I Wanna Be With You
Pop quiz. So, the album that you planned to be a teen pop blockbuster to rival BMG's massive success with
Britney Spears
and
Christina Aguilera
flops with nary a trace. What do you do? Well, if you're 550/Epic, faced with the flailing Mandy Moore debut, you shuffle the order of the songs, remix a couple of tracks, and shoot a new, sexy glamour shot of your underage diva so she looks shockingly like
Britney
. A crass marketing move, to be sure, but hey, tough times call for drastic measures like that. The thing is, the revamped, puzzlingly titled
I Wanna Be With You (Special Edition)
(thereby giving the impression that this is an extended EP release or that there's a "regular" edition of I Wanna Be With You, which there's not) works a lot better than its predecessor. Why? Because it's trashier, flashier, gaudier, and altogether more disposable: all essential ingredients for a good teen pop album, since it should ...
Britney Spears
and
Christina Aguilera
flops with nary a trace. What do you do? Well, if you're 550/Epic, faced with the flailing Mandy Moore debut, you shuffle the order of the songs, remix a couple of tracks, and shoot a new, sexy glamour shot of your underage diva so she looks shockingly like
Britney
. A crass marketing move, to be sure, but hey, tough times call for drastic measures like that. The thing is, the revamped, puzzlingly titled
I Wanna Be With You (Special Edition)
(thereby giving the impression that this is an extended EP release or that there's a "regular" edition of I Wanna Be With You, which there's not) works a lot better than its predecessor. Why? Because it's trashier, flashier, gaudier, and altogether more disposable: all essential ingredients for a good teen pop album, since it should ...
