OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL
Occasional double-entendres.

WORLDVIEW
"All I ask for when I pray, steady rollin' woman gonna come my way. / Need a woman gonna hold my hand, won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man" ("Black Dog")

OVERALL QUALITY
Disc 1, mostly classics; Disc 2, interminable soloing; Disc 3, a bit of both.

OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL
All 19 cuts (abundant profanity, obscenity, racial slurs, etc.).

WORLDVIEW
"Every night I talk to God, but He don't say nothing back / I know He protecting me, but I still stay with my gat" ("Many Men [Wish Death]").

OVERALL QUALITY
Might be funny if it weren't so sad, might be tragic if it weren't so stupid.

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WORLDVIEW
Apparently Christian, given singer Amy Lee's demand of salvation from Christ ("Tourniquet") and guitarist Ben Moody's thanking Him (the liner notes); apparently not quite Christian, given Mr. Moody's comments in Entertainment Weekly: "We're actually high on the Christian charts, and I'm like, What the [obscenity deleted] are we even doing there?"

OVERALL QUALITY
Think Daredevil soundtrack, where this music first broke.

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WORLDVIEW
Like, romance so rules ("Sweet revelation / That look in your eyes / Your touch in the night / I find the sweetest salvation / In your arms, baby"... "I'm thankful / For the love that you / Keep bringing in my life").

OVERALL QUALITY
The best state-of-the-mainstream production, melodies, and banality that first-prize American Idol money can subsidize.

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WORLDVIEW
Sunsets, cloudy days, lone stars, swirling skies-the sort of soft-focus sentimentality one might expect from a single, romantically inclined young chanteuse.

OVERALL QUALITY
High; unlike her raga-playing father, the sitarist Ravi Shankar, Miss Jones operates strictly within the Western pop-musical tradition, inspiring hopes that her eventual follow-ups will receive an equally warm reception.