Right back where we started,
Falling apart at the seams
You tagged your name on my heart and
I sat there and let it bleed
Please do not read too much into this not be a PG-top-five-smash as it easily would have been in 2007, when I fell madly in love with Audio Day Dream to a degree I've rarely if ever matched with another album. It's by far the most underrated American pop album to come out in the past few years and marked Blake living up to every hope I had for him from American Idol and more. In fact, he could have released any song from that album and easily made it onto my 2007 chart. "How Many Words" is a BRILLIANT Erasure-esque pop sort-of-ballad which I love with every bit of my heart, a heart broken by the fact that most of the world will never know songs like "End Of The World," which, much as I love "How Many Words," should probably have been the choice for the second single. I suppose I shouldn't complain about single choice too much--from the moment we saw the no-expenses-spared music video for his debut single "Break Anotha," it was obvious the label, failing to get quick and easy radio support, had given up on the whole album project, so getting a second single at all was a bonus. "How Many Words" is still one of the album's highlights, and Blake's influences and musical loves, when channeled through a pop lens as they are here and on his album, made him the best American artist going.Find it on: Audio Day Dream
