Dignity | 
| Artist: Hilary Duff
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 37773
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 162668
UPC: 720616266828
EAN: 0720616266828
ASIN: B000MV9OHW
Release Date: April 3, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Stranger | | • | Dignity | | • | With Love | | • | Danger | | • | Gypsy Woman | | • | Never Stop | | • | No Work, All Play | | • | Between You And Me | | • | Dreamer | | • | Happy | | • | Burned | | • | Outside Of You | | • | I Wish | | • | Play With Fire |
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Amazon.com
In the most dignified way possible, "Dignity"--the title track to this fizz-bomb of a dance-pop disc--sends a disgusted eye-roll and a flagrant puh-lease to underwear-eschewing celebutantes everywhere: "You'd show up to the opening of an envelope," sings Duff, who hangs onto her signature sweetness despite having entered full-on diss mode. "It's not news when you've got a new bag/It's not news when you're looking your best/Come on, give it a rest." Well said. And sung. Not that calling out the phony and the full of it is what Duff, or Dignity, is all about. Mostly, the disc is a beat-studded chronicling of an incredibly healthy 19-year-old psyche: On "Happy," she's happy despite an ex's attempts to make her miserable; on "With Love"--maybe her catchiest, most grown-up song to date--she's willing to accept rejection as long as kindness plays a role in its delivery. Musically, with the help of groove-conscious producers like Tim & Bob and Will.i.am, Duff edges ever closer to adult sensibilities; her goofball Lizzie McGuire days seem far behind. It's an evolution anybody could have seen coming, actually. Has there ever been a starlet with her head on straighter? --Tammy La Gorce
Album Description
Dignity isn't for sale. It comes from within. Hilary Duff has always carried herself with dignity, from her 2001 TV debut starring in "Lizzy McGuire," through big screen hits like "Cinderella Story" and "Cheaper by the Dozen," to her career as a multi-platinum recording artist, with more than 13 million albums sold to date. Now Hilary brings her customary class and splash to her new Hollywood Records CD "Dignity. At 19, Hilary has matured into a sophisticated singer and songwriter. Hilary has co-written all the songs on 'Dignity', always aiming high and ultimately creating an album of depth and consequence. To realize her vision for the new CD, she teamed with Grammy-Award winning Kara Dioguardi ( Gwen Stefani, Pussy Cat Dolls, Enrique Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson), as well as top producer/songwriters like Chico Bennett & Richard Vission (Madonna, Usher, Killers), Tim & Bob (Nas, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez), Vada Nobles (Rhianna, Lauryn Hill, Faith Evans, Natasha Bedingfield, Warren G), Fredwrecke (Snoop Dog, Eminem, Fergi) Will.I.Am and Rhett Lawrence. In the title track, she talks about her experiences and observations of living in Los Angeles ("Where's your dignity/I think you lost it in the Hollywood Hills"). "Danger" explores the suspect advances of an older man, while "With Love" turns the world's most common song topic upside down. ("I can take your honesty/All your words weigh heavily/I'm listening to you all the time"). The song 'Stranger' reveals a relationship that is picture perfect in public, but cold behind closed doors. With every track, Hilary probes life and love more intensely, and with more vulnerability than she has before. This is the deluxe CD/DVD version which includes 9 music videos.
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Effervescent electronic pop April 12, 2007
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Don't be fooled by that sultry over-the-shoulder cover photo - Hilary Duff's third studio album bubbles with enthusiastic electro-pop rhythms that would inspire even hardened couch potatoes to take a turn on the dance floor.
First single "Play With Fire" is about a young woman who has gotten over a break-up, and has just encountered the former object of her affection. Though not the best song on the album, it has an infectious '80s style chorus which makes up for a slightly monotonous vocal performance. Second single "With Love" is another '80s retro track and is strictly for dancing, but all is forgiven with the third single "Stranger", which has an unusual Eastern influenced beat running through it. "Stranger" mixes up the rhythms and allows Duff to show a little more range, and the lyrics are also much better than the first two singles. The song is about a couple who appear perfect in public, but this image quickly dissipates when they are alone.
And now for the rest of the album -
The title track is a wickedly funny take on the young publicity-hungry starlets, hotties and heiresses doing the entertainment circuit, and is one of my favorite songs on this album. "Danger" is another track with an Eastern influence, but although I like the beat, the lyrics make me feel really old. (The song is about dating an older man, who was born in 1974 - this makes me archaic) "Gypsy Woman" is about a woman who breaks up a family, a short track which leads into the bouncy "Never Stop", a disco number reminiscent of "Knock on Wood".
The slower paced "No Work No Play" didn't do it for me, but I like how she does the chorus lines - "Let the clouds roll in and fill the sky / Get that melancholy feeling inside". "Between You and Me" is just more of the same old, same old, except for that "oompah oompah" tuba bit, and the intro for "Dreamer" (a song about a stalker) sounds just a bit Paris Hilton in delivery. "Happy" doesn't really come over that way, but it's about a girl getting over a bad relationship and feeling much better about herself. Rounding out the album are "Burned", "Outside of You" (the only song not co-written by Duff, with Pink and Chantal Kreviazuk doing the honors), and "I Wish".
An enjoyable, danceable, guilty pleasure album that you should buy for a teenager and borrow every once in a while.
Amanda Richards, April 11, 2007
Duff perks up June 20, 2007
Gen X Music Addict (Minnesota)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album is much more of a dance, kinda techno at times album than Hilary's former albums, which were light pop stuff. Hilary wrote or at least co-wrote most all the songs on here, so this album is very much hers. Hilary does display a maturing and pulls off her new style pretty well. She's not the strongest singer, which is likely gonna keep her from ever getting 5 stars, but this is a very listenable, enjoyable album. But this is a strong 4 stars, especially after the listener lets it grow on him/her a bit. I found myself hardly ever impatient to hit the skip button while listening from start to finish. The album has energy and the songs have a good beat. There are fun lyrics too. The songs:
Stranger - the singer doesn't really know her man, he hides things
Dignity - a knock on celebrities who live by the motto of "there's no such thing as bad publicity."
With Love - catchy dance number
Danger - singer is involved with older man, wonders if he'll be good forher in long run
Gypsy Woman - a warning to a man about another woman, she could get him in trouble
Never Stop - very quick, catchy dance tune, hit the repeat button
No Work, All Play - kind of a lighthearted, playful tune
Between You and Me
Dreamer - directed toward the overly obsessed fan, amusing lyrics: "I go to bed and I wake up, isn't that exciting?" Rightly points out these people need to get lives.
Happy - directed at lover who jilted singer. If it were up to him, she'd just be miserable all day, but she's not going to do that.
Burned
Outside of You
I Wish
Play with Fire - fun, kinda steamy dance number, but never crass
Done with Dignity April 26, 2007
Derrick Jenkins (Hampton VA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
From the first listen to Hilary's latest cd, couldnt help but get drawn into it a bit. With nice cuts such as "Stranger", "With Love" which has a pretty tight flavor to it and "Danger". I was really impressed with this cd not comparing it to previous efforts. But i enjoyed this a lot more after the first time through. Several other tracks are of note on "Dignity" as well but you should take a listen to a track or two here at amazon and see for yourself. I'm not saying H is gonna go out and blow out Mariah singing wise because she has her own style and way of bringing across a song. With that being said Dignity is done just right and has a little bit to offer the music world.
 awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 10, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
ok so i know many of u people out there hate hilarys guts but this is a great album totally aswome it rocks and im glad she expanded her range of music , its better than her other albums ! see ya
Kylie Minogue + Madonna + Cher = HILARY DUFF! April 11, 2007
Cabir Davis
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Hilary Duff's new album "Dignity" is a well-made, superior CD, comparable to Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor", Kylie Minogue's "Fever" and Rachel Stevens' "Come And Get It". The good news is, its better than all the above. The best news is, its an instant pop classic, right up there with Madonna's "Ray of Light" and Aaliyah's "One in a Million".
Wow. I never expected anything from this CD. At best, I am an on-again, off-again Hilary fan, as she does have some really great singles ("Come Clean" and "Fly" - which in my opinion are two pop miracles), and some really weak, boring ones ("So Yesterday", "The Girl can Rock").
What a surprise then, that Hilary has totally abandoned the pop-rock genre, and has totally embraced the electronica/trance genre instead. At its best, "Dignity" sounds like a classy European ambient electronica album (it really does - DJs across the world will have a LOT to sample from this CD), and at its' worst, it reminds me of a Dannii Minogue record (which is not at all a bad thing).
The album opener "Stronger" is a brilliant way to start off any record. In fact, I think Kylie can learn a thing or two from her.
"With Love", the first single is a trancey-loopy pop song that will be stuck in your head for ages. The great thing about this album, is that it is the perfect REPEAT VALUE CD - you WILL be reaching out for it years down the line, and for that reason alone you should get it.
I would also like to say that I find this to be the best pop music release so far this year, and its solid, reliable, and straightforward no-nonsense music. It also made me rethink my opinion of these 'manufactured' pop princesses. I think right now, Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore actually make QUALITY music and are great role models for young girls indeed.
In closing, consider this the sonic equivalent of Dannii Minogues' epic album "Neon Nights". This record sounds a lot like that one, and thats a GOOD thing.
If you loved the last CD by Madonna, and are a fan of Kylie Minogue in general, I urge you to get this gem of a CD.
Also, please note that I'm generally a fan of rock/indie music, so for me to rave about something in this genre is unusual - so take my word for it and get it!
Also, watch out for the track "Gypsy Woman" - what music!
Five Stars. An Instant Classic.
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