| Year | Album | Artist | Stars | Score | Genre | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Endless Summer Vacation | Miley Cyrus | ★★½ | 51 | Pop | Pop Rock |
Endless Summer Vacation is the most average of average pop records. Miley Cyrus provides fine vocals over clean pop production, making for easy commercial appeal. There are a few pretty good tracks — “Flowers,” “Thousand Miles,” “Used to be Young,” “Handstand,” and “Wonder Woman” — that show a decent range of modern pop styles. There are some pretty lame ones — “Violent Chemistry,” “Muddy,” “Wildcard” — that are generic with some overdone, forced vocals. I think the hits are a little weak and low energy here overall, which holds the album back, but it gets the job done, and with a pretty crisp runtime, it’s more enjoyable than the typical, bloated pop record.
