Battlefield

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Jive Records

Category: Pop/Rock

Style: Early Pop/Rock,Ambient Pop,Acid Rock,Funk Metal,Singer/Songwriter,Indie Rock,Progressive Metal,Shoegaze,Britpop,Grindcore,Garage Rock,Psychobilly,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Teen Idols,Speed Metal,Rockabilly Revival,Tex-Mex,Surf Revival,Noise Pop,Glam Rock,Indie Pop,Euro-Rock,Post-Punk,Industrial Metal,Punk-Pop,Euro-Dance,Brill Building Pop,Kraut Rock,Grunge,Punk,New Romantic,Arena Rock,Club/Dance,No Wave,British Metal,Paisley Underground,Post-Rock,Punk Revival,Hot Rod,Jangle Pop,Alternative Metal,Post-Grunge,Jazz-Rock,Space Rock,British Blues,Boogie Rock,Mod Revival,Mod,Alternative Dance,Third Wave Ska Revival,Neo-Psychedelia,Riot Grrrl,Hair Metal,Lo-Fi,Alternative Country-Rock,Proto-Punk,Dream Pop,Bubblegum,Alternative Pop/Rock,Guitar Virtuoso,Cocktail,Swamp Pop,Noise-Rock,Rap-Metal,Skatepunk,Folk-Rock,Rockabilly,Oi!,Psychedelic Pop,Heartland Rock,Skiffle,Instrumental Rock,Hardcore Punk,Country Soul,American Trad Rock,French Pop,Urban Folk,Neo-Prog,International Pop,British Trad Rock,Garage Rock Revival,Madchester,Experimental Rock,Cowpunk,Chamber Pop,Alternative/Indie Rock,Industrial,New Zealand Rock,Surf,Contemporary Pop/Rock,Teen Pop,Sports Anthems,Girl Groups,Heavy Metal,Comedy Rock,J-Pop,Death Metal,Country-Rock,Goth Rock,Folk-Pop,Jam Bands,Baroque Pop,C-86,Math Rock,Japanese Rock,Retro Swing,Emo,Electro-Industrial,Slowcore,Swedish Pop/Rock,Album Rock,Hong Kong Pop,Pop-Metal,Shibuya-Kei,Garage Punk,Hot Rod Revival,Frat Rock,French Rock,Retro-Rock,New Wave of British Heavy Metal,British Folk-Rock,Neo-Classical Metal,Rap-Rock,Hard Rock,Queercore,Aussie Rock,Canterbury Scene,British Psychedelia,Freakbeat,British Punk,Southern Rock,Prog-Rock,British Invasion,Psychedelic,Punk/New Wave,Roots Rock,Soft Rock,Power Pop,Ska Revival,Twee Pop,New Wave,American Punk,Detroit Rock,Neo-Glam,Aboriginal Rock,Sunshine Pop,Anarchist Punk,Obscuro,Glitter,L.A. Punk,Stoner Metal,Goth Metal,Punk Metal,New York Punk,Straight-Edge,Scandinavian Metal,Sophisti-Pop,Power Metal,Bar Band,Doom Metal,Latin Rock,Merseybeat,Symphonic Black Metal,College Rock,American Underground,Avant-Prog,AM Pop,Early British Pop/Rock,Euro-Pop,Indie Electronic,Synth Pop,Rock & Roll,Post-Hardcore,New Wave/Post-Punk Revival,Emo-Pop,Blues-Rock,Alternative Singer/Songwriter,Dance-Pop,Ska-Punk,Pub Rock,Sadcore

Battlefield

UPC: 886974466826

Release Date: 07/21/2009

Original Release Date: 07/21/2009

Number of Discs: 1

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Jordin Sparks didn't get any traction until she received a boost from Chris Brown via their duet "No Air," the one moment on her 2007 eponymous debut that felt unquestionably modern, so it makes perfect sense that her second album,Battlefield, ditches almost all lingering American Idol pageantry for stylized pop and R&B pitched halfway between Rihanna (whose "S.O.S." is essentially rewritten here, with Shannon's "Let the Music Play" substituted for "Tainted Love") and Leona Lewis. Jordin has had enough success to hire some of 2009's biggest hitmakers in the business, including T-Pain and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. Most of these namebrands are recordmakers, not songwriters, so it's not a great surprise to find Battlefield works as a collection of productions where Jordin's voice is merely one element of the overall picture. This sentiment doesn't apply quite as strongly to the clutch of Sparks' collaborations grouped toward the end of the album -- all ballads, some with vaguely spiritual overtones such as "Faith," whose chorus inadvertently flirts with John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith In Me" -- but for the first two-thirds of Battlefield, it's all a cool, expertly crafted modern pop and R&B, which is enough for Sparks to sustain her momentum. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide