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Coming in nearly a full decade past the sell-by date for this style of music, the debut album by Sweden's E.M.D. is -- no kidding -- a full-on boy band record in the classic frosted-tips and artfully distressed leather jackets style of the Backstreet Boys. It gets better: the opening track and debut single is a cover of "All for Love," that horrifically treacly Mutt Lange song that Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting rode into elevators worldwide back in 1993. It gets better still: the three members of E.M.D. -- Danny Saucedo, Erik Segerstedt, and Mattias Andréasson -- were all runners-up and also-rans on Sweden's version of Pop Idol. So yes, it's very much like if David Archuleta, Elliott Yamin, and Sanjaya got a band together. There is not a single moment on A State of Mind that doesn't reek of music industry cynicism and hackery, from the shockingly unimaginative song titles ("Run to You"! "Alone"! "For You"! "You"! Not one of these is a cover of the better-known songs by these titles, incidentally) to the flagrant use of Autotune and other processed-cheese effects in the by-rote vocal and musical arrangements. It's arguable that there might be a market for this sort of thing, but even the most musically indiscriminate tweens have standards, and this only barely meets them.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Kamen, Composer - E.M.D., Performer - Adams, Composer - Lange, Composer - David Stenmarck, Producer
(P) 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
E.M.D., Performer - J. Åberg, Composer - Rob 'n Joe, Producer - R. Habolin, Composer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
E.M.D., Performer - Michel Zitron, Composer - Michel Zitron, Producer - Tobias Gustavsson, Producer - Tobias Gustavsson, Composer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
M. Zitron, Producer - M. Zitron, Composer - E.M.D., Performer - S. Somajo, Composer - T. Gustavsson, Composer - T. Gustavsson, Producer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
E.M.D., Performer - H. Korpi, Composer - T. Nichols, Composer - M. Wollo, Composer - Rob 'n Joe, Producer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
C. Kelly, Composer - E.M.D., Performer - Quiz, Producer - A. Romdhane, Composer - J. Larossi, Composer - J. Larossi, Producer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
L. Greene, Composer - E.M.D., Performer - A. Carlsson, Composer - J. Elofsson, Composer - O. Görres, Producer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
H. Sommerdahl, Composer - H. Sommerdahl, Producer - E.M.D., Performer - H. Sörvaag, Composer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
E.M.D., Performer - Danny, Composer - O. Görres, Producer - O. Görres, Composer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
Jonasson, Composer - E.M.D., Performer - Appelgren, Composer - Sanden, Composer - Rob 'n Joe, Producer - Larsson, Composer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
E.M.D., Performer - Rob 'n Joe, Producer - J. Elofsson, Composer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
E.M.D., Performer - N. Hermes, Composer - T. Groen, Composer - Emanuel Olsson, Producer
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
Album review
Coming in nearly a full decade past the sell-by date for this style of music, the debut album by Sweden's E.M.D. is -- no kidding -- a full-on boy band record in the classic frosted-tips and artfully distressed leather jackets style of the Backstreet Boys. It gets better: the opening track and debut single is a cover of "All for Love," that horrifically treacly Mutt Lange song that Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting rode into elevators worldwide back in 1993. It gets better still: the three members of E.M.D. -- Danny Saucedo, Erik Segerstedt, and Mattias Andréasson -- were all runners-up and also-rans on Sweden's version of Pop Idol. So yes, it's very much like if David Archuleta, Elliott Yamin, and Sanjaya got a band together. There is not a single moment on A State of Mind that doesn't reek of music industry cynicism and hackery, from the shockingly unimaginative song titles ("Run to You"! "Alone"! "For You"! "You"! Not one of these is a cover of the better-known songs by these titles, incidentally) to the flagrant use of Autotune and other processed-cheese effects in the by-rote vocal and musical arrangements. It's arguable that there might be a market for this sort of thing, but even the most musically indiscriminate tweens have standards, and this only barely meets them.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:03
- Main artists: E.M.D.
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ariola
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (SWEDEN) AB
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