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    02/01/2005 | Capitol 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Grammy Nominees 2005, much like the Grammy-themed compilations before it, is a lopsided roundup of the previous year's commercial hits. Appealing to the type of casual music fan who listens to mainstream radio and maybe watches some videos every now and then, it's also a time capsule, even if the majority of people within the music industry will be hard-pressed to recall who was nominated for what in a few years. Here, there's a pronounced slant toward safer material, even by Grammy standards. Usher's rowdy "Yeah!" is the only nominee for Record of the Year not included, but his Confessions is nominated for Album of the Year, giving the compilers the opportunity to choose the less-imposing ballad "Burn" to represent the biggest pop star of 2004. In the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category, Björk is left out in order to leave room for the more traditional likes of Joss Stone, Norah Jones, and Sheryl Crow. Just as tellingly, Beastie Boys' average "Ch-Check It Out" and the Black Eyed Peas' sporting-event favorite "Let's Get It Started" are included from the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category, while far more imaginative and unique tracks from Terror Squad and Snoop Dogg are left out. Since there is a good deal of overlap between the primary categories, the disc is able to cover most of the nominees in some form. Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You," Green Day's "American Idiot," U2's "Vertigo," Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved," Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman," and Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up" are some of the other inescapable hits that are included. If it wasn't already evident that this is a grownup's view of 2004, the presence of undeserving selections from Brian Wilson, Seal, Ray Charles, Elvis Costello, and -- this really hurts -- Prince, make it as plain as...well, an Elvis Costello song. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

    Credits

    • Russ Pahl
    • Banjo, Guitar (Steel), Lap Steel Guitar
    • Steve Sidwell
    • Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Choir Arrangement
    • John Shanks
    • Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Producer
    • Alli
    • Art Direction, Design
    • Kanye West
    • Producer, Costume Design, Executive Producer
    • John Mayer
    • Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Art Direction, Vocals
    • Alicia Keys
    • Piano, Producer, Executive Producer, Vocals (Background)
    • Nick Ingham
    • Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Choir Arrangement
    • Amy Lee
    • Vocals, Choir Arrangement
    • BLK
    • Art Direction
    • Ben Moody
    • Guitar, Digital Editing, Programming, Drums
    • John Rich
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Associate Producer
    • I.Am Willi
    • Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Executive Producer
    • Steve Nieve
    • Organ (Hammond), Piano (Upright), Vox Continental
    • Sheryl Crow
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
    • Jim Hines
    • Drums, Sound Effects, Saw, Mallets
    • Prince
    • Arranger, Instrumentation, Engineer, Producer, Voices
    • Seal
    • Executive Producer
    • Brian Wilson
    • Arranger, Producer, Keyboards, Mixing Producer, Vocals

    Notes

    1. THE BLACK EYED PEAS - "LET'S GET IT STARTED"
    Record Of The Year
    Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

    2. RAY CHARLES WITH NORAH JONES - "HERE WE GO AGAIN"
    Record Of The Year
    Album Of The Year
    Best Pop Vocal Album

    3. GREEN DAY - "AMERICAN IDIOT"
    Record Of The Year
    Album Of The Year
    Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

    4. LOS LONELY BOYS - "HEAVEN"
    Record Of The Year
    Best New Artist
    Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

    5. ALICIA KEYS - "IF I AIN'T GOT YOU"
    Album Of The Year

    6. USHER - "BURN"
    Album Of The Year

    7. KANYE WEST - "THROUGH THE WIRE"
    Album Of The Year
    Best New Artist

    8. MAROON5 - "SHE WILL BE LOVED"
    Best New Artist
    Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

    9. JOSS STONE - "YOU HAD ME"
    Best New Artist
    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
    Best Pop Vocal Album

    10. GRETCHEN WILSON - "REDNECK WOMAN"
    Best New Artist

    11. SHERYL CROW - "THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST"
    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

    12. NORAH JONES - "SUNRISE"
    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
    Best Pop Vocal Album

    13.JOSH GROBAN - "YOU RAISE ME UP"
    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

    14. JOHN MAYER - "DAUGHTERS"
    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

    15. PRINCE - "CINNAMON GIRL"
    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

    16. SEAL - "LOVE'S DIVINE"
    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

    17. EVANESCENCE - "MY IMMORTAL"
    Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

    18. BRIAN WILSON - "GOOD VIBRATIONS"
    Best Pop Vocal Album

    19. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS - "MONKEY TO MAN"
    Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

    20. U2 - "VERTIGO"
    Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

    21. BEASTIE BOYS - "CH-CHECK IT OUT"
    Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group



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