Geffen Records
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Label: Geffen Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 001023102
UPC: 602517501386
EAN: 0602517501386
ASIN: B000Y9OOV8
Release Date: April 22, 2008
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 Different April 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm actually kind of surprised by the sound. It wasn't what I expected. And for anyone saying that she changes her sound a lot, yeah she does. But I personally think anything she does she can pull off. Outta My Head sounds nothing like Little Miss Obsessive. As for diversity she really has put that out. Also, for working with Timbaland. For once... I'm erging her to more, I really like it. Not that I didn't like the other CDs. I love Autobiography
Another winner! April 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ashlee has been known to bounce back no matter what the case. So, obviously, 'Bittersweet World' is an album aimed at giving haters and critics a taste of their own medicine. With catty lyrics, sarcastic innuendos, and tounge-in-cheek metaphors, this album is a hit waiting to happen. The album's best tracks include the 80's-vibed dance-rocker "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)", which is relatable on all levels; the funky, rhythmic "Boys" (which is poppy Ashlee at her best); the dreamy pop-rock tune "No Time For Tears"; emotional rocker "Little Miss Obsessive"; and "Hot Stuff", which, simply, is one of Simpson's best works, with some of the most clever lyrics in a pop song in recent years. Overall, 'Bittersweet World' is perfectly balanced between pop-rock and good ole' fun dance-pop. Ashlee has always been underrated but this time, she is proving that she gets the last laugh. Enjoy the party.
 Still Trying To Be Herself April 24, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Ashlee Simpson changes personas faster than she changes the color of her hair, and even that statement is a cliche nowadays. She was a brunette rock chick on her first album, hoping the public would see her as the misunderstood, alternative Simpson sibling in contrast to her sister Jessica. Then she was a blonde goth couture gal on her second album, hoping she could proclaim "I am me" and the public would...er...see her as herself (and presumably forgive her lack of a singing voice). On this third album, she's changed personas again and has decided to go "street" and wear a hoodie and get Timbaland to be one of her producers (and who hasn't gotten Timbaland to be one of their producers? I mean c'mon). And it is almost a guarantee that there will be at least one "just let me be me/I won't ever change/I'm my own person" song on each of her albums. It's like she's trying on different hats in the mirror, hoping she can eventually find one that she doesn't have to take off. Who is Ashlee Simpson? She's whoever you want to her to be. Her personality and character are as malleable as a piece of clay. Whatever is "in," whatever the public has declared popular, that's where you'll find Ashlee Simpson's next career move.
But I digress. Her music is, after all, the point of this review. For what it's worth, Ashlee's producers appear to have gotten it right this time. The album is unabashedly fun '80's-influenced pop and Ashlee's limited voice is used to its best advantage. If she's going to persist in making music, at least she should make music that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's a catchy, hook-y album with lots of memorable choruses and teenage girls will lap it up, one of the best demographics that one can pander to if one wants to make a lot of money (Miley Cyrus, you go girl!). So, Ashlee Simpson's producers and co-songwriters, I applaud you! Now if you can convince her to stop singing and go do something else, you'll be raised even higher in my estimation.
More interesting April 24, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ashlee Simpson will never be a great singer. But she has improved in this area. She is not abusing her voice here. This album is quite different (for the most part) from her previous albums. The first song has a definite "Missing Persons" 80s vibe. Not a bad thing. With repeated listenings I like this disc more and more.
 How does she still have a recording contract? April 24, 2008
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Folks, the TERRIBLE cheap looking cover art tells you everything you need to know about the wretched Ashlee Simpson and her pathetic third album, Bittersweet World.
The merits of the album are best graded on the skills of the artist to whom it is credited. Ashlee Simpson is essentially a singer and lyricist, and one who wouldn't have a recording deal if it hadn't been brokered by her Svengali father, former minister Joseph Simpson. If one talent-deficient daughter can manage a career in entertainent, why can't another one? But let's try to focus on the content of the album.
Is Simpson a good singer? One look at her "performance" on Saturday Night Live a few years back, where she displayed her remarkable lip-syncing ability, and her ill-advised attempt at actually singing at the following year's Orange Bowl which was met by catcalls, would indicate that she is not.
You're probably thinking that she must compensate in the lyrics department, right? Well, song titles like "Boys", "Little Miss Obsessive", "Ragdoll" and "Hot Stuff" should indicate otherwise. Here's some lyrics from "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)": "And all I hear is ay ya ya ya ya / You're talking way to much / I can't even hear me now / All this noise is messin' with my head". And how about this brilliance from "Rule Breaker": "Got Tattoos / We gonna smash things / And we like to scream things / Ahhhhhhhh / You don't want no problems / You ain't got no beef / Ahhhhhhhh ... I don't wanna fight, tonight (Hey hey!) / But I ain't goin' home for no one".
The producers do the best they could working under these circumstances, but they can't put the Midas touch on the audio manure that is Bittersweet World. Songs like "Outta My Head" serve little purpose other than reminding the listener that Missing Persons and Berlin were far superior to Ashlee Simpson's pale imitation of that sound.
And how about the way Ashlee Simpson CONVENIENTLY announced in the past week that she is now engaged AND pregnant? That didn't have ANYTHING to do with the fact that she had an album coming out, right? Couple that with the decrease in airplay she has received as of late and it becomes pretty obvious that her announcement was nothing more than a cry for publicity. Awwww, no one's paying attention to Daddy's spoiled little girl anymore, so she has to resort to blowing her own horn. Go figure - I wouldn't expect anything less from a talentless hack.
In summary: It's a dark period for music when people think that Ashlee Simpson is a brilliant artist. Someone who writes banal lyrics and cannot sing in tune without the use of studio equipment has no place in this industry - PERIOD. The point I'm trying to make is that Ashlee Simpson is no better than hordes of karaoke singers all around the world - she just was blessed by having connections and money behind her. Promoting Ashlee Simpson is a drop in the bucket for Geffen - it's all Papa Joe's time and money at play here. This album is just a waste of both.
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