Music Review

Don't Forget (2008)

Demi Lovato

Reviewed by Michael Slezak | Sep 17, 2008

Michael Slezak

Michael Slezak is a senior writer for EW.

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Details Release Date: Sep 23, 2008; Lead Performance: Demi Lovato; Genre: Pop

$ROCK LITE Demi Lovato might satisfy her \'tween fans but she won\'t be winning any rockers over with Don\'t Forget$

ROCK LITE Demi Lovato might satisfy her 'tween fans but she won't be winning any rockers over with Don't Forget

The Camp Rock star Demi Lovato's debut album might be an indication that today's crop of rocker grrrls are taking their inspiration from Ashlee Simpson rather than, say, Janis  Joplin. To be fair, Don't Forget opens with  a pair of serviceable, guitar-driven ditties (''La La Land'' and lead single ''Get Back''), but ''On the Line'' (a song featuring the Jonas Brothers on which both parties apparently mistake vocal strain for passion) and ''Believe in Me'' (which has  platitudes that might as well have been penned by Dora the Explorer) make Simpson's ''Pieces of Me'' sound like ''Piece of My Heart.''  C
Download This: Listen to ''Get Back'' on Lovato's MySpace page

Originally posted Sep 16, 2008 Published in issue #1013 Sep 26, 2008 Order article reprints

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