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Against All Odds
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Against All Odds
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by Take 5
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$2.98
At Amazon
on 10-2-2008.
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1. Shake It Off
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2. Hottie
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3. Bounce
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4. Girl Next Door
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5. Saved the Best for Last
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6. Perfect Sense
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7. Missing an Angel
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8. To Make You Love Me
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9. Water
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10. Can I Come Over
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11. Never in My Life
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12. Do That
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13. Girl Next Door [Ballad Version]
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14. Never Far Away
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If the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC are the clean, well-mannered boys next door, and Five and LFO are the bad boys from the other side of the railroad tracks, then Take 5 lie somewhere in between. Imagine the smooth R&B stylings of Boyz II Men mixed with dashes of funk and techno, and you have Take 5. With "Against All Odds", this quintet adeptly carve out their own niche in boyband pop. "Shake It Off", while a decent song, is certainly not the best of this album. I have to wonder why they chose it as a single, when there were far better songs to choose from. My personal favorite has to be "Bounce", which lives up to its title. Other excellent up-tempo tracks include the rock-flavored "Never In My Life" (which sounds like something Richard Marx might write and/or perform, even though he didn't), "Do That", and "Perfect Sense". Among the nice ballads are "Can I Come Over" (from the always skilled pen of Diane Warren), and "Saved The Best For Last". The album isn't quite perfect, though. For instance, they could have let up on the digitized effects that were fairly frequently applied to the guys' voices. Plus, a few of the songs are plagued with cheesy and/or unimaginative lyrics. I would like to have seen them include only the ballad version of "Girl Next Door" and substitute the dance verison for a different song. All things considered, though, this isn't a bad disc to spend your money on. It is regrettable that we won't be seeing another album from the now disbanded Take 5. But with any luck, the guys' skilled voices (one can tell that they've devoted nearly their entire lives to singing) have the potential to carry them into healthy solo careers.
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Against All Odds
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Price: $2.98
Updated on 10-2-2008.
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