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Not just face and body
Members of U.S. pop group The Pussycat Dolls (from left) Melody Thornton, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, and Kimberly Wyatt attend a news conference in Tokyo on October 26. The group, whose debut album PCD went on sale November 2 in Japan, is on a promotional tour including Thailand, Australia, Germany, France and Britain. - REUTERS
Artiste: The Pussycat Dolls Album: PCD Label: (A&M)
AP: PRETTY FACES AND great bodies. Check. Some singing ability, Sure. Can dance up a storm. You betcha. Hmm ... could it be the latest iteration of the girl group?
This time around, it's The Pussycat Dolls. Originally a cabaret act in a Los Angeles club, they've been turned into a group, with their single Don't Cha among the hot tracks of the summer. The only problem with manufactured groups is that they come out with manufactured products. There's talent here, the first single latches on to your brain, some of the music is great, and lead singer Nicole Scherzinger can actually sing, but it just doesn't seem genuine, interesting or memorable. There's a mishmash of stuff; uptempo and ballad, come-hither ditties and a girl-power-don't-need-a-man anthem, club music and something that sounds very close to a show tune. It's all somewhat overproduced, and just seems like a compilation of songs the Dolls can perform dance numbers to at their new lounge in Las Vegas.
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