Music

Sound Check

What�s spinning this week

Sane
Sound of Sanity
Encore

With their chart-topping debut single �Rak Khan Hai Dee (Please Love Each Other)� and All 4 One-style black leather jackets, Sane have tried to position themselves an R&B act. There�s just one problem: Their album, Sound of Sanity, sounds more like easy-listening pop than soulful funk.

Out of the 11 tracks, �Regretful,� the track Sane penned on their own, is the most disappointing. The song is a clear mix of All 4 One�s �I Swear� and Britney Spears� �From the Bottom of My Broken Heart� � literally. If you were to check the lyrics of all three songs, you�d have to be deaf to not notice the similarities.

Thankfully, the rest of the tracks on the album are listenable. The mellow �Kham Kham Diaw (Only One Word)� and the catchy �Eek Nit Nueng (Just A While Longer)� are definitely the standout tracks.

All in all, Sound of Sanity is a listenable pop effort that does a good job of blending sweet ballads with funky, hip-hop infused beats. � Nuttaporn Srisirirungsimakul

Dream, Mandy and Palm
When We Want to be Project
Green Beans

OK, let�s get one thing straight right off: I don�t like girly girl music and I have no idea why I even thought of reviewing this CD. But, alas, I did, and it was a big mistake.

When We Want to be Project (what the title means is anyone�s guess) has 10 tracks from three new artists with different looks and personalities. The artist are presented as the pretty girl Dream, sporty girl Palm and cool girl Mandy (uh, sorry, no scary girl). So with three supposedly different personalities, you would expect three different styles of music, right? Wrong. I honestly couldn�t distinguish any of the girls from the other without consulting the album cover.

Like most �project� albums, When We Want to be Project is the introductory musical effort for the ladies before they launch their own albums. The only standout tracks are Dream�s �Phai Nai Hong Nan (In That Room),� Mandy�s �Krai Tee Ronghai (Who�s Crying?)� and Palm�s �Kern Phor (More Than Enough).� The rest of the songs are simply ordinary pop rock blended with some acoustic guitars and, sometimes, a hint of punk.

If this album is any indication of the plans the girls have for their debut albums, it looks like they have a lot to work on. � Nuttaporn Srisirirungsimakul

Vocabulary

listenable (adj): pleasant to listen to
mellow (adj): (of colour or sound) soft, rich and pleasant
distinguish (v): to recognise the difference between two people or things
consult (v): to look in or at something to get information