Each Friday, we bring you 10 CD reviews done in 10 words each —

Dion Heroes — Tearing through classics, you’d never guess he’s 70-years old.

Semi-Precious Weapons We Love You — Garage-style glam rock with androgynous singer is campy fun. (At the Milestone on Jan. 29, 2009)

Hoots and Hellmouth Hoots and Hellmouth — Gospel-fused roots rock is sure to get feet moving.

Various Artists Punisher Soundtrack — Plenty of metal including a new song by Rob Zombie.

Hillary Duff Best of Hillary Duff — It’s an oxymoron to say Best of and Hillary Duff.

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket Live at Tree Sound Studios — Soulful singer brings the funk with a hint of blues.

Portugal. The Man Censored Colors — A bit of mellowed-out Mars Volta-style psychedelic rock.

The Radiators Wild & Free — New Orleans quintet releases swamp-soaked live, rare rock compilation.

The Bridge Blind Man’s Hill — 12 tracks of rock mixed with Southern soul, country, funk.

Solange Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams — Beyonce’s sister tries her best to separate herself…poorly accomplished.

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Natalie Cole Still Unforgettable — Followup to 1991 album doesn’t feature her father as much.

Il Divo The Promise— No matter how hard I try to listen…it’s opera.

Plain White T’s Big Bad World — Generic pop rock from the quintet that brought you “Delilah”.

Randy Rogers Band Randy Rogers Band — Most-downloaded country band doesn’t stand out from the pack.

Sick of Sarah Sick of Sarah — All-girl quintet bounces between weakly written ballads, pop, punk.

The Dirty Heads Any Port In a Storm — Mixture of hip-hop, reggae and rock sounds like Sublime.

Peter Bradley Adams Leavetaking — Vocally mellow, soothing alt-rock that leans more toward folk.

Amy Ray Didn’t It Feel Kinder — Half of Indigo Girls releases third, less-acoustic solo album.

Inara George with Van Dyke Parks An Invitation —Bird and the Bee singer teams up for orchestral journey.

Celtic Woman The Greatest Journey — Irish sensations may get you to dance like Michael Flatley.

Each Friday, we bring you 10 random CD reviews done in 10 words each...

Beyonce I am…Sasha Fierce — Two CDs, six songs each. “I am…not environmentally conscious.”

Dressy Bessy Holler and Stomp — Simplistic indie-pop sounded a too straight-outta-the-basement.

Fitehouse Open — Spend more on music, less on scratch-and-sniff promos.

Otis Gibbs Grandpa Walked a Picketline — There’s a bit of grit in them thar folk vocals.

Dave Gross Crawling the Walls — 23-year-old rocks an old-school style of blues.

Jolie Holland The Living and the Dead — Weak vocals detract from songwriting. Sorry, but I’m not impressed.

Lordi Deadache — Cheesy metal is more entertaining when seeing them in costume.

Kevin Rudolf In the City — Cash Money backs rocker — even Lil Wayne can’t improve it.

The Sound of Animals Fighting The Ocean and the Sun — Musicians collective releases second album of alt-rock, odd songs.

Robin Thicke Something Else — Something about that falsetto just doesn’t sound natural to me.

Norma Jean vs The Anti Mother — What in the bloody hell are these guys screaming about?

Sarah White Sweetheart — Charlottesville singer’s folk EP left me wanting to hear more.

I Am Ghost Those We Leave Behind — Lump this one in there with other Warped Tour crap.

Gina Sicilia Hey Sugar — Only 23, but she creates some old-school feeling blues.

Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns — Radio-friendly pop-rock, just doesn’t do anything for me.

Okkervil River The Stand Ins — Bluegrass-tinged pop is a bit better than I expected.

Hal Ketchum Father Time — Cover makes me think metal, music is relatively weak country.

Terrence Howard Shine Through It — Another actor tries to become a singer…I’m not impressed.

Shame Club Come On — ‘70s-style rock with a solid groove, but weak vocals.

Godhead At the Edge of the World — Metal with a tinge of electronica and hint of cheese.

Brett Dennen Hope for the Hopeless — Pop-rock like John Mayer with a more annoying voice.

Boris Garcia Once More Into the Bliss — Old-time folk, but I think the ’60s are over.

Lady Gaga The Fame — Sounds like Brittney Spears 2.0, terribly cheesy lyrics — “disco stick”?

The Weather Machines Bones & Brains — Five-song EP filled with respectable, but mediocre, indie rock.

Tricky Knowle West Boy — Hip hop, reggae, pop — someone may have an identity crisis.

People in Planes Beyond the Horizon — Bad band name, but a better rock CD than expected.

Toby Keith That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy — I try, but I’m not a fan of most country.

Chris Knight Heart of Stone — Some sounds like Cash, some of the grit of Springsteen.

Restavrant Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici — It wasn’t horrible, but then he started to sing. Ew.

Underoath Lost In the Sound of Separation — All emo-goth-metal is starting to sound the same.

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Arizona Glowing Bird — Finally, a band writes a tribute song about…Heath Ledger?

Dir En Grey Uroboros — Beware bands with a ‘vocalist’ listed instead of a ‘singer.’

I Set My Friends On Fire You Can’t Spell Slaughter Without Laughter — Now I want to set this terrible CD on fire.

Keane Perfect Symmetry — Seriously? This band has sold more than 8 million albums?

Milton Grand Hotel — Vocally weak roots/folk with CD cover that’s not appealing.

Noah and the Whale Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down — British accent can be kinda distracting during simple folk music.

Push-Pull Hello Soldier!!! — Bringing retro feeling from the land of old-school punk.

The Rescues Crazy Ever After (Evening Muse 11/14) — No surprise the trio’s enjoyable harmonies featured on Grey’s Anatomy.

Sing It Loud Come Around (Tremont 11/16)— Pop rockers aren’t too original, but the kids’ll love ‘em.

Eric Wilson and Empty Hearts Quarterfuse — Debut is only six tracks of some decent country-folk.

Each Friday, we'll bring you 10 random CD reviews done in 10 words:

Cantinero Better for the Metaphor — Acoustic popster takes the Do-It-Yourself approach for mediocrity.

Celine Dion My Love: Essential Collection — I think this would be better used as a frisbee.

Matt Duke Kingdom Underground — Possible second-coming of James Blunt, if we needed another.

Escape the Fate This War Is Ours — AFI-esque emo-metal would fit right in on Warped Tour.

The Knux Remind Me In 3 Days... — Genre-bending hip-hop tries too hard to be Outkast.

Bette Midler Jackpot! The Best Bette — Yeah, you can use this one just like Celine Dion's.

Modern Skirts All of Us In Our Night — Mellow pop from Athens, Ga., band — Snug Harbor Nov. 21.

James Morrison Songs for You, Truths for Me — This kind of pop-rock wouldn't impress The Doors' Morrison.

Will Quinlan & The Diviners Navasota — Tampa alt-country band presents surprisingly respectable 11-track disc.

Tribe After Tribe M.O.A.B. — Rock with far too much filler, not nearly enough killer.

Each Friday, we'll bring you 10 random CD reviews done in 10 words.

Ala Muerte Santa Elena — Sleepy-sounding group will be at the Milestone in November.

Bring Me The Horizon Suicide Season — Hard to get past disgusting album cover for bad metalcore.

Dark Dark Dark The Snow Magic — Somber, circus-sounding quartet with lackluster harmonies offer debut disc.

Electric Touch Electric Touch — Pop and rock come together with hint of the ’80s.

Hey! Brontosaurus Life Stars — Rock outfit borrows a little too much from The Clash.

Mary Mary The Sound — Meant for random dance clubs, duo releases 12 forgettable tracks.

The Tony Rich Project Exist — Straight-up R&B with so much falsetto it's almost cheesy.

Three Second Kiss Long Distance — Stop-start funky rock leaves a lot to be desired.

Various Fabric 43: Metro Area — 23 horrible tracks of disco/techno with worst intro ever.

Michelle Williams Unexpected — One-third of Destiny’s Child releases over-produced third disc.