Music Review

So Real (1999)

Mandy Moore
Reviewed by Elisabeth Vincentelli | Jan 07, 2000
EW's GRADE
C-

Details Lead Performance: Mandy Moore; Genres: Pop, R&B

If it worked once, it'll work twice—or so goes the reasoning behind this Britney Spears clone. Like Spears, Moore is a Southern teen with pink lip gloss and frosted hair, singing of not-yet-experienced love with suffocating professionalism. Moore's energy pulls her through up-tempo R&B tunes (''What You Want''), but the ballads are nauseating. C-

Originally posted Jan 07, 2000 Published in issue #520 Jan 07, 2000 Order article reprints
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