It's only Pop - It's really good pop!

Certainly, one can discuss abendfüllend whether a pop album ever be justified qualitatively obtain maximum score. And there are certainly enough possibilities of argument to negate this issue. Are the compositions complex, full of complex melody lines and unexpected twists, it's no longer pop. Are the lyrics laden with great ideas, it is no longer pop. Pop music and want to entertain, will generate or amplify emotions will distract, distract.
But that's necessarily bad, inferior, stupid? Mostly yes, unfortunately! Because the makers too often misled to deliver with a few routine standard tricks pleasantly sounding piece, the conversation equates with absolute superficiality.

Most, but not always! Ronan Keating is one of the increasingly rare species of pop musicians who even do not want, as people simply to entertain the audience but not sold with professional unimaginativeness stupid. Probably a major reason why the fast-paced pop business after a successful boy band career, now now already 12 years old on their own extremely successful and with "Fires" already submitted his tenth album (incl. A Best of) and as part of it that Albums his repertoire increasingly fans out - as far as is at all possible under the broad concept Pop.

In "Fires" to Keating is as energetic as ever. Powerful and dynamic drives the album a good forty-five minutes the phone in front of them and created a life-affirming mood flatly. Good mood is the wrong term, optimism is more like it. And just at the high percentage of fast-paced pieces on the board, he proves his claim that pop music quality does not have to be simple. Especially in ring pop songs is increasingly being arranged unimaginative without playful details and original ideas. Not with Ronan Keating, not to "Fires". It pays to listen to exactly. The album is full of good ideas.

Without ballads comes a Keating album of course not, and why should it? Although their share in 2012 is significantly lower than on all albums to date, it holds with "The one you love", "Lullaby" and "Love you and leave you" a few powerful sigh ready - recently, in fact with a gorgeous spunbonded Arrangement. The hip-hop part to "Lullaby" by KIZ from Berlin, it would not necessarily needed for me, but it also does not destroy the song.

Overall, Ronan Keating is with his tenth album "Fires" managed a complex produced, fresh pop album, which simply leaves a good feeling. More Pop can not afford, and that deserves highest rating.