Hilary Duff: Dignity Album Review

 Today I'm reviewing another one of Hilary Duff's albums.  This time it will be "Dignity" which was released in 2007, written mostly by Hilary herself, and so far to date it is her last album of new material until she releases her new album hopefully sometime this year.  Here's my track by track review of "Dignity":

1) Stranger: The third and final single from the album.  Rumors were that this song was about her ex-boyfriend at the time Joel Madden but in fact it written about her father.  Wow.  The song was much darker compared to Hilary's other songs.  Despite being her lowest charting single, the song and video were great.  10/10

2) Dignity: The title track.  This song was rumored to be about Nicole Richie but it is actually about people in Hollywood who have no dignity at all.  Although the song is kinda boring, I can't help but like the lyrics.  10/10

3) With Love: The second single from the album.  This song wasn't supposed to be on the album at all.  In fact Hilary wrote and recorded it only for her fragrance, "With Love... Hilary Duff".  In the end the song was put on the album and became Hilary's highest charting single in the U.S.  The video was good although it ended with Hilary and her co-star in an elevator falling down and a "to be continued" at the end.  10/10

4) Danger: "Were you born in '74, are the kind of guy that I should ignore?"  Interesting way to begin a song.  This song was inspired by a friend of Hilary who had a relationship with an older man.  I hated the song at first but over the years it's become one of my favorite songs on the album.  Like "Stranger" this song also has a dark tone to it.  10/10

5) Gypsy Woman: This song is my favorite song on the album.  This song was also rumored to be about Nicole Richie but it was about her father, just like "Stranger".  The song was supposed to be the fourth single from the album but for dome reason it was cancelled.  It was released as a promo single though.  10/10

6) Never Stop: Just when you think the album doesn't have a boring song on here, you here this one.  I feel that "Never Stop" is just repetitive and boring.  While I love the message, the overall song is weak.  7/10

7) No Work, All Play: Lyrically it's a great song, but it's production is kinda bland.  On top of that Hilary sounds bored on this song.  8/10

8) Between You and Me: Yawn.  I'm not a fan of this song either.  7/10

9) Dreamer: Probably the most pop sounding song on this album.  It's about a stalker but it's written in a tongue-in-cheek way.  Even though the second verse is kinda boring I don't mind it and I like this song.  10/10

10) Happy: "Happy" was one of the first songs mentioned on the album.  The song is about getting over a breakup.  It's perfect to listen to if you're having a bad day.  I also like the violin parts in the song.  10/10

11) Burned: "I've got an imaginary shield around me, but nobody's ever really gotten through."  That's deep.  I think that part is about how it can be hard to trust people.  Either way the song is still pretty good.  10/10

12) Outside of You: This was the only song on the album that Hilary didn't write.  This song was actually written by Pink.  The song is more pop/rock as opposed to the rest of this album being mainly dance but I like that it's different.  10/10

13) I Wish: Oh how I relate to this song to well.  "I wish that I could be like, I was before".  This was my favorite song on the album when I first got it and I still like it 7 years later.  I love the guitar solo near the end of the song.  10/10

14) Play With Fire: The first single from the album.  Initially the song was called "Happy" was it's lyrics and instrumentals were changed and "Happy" became a different song and track #10 on this album, although a sample of the original version of "Happy" is played in the film "Material Girls".  I liked "Play With Fire" in the beginning but after I heard the rock mix version of this I thought the the original version wasn't as good as the rock mix version.  Still like the song though.  8/10

 "Dignity" was supposed to be re-released with remixes and two new songs but that was scrapped and Hilary ended up releasing "Best of Hilary Duff" to leave her label.  My favorite songs on this album are: "Gypsy Woman", "Danger", "Stranger", "Happy", "With Love", "I Wish", "Dreamer", and "Play With Fire".  Out of 140 points I give the album 130 points which is 92%, an A.  Awesome!  Just a heads up, tomorrow I'll be reviewing Hilary Duff's "Best of Hilary Duff" album.