CD review: Dignity Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff, better known to some as Lizzie McGuire, but now is a pop singer equally as major as Britney Spears, minus the raunchy clothes and suggestive language in her music, here is Amazon's take, with minor edits,
"Dignity isn't for sale. It comes from within. Hilary Duff has always carried herself with dignity, from her 2001 TV debut starring in "Lizzy McGuire," through big screen hits like "Cinderella Story" and "Cheaper by the Dozen," to her career as a multi-platinum recording artist, with more than 13 million albums sold to date. Now Hilary brings her customary class and splash to her new Hollywood Records CD "Dignity. At 20, Hilary has matured into a sophisticated singer and songwriter. Hilary has co-written all the songs on 'Dignity', always aiming high and ultimately creating an album of depth and consequence. To realize her vision for the new CD, she teamed with Grammy-Award winning Kara Dioguardi, as well as top producer/songwriters like Chico Bennett & Richard Vission, Tim & Bob, Vada Nobles, Rhett Lawrence. In the title track, she talks about her experiences and observations of living in Los Angeles ("Where's your dignity/I think you lost it in the Hollywood Hills"). "Danger" explores the suspect advances of an older man, while "With Love" turns the world's most common song topic upside down. ("I can take your honesty/All your words weigh heavily/I'm listening to you all the time"). The song 'Stranger' reveals a relationship that is picture perfect in public, but cold behind closed doors. With every track, Hilary probes life and love more intensely, and with more vulnerability than she has before."

so to business, my favorite songs reviewed below....

Dignity, Hilary's newest cd, but she may have a new one this fall, but here goes...

-Stranger
a song about her estranged relationship with ex-boyfriend Joel Madden, and how he is sweet in public, but ignores her at home, and it has a catchy beat, and is pretty good,

-Dignity, the song that the album is titled for, and is supposedly about her odd friend/enemy Nicole Richie, who ended up 'stealing' her boyfriend, then getting pregnant with him too... but that's another story... it is okaaaay, but no the best song on the album,

-With Love, aah yes, the song with the first racy video, then Stranger picked up the slack as well, with her living with her 'boyfriend' in it, but in With Love, i think she mostly talks about sticking with her boyfriend, no matter what, if, at the end of the day, he still shows her his love...

-Danger, it is mostly about her having feelings for an older man, a waaaaay older man, she mentions the year '74, but she was born in '88, so, yeah a biiiit older, and how she knows its wrong, but she can't resist,

-Happy, is about her getting over a bad relationship with a boyfriend, and how she knows he may not happy with it, but how she forgives him, and hopes he moves on,

-Play with Fire,
here she basically tells her ex, that, he can love her, or pretend to, as much as he wants, but she is not falling for his lies anymore, and how she has someone that really loves her, and keeps her safe, and is the only one who will play with fire, aka her...

thanks for reading,

-AAG