5/10 stars. Miley Cyrus – The Time Of Our Lives (Monday November 9, 2009 7:20 PM ) Released on 09/11/09, Label: Polydor. In the wildly popular children’s TV series “Hannah Montana”, Miley Cyrus’ character lives a double life: superstar by night and schoolgirl by day. Appropriately enough, this brief new album also has a split personality: on four of the songs Cyrus is a brilliantly feisty skate pop dynamo, while on the other four she’s a balladeer so tedious you would welcome a nice coma as a change of pace.

It’s the fact that the uptempo numbers are so winning that makes the slow ones so brain-gnawingly depressing. Bubblegum pop rock is a tricky thing to pull off without sounding either contrived or uncomfortable, but on songs like the fizzy, addictive title track or the glittery hook-fest that is “Talk Is Cheap”, Cyrus sounds utterly convincing and energised, like Avril Lavigne with charm or Katy Perry without the queasy self-satisfaction.

It helps that on the upbeat songs, Cyrus’ voice is as irrepressible as her attitude, able to inject even the most mundane lyrics with real zest. So although her idea of hell-for-leather hedonism mostly seems to involve waving her hands in the air, Cyrus can make the prospect sound genuinely invigorating. Sadly, no voice could redeem a song as flatulent as “Obsessed”, so ponderous that it makes teenage lust sound as thrilling and all-consuming as sorting out socks in a Scunthorpe launderette.

Still, that song is “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in comparison to the lousy “The Climb”, a dour grab bag of self-help clichés about life being a mountain and a battlefield, wrapped in hoary music which certainly makes you feel like it is. Astoundingly, “The Climb” is not the worst song here, an honour which must be reserved for “Before The Storm”, a death-paced live duet with the Jonas Brothers which somehow sounds even grizzlier than it looks on paper.

Fortunately for Cyrus, these songs flee your brain cells within seconds of their final chords, which means you’re more likely to remember the breezily brilliant hit “Party In The USA” or the trash-rocker “Kicking And Screaming”, with its glam guitar riffing and ragged, gutsy vocal. If Cyrus gets a little more serious about her music, instead of churning out records in between acting, modelling and launching clothing lines, she might make a great pop album. As it is, “The Time Of Our Lives” is a great pop EP drowning in a sea of bilge.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – It might not always be easy being associated with one of world’s best-known teenagers, Miley Cyrus, but it can have its perks such as a quick path to fame — as U.S. band Metro Station has found out. The co-founders of the band are Cyrus’ half-brother Trace Cyrus, 20, and Mason Musso, 20, the brother of Mitchel Musso, who stars with the 16-year-old pop idol in the hit Disney TV series “Hannah Montana” about a secret schoolgirl rock star.The heavily-tattooed Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso met on the set of the TV show. They formed Metro Station in 2006, with Musso as lead singer and rhythm guitar, Cyrus on vocals and lead guitar, and adding drummer Anthony Improgo and keyboardist Blake Healy. Metro Station released their self-titled debut album in September 2007 with their best known single “Shake It,” and toured with numerous bands. They are currently on tour with Miley Cyrus. Musso spoke to Reuters about the band, fame and success.

Q: It is hard to get away from being linked to Miley Cyrus?

A: “We are not trying to get away from it but we do want to establish ourselves as our own band.”

Q: Do you think it has helped get you established quicker and opened doors for the band?

A: “Absolutely. Our siblings have been nothing but supportive but that is something that we needed. At the same time we have done this ourselves. We are Metro Station and we have nothing to do with Hannah Montana.”

Q: Has it been hard work to get where you are now?

A: “It is a lot of work. Two years ago we were traveling around in a 15 passenger Ford van and now we are playing in front of 20,000 kids every night. I remember the night our record was released and we were playing in a small bar to three people.”

Q: Apart from your siblings, what helped you succeed?

A: “We had a lot of support from our label (Columbia) and our management. We just kept focused and stayed on the road.”

Q: When does the tour end and what next?

A: “I believe it is over on December 28. Then we are going to cut another record. It has been two years since our first record was released. We are ready to do some new songs. We are going into the studio right after we are done with this tour and will make another record, hopefully to come out next summer.”

Q: Do you have much new material?

A: “We are always writing. I have a bunch of stuff. But it is a case of us getting together when we don’t have the stress of the road. It is harder to write on the road than when you are home … but we have a new song “Japanese Girl” that isn’t on the record and we have been playing if on the Miley Cyrus concert.”

Q: Do you think your sound will change much on the new album?

A: “I would say you will hear some growth. When Trace and I made the first record Trace and I were 17 or 18 and now we are both 20 and we’ve gone through a lot with the life we now have and being on the road constantly. It is definitely Metro Station but it is a little darker.”

(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Patricia Reaney)

Cutie Miley Cyrus won’t have to pay $4 BILLION to all the Asians in Los Angeles!! Lucie J. Kim’s lawsuit against the singer for taking an offensive photo that “mocks Asians”, was thrown out earlier today by a judge – Lucie claims she’s considering filing an appeal to the judge’s ruling. She’s just being Miley!!

How awful! Local media in Virginia is reporting that Miley Cyrus’ tour bus was in an accident on the I-85 interstate.The entire bus overturned! One fatality has been reported as well as several injuries, however, we’re told that Miley was not on the bus at the time. So sad! sourse.

From Connor L: We got to downtown Indy and saw Miley’s buses at a hotel. So we waited out there for a while and only saw dancers and her mom. My mom went to eat and called me saying Miley was in Panera Bread, where we were planning on eating already (: So we went in and ate.  Miley was with Liam and some other guy and was really nice when we asked for pictures and for her to sign some things. At the mall later they said she walked around with Liam and that random guy for a while, no security or anything. thanks hpaddicted_09!