1 |
Never
Say Never (3:48) |
2 |
That
Should Be Me (3:51)
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3 |
Somebody
To Love Remix (3:40) |
4 |
Up
(3:55)
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5 |
Overboard
(Live) (5:08)
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6 |
Runaway Love - Kanye West Remix (4:47)
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7 |
Born To Be Somebody (3:01)
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
We never thought we’d
say this, but this Justin Bieber character has really has
got something to have us playing this CD album repeatedly
on our player. Running at barely half an hour, this musical
companion piece to his documentary concert film Never Say
Never (available in glorious 3D!) is a short and sweet collection
of Bieber-licious tracks that will please the uninitiated
(yes, that’s us and probably thousands of readers out
there who are over 14 years old).
The album kicks off with the single “Never
Say Never”, the theme song to The Jackie Chan/ Jaden
Smith vehicle The Karate Kid. The energetically catchy track
is a performed in collaboration with Will Smith’s kiddo,
and it’s going to be difficult for anyone not to fall
in love with it – Long live feel good radio friendly
songs!
Elsewhere in the 28 minute disc, you’d
find the biggest names in music performing with the boy wonder:
American band Rascal Flatts on the soulful “That Should
Be Me”, the successful recording artist Usher on the
heart thumping “Somebody to Love” and R &
B singer Chris Brown on the suave “Up”.
It doesn’t end there - you’d
find Miley “Hannah Montana” Cyrus singing the
accessible duet “Overboard (Live)” with Bieber
and Kayne West rapping away on “Runaway Love (Kanye
West Remix) while Bieber croons the lyrics.
While hard core Belieber will tell you that
listening to the CD is nothing like experiencing his concert
(we heard he appeared exhausted at the Singapore tour a while
ago, but we forgive him – which 17 year old wouldn’t
feel tired after performing a string of concerts around the
world?), we are happy with this CD. As it ends with the Diane
Warren penned “Born to be Somebody”, we have this
feeling that he will go far in the industry because he is
made of the real stuff.
ALBUM
RATING:
Recommended Track: (1) Never Say Never
Review
by John Li
Posted on 3 May 2011
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