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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Interscope Records
Salesrank: 13903
Released: June 16, 2009 |
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| Media: Vinyl |
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The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) Track Listing:
1. Boom Boom Pow
2. Rock That Body
3. Meet Me Halfway
4. Imma Be
5. I Gotta Feeling
6. Alive
7. Missing You
8. Ring-A-Ling
9. Party All the Time
10. Out of My Head
11. Electric City
12. Showdown
13. Now Generation
14. One Tribe
15. Rockin to the Beat
Editorial Review:
THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
The new album by The Black Eyed Peas is off to a blazing start! The first single from The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies), BOOM BOOM POW was also the Peas' very first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!
With The E.N.D., The Peas are poised to continue with the success of Elephunk and their fourth release Monkey Business - they have had multiple hit anthems, such as "My Humps" "Pump It" and "Let's Get It Started" along with "Don't Phunk With My Heart" "Where is the Love?" and "Don't Lie".
In the midst of the success of the Black Eyed Peas, FERGIE released her debut solo album, The Dutchess, in 2006. To date the album has sold over six million copies worldwide and spanned five Top 5 hits. Moreover, Fergie became the first female artist in history to have four consecutive #1 singles (Billboard).
Will.i.am is also a Grammy nominated producer - nominated for the Producer of The Year Award in 2007 and nominated again at the 2009 Grammy's. He has lent his services to some of the biggest superstars in the business; Fergie, The Pussycat Dolls, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Ricky Martin, Justin Timberlake, Diddy, Nas, Michael Jackson, Usher, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and U2. Besides his music endeavors, will.i.am is committed to social activism and is an outspoken advocate of progressive political initiatives. His "Yes We Can" video won an EMMY and a Webby Award and has over 19 million views on YouTube to date.
The Black Eyed Peas have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, have won three Grammy awards and have been nominated for 11 total as well as awards won at Teen Choice, MTV, American Music Awards, among many others from around the world!
The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) Reviews:
Mediocre 
2009-12-10 - I received the CD, however, the case came broken. I rated this sale 3 starts because eventhough the CD worked fine, the overall product was average.
2-1/2 stars -- Is it over yet? 
2009-12-07 - Ever since Elephunk, the Black Eyed Peas have straddled the line between mainstream and hardcore. How? Their language and subject matter still lean toward the adult set but the songs are still radio-friendly. After Monkey Business the group took a break, and will.i.am and Fergie both issued solo releases. While The Dutchess blew up, I think I'm the only person that picked up Songs About Girls. Anyway, now the group got back together for The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
First off, even before Fergie joined the fold, BEP never were the most amazing rappers; still, there are a couple of gems. "Boom Boom Pow" is one of those songs that I tried really hard not to like, but it grew on me now (maybe it's because of the beat; more on that later). And "I Gotta Feeling" is a catchy tune that is the album's highlight. "Meet Me Halfway" is okay even though apl.de.ap's verse isn't the most creative.
As usual, Will handles production, but the problem is that he seems to be aiming for some futuristic house music-type stuff with an incoherent mix of auto-tune, vocoder AND chopped-and-screwed. Such tracks include "Imma Be", "Rockin to the Beat" and "Out of My Head". But things aren't much better when they shoot for "standard" fare either: "Now Generation" initially sounds like a metaphor for Generation Y until you realize they really ARE talking about computers, and the sexual "Ring-A-Ling" is just plain wack. And Fergie's solo "Electric City" features the line: "Bitches on my d/They on my d***o". Um...
Mistakes continue: "Rock That Body" lazily lifts Rob Base's "It Takes Two", and the obligatory end-of-album we-are-the-world song "One Tribe" is pretty okay. The E.N.D. is the kind of disc that would only sound good in the club because it's really another one of those at-least-they-released-the-right-songs albums.
Anthony Rupert
A party that the Peas are a little late to
2009-12-07 - After a four year absence, The Black Eyed Peas are back with their fifth album, "The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)". The title and album were inspired by their visit to an Austrailian club where dance music and techno were all the rage. So they came back to the United States and tried to recapture that atmosphere. As always will.i.am handles the production except for "Rock That Body" and "I Gotta Feeling", which were produced by French dance music producer David Guetta. They were aiming for a futuristic sound, but I felt that it came off a little dated. The reason being is that dance and techno was prevalent in the late 90's with the successes of Moby, Daft Punk, and The Chemical Brothers. The Peas, of all people, should know this being that their debut album was released around that time. Of course, that ship has sailed on at this point and while it's okay in spots, as a whole it's not as energetic as they claim that it is.
B.E.P fan 
2009-11-25 - When Fergie jumped on the bandwagon with these guys i was like okay. "Elephunk" grew on me like mold and I had to go buy the cd. Then came "monkey business" and i was at the store on its out date. As for this one, it's not better than the others but it's up there. This group grew on me, because they are always updating which is good. They were good without Fergie at first but now they're better. So hopefully they keep improving on their styles so I could once again be in that line when they drop a new cd.
Full of Energy! 
2009-11-25 - Boom Boom Wow! The polular songs are of course great; however, there are even better songs that really tell a story. Listening to the whole CD straight through; it is almost like a musical. Track 14 sums it up! So, sit back, relax and get ready to Rock!
