I first heard Christina Perri from VH1's You Oughta Know Artist and it was the song "Jar of Hearts"... I immediately fell inlove. It's really hard these days to find honest and truly talented artists. Her voice is amazing. Her lyrics are true, easy to relate to and put together nicely. Her music is composed just right. She's just great to listen to and sing along with. This cd is so good...the only thing bad about it is it's only 5 songs...5 songs is not enough. I want more.
So, this cd was recorded in a studio with a live band, and in ways you can tell...in other ways, you can't. Christina Perri doesn't need all the digitally mastered beats and auto tune to sound perfect (which doesn't really sound perfect or cool, just annoying) Although I will say I have times and moods when I enjoy it. My point is she's perfectly perfect without all that.
"Bang Bang Bang" I actually liked a lot more than I thought I would just by listening to the :30sec clip. Listening to the entire song, it's just a very fun song to sing along with...especially if you've ever had someone stomp on your heart (which who hasn't). The chorus (which was surprisingly catchy to me) says, "Bang bang bang boy, you're going down down down boy...to the ground where you left my heart to bleed. Bang! she shot you Karma tastes so sweet!" The lyrics to the verses are a little less simple, not complicated but they say much more than the chorus and they're clever. This song gets 4/5.
"Black & Blue" is a little more mellow than the first track and probably my least favorite on this 5 track ep. I'm not saying the song is bad, because it's not at all. It is in fact very good. At 2:37 the song is pretty short and could've probably been better if she made it longer and added more to it. I can't really say a lot about it because there's not a whole lot to it. What little of it there is, is enjoyable to say the least. This song gets 3/5
"Daydream" is another mellow song. Lyrics, music, Christina's voice...just make this an overall great song. The vocal patterns on this song are also very good. She has a very different style than most artists these days. She talks about just loving someone in her daydream rather than in real life so she won't get hurt even though they want to be together. At least, that's what I got from it. I think it's a very good song, especially lyrically because I know I've felt that way before. This song gets 5/5
"Tragedy" starts off with what I would consider a "darker" feel/sound (which I love to hear this sound because it's not done very often). She goes on to sing in the chorus, "and I won't be made a fool, I don't call this love". I want to say this is my favorite track on the cd but then I think of the other songs and it's just so hard to choose!!! But right now I think I'm saying this is my favorite track on the cd!! Haha. It seems like it's so full of emotion that you feel all the feelings you've had before about a certain situation. I love it. This song gets 5/5
"Jar of Hearts" is to my knowledge the most popular song of Christina Perri's at the moment and the first song I'd ever heard by her. I obviously think it's good to have looked into her further and purchased this cd as well. She has the video out for this song as well which I think is a beautiful music video. This is how I would want my music video to be if I ever had one. I love the darker look of black and white with ashes and/or dead rose petals falling all around, ballet/interpretative dance, etc. I just love it! Back to the song...it's basically about a guy who is what some would call a "player", he goes around "collecting his jar of hearts and tearing love apart". It's another slower/mellow song with tons of emotion and a voice that sounds so pure and raw. This song gets 5/5
I've said a lot. Overall this is a great album, you should buy it. You will love it, you will thank me. You will thank Christna Perri's parents for bringing her into this world to make awesome music for us to listen to. You will thank Christina Perri for following her dream/passion of music so that we can all listen to her. Trust me.
So, this cd was recorded in a studio with a live band, and in ways you can tell...in other ways, you can't. Christina Perri doesn't need all the digitally mastered beats and auto tune to sound perfect (which doesn't really sound perfect or cool, just annoying) Although I will say I have times and moods when I enjoy it. My point is she's perfectly perfect without all that.
"Bang Bang Bang" I actually liked a lot more than I thought I would just by listening to the :30sec clip. Listening to the entire song, it's just a very fun song to sing along with...especially if you've ever had someone stomp on your heart (which who hasn't). The chorus (which was surprisingly catchy to me) says, "Bang bang bang boy, you're going down down down boy...to the ground where you left my heart to bleed. Bang! she shot you Karma tastes so sweet!" The lyrics to the verses are a little less simple, not complicated but they say much more than the chorus and they're clever. This song gets 4/5.
"Black & Blue" is a little more mellow than the first track and probably my least favorite on this 5 track ep. I'm not saying the song is bad, because it's not at all. It is in fact very good. At 2:37 the song is pretty short and could've probably been better if she made it longer and added more to it. I can't really say a lot about it because there's not a whole lot to it. What little of it there is, is enjoyable to say the least. This song gets 3/5
"Daydream" is another mellow song. Lyrics, music, Christina's voice...just make this an overall great song. The vocal patterns on this song are also very good. She has a very different style than most artists these days. She talks about just loving someone in her daydream rather than in real life so she won't get hurt even though they want to be together. At least, that's what I got from it. I think it's a very good song, especially lyrically because I know I've felt that way before. This song gets 5/5
"Tragedy" starts off with what I would consider a "darker" feel/sound (which I love to hear this sound because it's not done very often). She goes on to sing in the chorus, "and I won't be made a fool, I don't call this love". I want to say this is my favorite track on the cd but then I think of the other songs and it's just so hard to choose!!! But right now I think I'm saying this is my favorite track on the cd!! Haha. It seems like it's so full of emotion that you feel all the feelings you've had before about a certain situation. I love it. This song gets 5/5
"Jar of Hearts" is to my knowledge the most popular song of Christina Perri's at the moment and the first song I'd ever heard by her. I obviously think it's good to have looked into her further and purchased this cd as well. She has the video out for this song as well which I think is a beautiful music video. This is how I would want my music video to be if I ever had one. I love the darker look of black and white with ashes and/or dead rose petals falling all around, ballet/interpretative dance, etc. I just love it! Back to the song...it's basically about a guy who is what some would call a "player", he goes around "collecting his jar of hearts and tearing love apart". It's another slower/mellow song with tons of emotion and a voice that sounds so pure and raw. This song gets 5/5
I've said a lot. Overall this is a great album, you should buy it. You will love it, you will thank me. You will thank Christna Perri's parents for bringing her into this world to make awesome music for us to listen to. You will thank Christina Perri for following her dream/passion of music so that we can all listen to her. Trust me.
