Album Brief: Drake Bell – Ready, Steady, Go! (2014)

Released: April 2014 // Label: Surfdog Records // Chart peak: US # 182 Unusual though it may be to say so in 2014, Bell has been drifting toward rockabilly for far too long not to embrace his love of the old in album form. Bankruptcy seems to have made this album unavoidable, but fortunately, theContinue reading “Album Brief: Drake Bell – Ready, Steady, Go! (2014)”

Album Review: Westlife – World of Our Own (2001)

Released: November 2001 // Label: BMG // Chart peak: UK #1 This album is as good as Westlife gets. Granted, these guys were never as involved in album production as Take That’s members are. And they were never willing to send out an album of all-originals, like Boyzone. They never had the dancing talent ofContinue reading “Album Review: Westlife – World of Our Own (2001)”