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Title: This Sounds Familiar...
Review: This time, Ashlee has a new hair color, she wears more mascara to go with her goth-inspired outfit, and she is, er, "real". She really, really wants you and me to know this. After that unspeakable fiasco where her world fell from the sky and she cried more than she had ever cried before, she has managed to bounce back and present us with I Am Me. She's turned her negative into a positive, risen like a phoenix from the ashes, and kudos to the girl for milking it for all it's worth.The most contrived album of the year, perhaps...Scratch through the wafer-thin pseudo punk/rock chick veneer and you will find Autobiography, Part 2. Putting aside my sudden loss of respect for Ms Simpson, there is no denying there are some catchy tunes on I Am Me that are very radio friendly and bound to do well. But at the end of the day it's simply more of the same with Ashlee trying be to deep and failing miserably. Pretending to be something she's not. Better luck next time.
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