First, about leaked music. Before you get mad or let people around you tell you that the public is bogus for "illegally" downloading music, consider everyone who got a copy of your music before it hit the shelves on Tuesday. Clean your house first before you worry about what clutters your potential customer's hard drive.
Now, here is "Forever In A Day", the sophomore release from the MTV "Making The Band" star boy group Day 26. Lucky for me, I have successfully missed the last few seasons of the show, which allowed me to listen to the CD without the extra hype. Who knows how what I have been hearing about Que's behavior on the show would have affected me for this review.
This is a unique arrangement of voices put together that has worked out for the most part up to this point and there are several tracks from their debut release that contribute to the anticipation of this album.
I have no complaints from any of the tracks from 4-15, which is the end of the CD. Even the songs I would not get into are still respected in regards to a complete work. Perfectly Blind (7) and Reminds Me Of you (13) provide the best writing, production, and vocal aesthetics on the album, while the rest is pleasant filler. Imma Put It On Her (2) featuring Young Joc and Diddy seems to be the formula for a lead single and therefore does not make use of the group's vocal talents rightfully so.
Track 3 (Shawty Wats Up) is probably the most awful thing I have done to my ear drums in a long time. This is a bad song. I have no metaphor for how bad it is. It's just a really bad song. 14 tracks strong without this song makes the CD a pretty good CD. This song does damage to the whole body of work. You should thank God for the ability to skip or even not buy this song.
Overall, its a decent CD that will appeal to the core demographic, teen girls. In reflection of what a good Day 26 song sounds like, I immediately think Are We In This Together, which is not on this album and speaks directly to if this body of work will be considered a classic. In case the answer wasn't clear, it's no. If you already purchased the first CD and a fan already, buy it to complete the collection, but if your are just a small tad bit more critical than blind (or deaf), it's a download.
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