Track Listing

1. 4Ever
2. Everything I'm Not
3. When It All Falls Apart
4. Revolution
5. Secret
6. Mouth Shut
7. Leave Me Alone
8. Speechless
9. Heavily Broken
10. I Could Get Used To This
11. Nobody Wins
12. Mother Mother

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8244 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-14
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Good thing we live in an age of internet-accessible lyrics. Otherwise, millions of teenage girls might find themselves mumbling through this collection of burn-the-joint-down pop instead of belting it out, which will be not only their first instinct but also their feverish, feverish desire. As a flip through about any teen magazine confirms, the Veronicas are a pair of identical twins from Australia who ooze coltish charm, volatility, and an aversion to jugheaded songcraft. Their debut does not belie the glossy claims: "4ever," the single leading the flock, crashes the gate with a punk-slanting, slightly Avril Lavigne-y boy tease, and though the energy stalls a bit on sleepers like "Speechless" and "Nobody Wins," it more than resurrects itself with the smart lyrics of "Secret" and the lathered-on boldness of "Mother, Mother," the most smokin' track Lindsay Lohan never sang. Part Bangles, part Benatar, and all babe, the Veronicas have crafted a 12-song bender that crushes the short-skirted competition. -Tammy La Gorce

Album Description
The Veronicas are Jess and Lisa Origliasso, 20-year-old identical twins from Brisbane, Australia-and they are going to rock your world. Adding a tough edge to teen powerpop, and the looks and savyy to back it up, The Veronicas were signed to an exclusive production deal with Engine Room on the strength of their first demo. With their irresistible debut album, The Secret Life of the Veronicas, written and produced by the likes of Billy Steinberg (Madonna), Clif Magness (Avril Lavigne), Max Martin (Britney Spears), Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson), Don Gilmore (Linkin Park) and Toby Gad (Enrique Iglesias), among others, the secret is out about The Veronicas.

Album Description
20 year old identical twins, Jess and Lisa (aka The Veronicas), signed an exclusive production deal with Engine Room on the strength of their very first demo. The girls then spent the next year creating an impressive catalogue of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with the who's who of world class composers. Such was the buzz surrounding the pair that they were invited to work with proven hit makes Billy Steinberg (Madonna), Clif Magness (Avril Lavigne), Max Martin (Britney Spears) and Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson). This debut album includes their gold single '4 Ever' and more. Warner. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Were you scared that I might get hurt?
The only reason I bought The Veronicas' The Secret Life of... CD is simply because I kept hearing comparisons between them and Meg & Dia (a band I enjoy a lot). I figured anyone being compared to Meg & Dia deserved at least a listen so I got this. Word of advice:

THIS IS NOTHING LIKE MEG & DIA.

It's not particularly bad. From track 6 on I quite enjoy listening to it. But, those first five songs are so disgustingly pre-teen that I can't even listen to them. Okay, I should probably elaborate on that a bit.

The music in those first few songs is pretty decent and the vocal delivery--as with the rest of the CD--is great. The lyrics are what destroy what really has the potential to be a good song. Don't believe me? Listen to them. They're so horrid that, and I kid you not, that only 12 year olds will think they're clever. And I know that pop music doesn't necessarily have to be deep but come on, devoting an entire song to saying how you thought a guy was gay is idiotic.

Never fear for those who see potential in these girls. From Mouth Shut on we're greeted with potential being realized.

By the time you get to Mouth Shut you basically know The Veronicas' routine...soft verses with rock choruses. This doesn't change on the latter half of the CD but gone are all the "I know I'm hot and you don't have a chance with me" vibes given out early in the CD, lyrics are better too. Plus, a couple ballads thrown in for good measure never hurt anyone, especially when you've got a good singing voice. Leave Me Alone shows a lot of depth with one of the best choruses of the entire disc. Nobody Wins explores further The Veronicas melodic side and we have another winner. Lyrics are at their best on this song as well. Seems The Veronicas took that age old saying "save the best for last" to heart though, cause Mother Mother is by far the best song offered. Off beat verses giving way to a truly memorable chorus is a hard thing not to love.

My favorite songs are Mouth Shut, Leave Me Alone, Heavily Broken, Nobody Wins, and Mother Mother. The Veronicas aren't groundbreaking, anybody who tells you differently is just full of it. But they are good, I'll give them that. If they fully drop the stuck up-ness they sport at the beginning of The Secret Life of... then I'm sure my opinion on them will change right along with them, but until then I'm not completely sure what to think about them.

Better than I expected, not bad for the under 30 listener
The first I'd ever heard of The Veronicas was when I got a copy of the Australian TV series Cybergirl (PAL format- get it on eBay)- although the twins had only supporting roles in that series the DVD case promoted them. I eventually found out that they sing (most of their TV appearances appear to be related to promoting their singing career) and looked around for something they'd done.

I didn't expect much but was pleased to find that this CD isn't really too bad. I suppose the teens and 20's group will like it better (I'm 49)but I found the musical accompaniment to be loud and sometimes overwhelming the lyrics. The song lyrics themselves seemed all right, I don't have any favorites, it sounds as though the sisters can actually sing. If you're their age, you might like the CD, if you're old enough to be the parents of the Veronicas at least your kids will have something all right to listen to.

i love it
this turly is a great disk, I was hesitant at first, debating to buy it or not 2. Im glad I chose 2!
This disk is fun poppy rocky in your face, outta your face, beautiful, lyricly awsome and more.

The ballads are beautiful.
The rock sogs flat out rock.
and the pop songs are so poppy its like im looking at red.

Youll love every song on this cd, i gurentee u!