1. heartbroken 2. what's it gonna be? 3. piece of me 4. no one 5. love is a losing game* 6. crank that (soulja boy)** 7. don't stop the music 8. work/just fine***
*for no discerniable reason I've been caning Back To Black this week - can't believe after everything it's still getting better for me. I think Hazel called one of the tracks, I forget which, "distressing" a while ago, and I think that's exactly the right adjective for the album in a number of ways **I have a terrific DJ Godfather Ghetto Tek remix of this which makes it all banging and 4/4! Such a shame YAHHH TRICK YAHHH! flopped. And 'iDance' (sample lyric: iDance iDance iDance iDance iYoutube"). "iYoutube"!!!! ***neither version here is my chosen one, though both are fine; I prefer the original 'Work' because it's more caffeinated and jittery and interesting, I prefer Swizz Beatz' Treat 'Em Right remix of 'Just Fine' for much the same reasons plus extra summer feelgood vibes and "back on the scene with a pocketful of green" sampling.
the 9 true stand-outs
2. what's it gonna be?
3. piece of me
4. no one
5. love is a losing game*
6. crank that (soulja boy)**
7. don't stop the music
8. work/just fine***
*for no discerniable reason I've been caning Back To Black this week - can't believe after everything it's still getting better for me. I think Hazel called one of the tracks, I forget which, "distressing" a while ago, and I think that's exactly the right adjective for the album in a number of ways
**I have a terrific DJ Godfather Ghetto Tek remix of this which makes it all banging and 4/4! Such a shame YAHHH TRICK YAHHH! flopped. And 'iDance' (sample lyric: iDance iDance iDance iDance iYoutube"). "iYoutube"!!!!
***neither version here is my chosen one, though both are fine; I prefer the original 'Work' because it's more caffeinated and jittery and interesting, I prefer Swizz Beatz' Treat 'Em Right remix of 'Just Fine' for much the same reasons plus extra summer feelgood vibes and "back on the scene with a pocketful of green" sampling.