Battlefield

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Jive Records

Category: Pop/Rock

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

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