Tisdale haunts entire balloting process
Eliminating the Tisdale from my album ballot didn't get her out of my head, since (for example) I'd be listening to M.I.A.'s Kala and saying "Yes, this is nice, but Ashley Tisdale has three tracks on her album that are better than any track on your album." So Ashley Tisdale haunts the balloting process.
With fifty minutes to go before lists and comments are due at Idolator, this is where I am with my album list:
Travis Tritt and Rihanna in for sure, Gogol Bordello and A.R.E. Weapons out. The Gogols actually have a track that can compete with the three Tisdales, and Eugene has finally found the beauty in his bellow, but still, not enough other great songs, though the alb is a joyous thing. A.R.E. also have a track that can play with the Tiz Woman - "Have You Ever?" - and have moments of excellent turdrat throwing, but need to be on target more.
So this leaves Vanessa Carlton, M.I.A., Jordan Pruitt, LeAnn Rimes, John Anderson, The Veronicas, Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, and Ashley Monroe fighting for the last three spots. I've got a pretty good idea how it'll turn out (have posted preliminary results already, but not locked them), but I'm not going to tell you, since I want there to be at least some surprises. The Veronicas have strong songs but sound like the Veronicas, the rest have fewer strong songs but don't sound like the Veronicas. Jordan Pruitt might be at an advantage since she's someone who can sound good on mediocre material. However, the youthfulness of her voice makes her sound young, which she is. I'm still mad at the world for shunning Gretchen Wilson now that she's got better songs than previously and is singing them with actual subtlety; so she might be the beneficiary of revenge voting. Carlton warm and sweet if somewhat dippy. M.I.A. can't sing way more than Paris Hilton can't sing, and unlike Paris hasn't found a way to make her vocals beautiful anyway; but the dryness of M.I.A.'s voice is counteracted at least somewhat by the overall force of her beats and her omnivorish hunting and gathering of sounds, and also a suddenly awesome sense of the gorgeous. LeAnn of course is a monster singer, like Jordan can carry the load when the songwriting stumbles. Brooks & Dunn have found a way to sound light and easy above some deep swampy grooves; John Anderson sounds smart and chewy above grooves that go 2-step and rock and funk, best vocalist ever to work with John Rich.
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