Spellbound by Paula Abdul

Pros: PAULA'S MOST AMBITIOUS CD TO DATE

Cons: NONE

Review: ok, ok, i must admit, i am still a huge paula abdul fan, so what if she has not had a hit in a long, long, long time. sometimes you can still hear a paula abdul song on the radio, ok rarely, but i still love her. i love janet to, but i actually got into...

Pros: The five hit singles from the album make for great pop music.

Cons: The rest of the album simple doesn't hold up after these years.

The Bottom Line: Paula Abdul's "Spellbound" is overlooked by history for it's great pop music contributions, but much of it is just filler sound.

Review: People were so immersed in the success of Paula Abdul's debut album "Forever Your Girl" that often her far-more-successful follow-up "Spellbound" is forgotten by history. Take a minute for yourself and try to list all of the songs from "Spellbound" that ...

Pros: Edgier, superior follow-up from Paula Abdul and her stable of pop producers

Cons: Still just personality-free dance pop

Review: In my other Paula Abdul review, I explained the odd hold the pathetic dance-pop singer's two albums had over me a decade or so ago. It was basically the first "secular" music I was allowed to buy in my sheltered private-school days, so I...

Pros: "Blowing Kisses", "Alright Tonight"

Cons: "U", "To You", et cetera

The Bottom Line: This is the pinnacle of Paula Abdul's career, for whatever that's worth....

Review: Paula Abdul went away with the early-90s Dance-Pop movement. Now pop has returned. There are an interesting number of similarities between Abdul and current pop princess Britney Spears. Both have subpar singing voices, but try to make up for it by...

Pros: Great pop

Cons: some under-produced tracks

Review: I read another positive review of Paula Abdul's Spellbound album. You shouldn't have to be ashamed that you enjoy this album.. Although I agree with you it is not perfect, I think it was a step in the right direction for Paula to go in. When I was a...

Pros: "Vibeology" and "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" are okay songs

Cons: Most of the music is flat and lacks the energy of Forever Your Girl

Review: There is nothing worse than a talentless pop star who gets experimental. I generally look for a more experimental sound, true, and I expect a lot. But, when a pop star comes along with his or her bubble-gum sound and sugar-coated music-like formulaic...

Pros: Not very many.

Cons: This album basically proves that "Forever Your Girl" was a fluke.

The Bottom Line: Never much of a singer, Paula was only as good as her material. Unfortunately, 99% of the good material was on her first album, which was NOT this one.

Review: One of the strangest mysteries in recent pop culture is why Paula Abdul is a judge on "American Idol". Despite the fact that Paula made a handful of exciting dance-pop singles in the late Eighties/early Nineties, having her judge a singing contest is a ...