Fresh off her fourth Wimbledon title, Venus Williams will face Nadia Petrova today in the singles opener of the Fed Cup semifinal between Russia and the United States at Stowe, Vt.
Lead single and opener "Promise This" is suitably bonkers, with the word "alouette" parroted so fast it sounds Japanese, but the second Cole album hits the skits immediately thereafter, with the landfill chartpop of Travie McCoy collaboration "Yeah Yeah".
After weeks of four or more major releases opening over each weekend, this weekend inexplicably left but a single wide-opener, which led to bigger than expected numbers for the weekend's number 01 film and a distinct lack of bleeding from the holdovers.
Earl has spoken about feeling more comfortable in his own skin as the years go by, and that mellowed honesty manifests itself on Faucet's denouncement of insincere hangers-on, and in frequent mentions of his late grandmother on the single Grief and opener Huey.
Fellow AllMusic reviewer Richard Ginell calls the song an "instantly winning" single and album opener, and considers it among the best songs of Harrison's solo career.
But even then, he showed a flair for the dramatic, slapping a two-run single in the series opener that provided the key to the Mets' 9-3 victory.
'Processed Beats' manages to mix close-miked Ian Brown-style doubled vocals and shouty Shaun Ryder stanzas on a bed of shuffling, Reni-style drums, and opener and single 'Club Foot' has definite shades of EMF's 'Unbelievable'.
HASSELBECK RETURNS Matt Hasselbeck, playing for the first time since he had a single series in the exhibition opener two weeks ago, completed 12 of 17 passes for 129 yards and threw an interception as the host Seattle Seahawks defeated Minnesota, 30-13.
As on Welsh music prize-winning debut Weird Sister, Alanna McArdle's voice careens from a mellifluous sigh to a shouted cry – see single Honestly Do Yr Worst or rollicking album opener Last Year for prime examples.
While there's certainly something of Abba's late-period noir about "You Don't Have a Clue", featuring Anneli Drecker, Junior is mostly the perky young scamp its title suggests, opener and current single "Happy Up Here" packing sweet and bouncy lead synthesiser à la Röyksopp's much-heard 2001 instrumental "Eple".
