From the soft-focused, impeccably styled, tasteful cover photo -- better suited for Harper's Bazaar than a pop album -- to the haughty implications of the title, Hilary Duff's third album, Dignity, appears to be the teen star's self-styled, self-conscious adult album.
Almost too adult, actually, since the packaging makes it seem like Hilary skipped over her wild, restless years and headed straight toward polished adult contemporary blandness.
But, as Bo Diddley once sang, you can't judge a book by looking at its cover, and Dignity isn't quite what it seems.
To be sure, it's an adult album, but it's a young adult album, driven almost entirely by gleaming electronic beats, consisting almost entirely of dance songs, and never once seeming as stuffy as that ill-conceived cover.
While it is never as stylish and brittle as the cold, robotic funk of FutureSex/LoveSounds, Dignity surely strives to be a happier, friendlier spin on that electro-pop sound -- dance-pop for people who never set foot in clubs, which also means that even if the rhythms are pushed to the forefront, the tracks are built upon a strong songwriting foundation that, thanks to teen pop impresario Kara DioGuardi, are sturdy, hooky, and memorable.
It's the kind of music made be somebody who knows what's fashionable but isn't by any means a trend-setter, but that, in a nutshell, is who Hilary Duff is: she's not the coolest kid around, but she's the popular girl who's still friendly to the misfits, nerds, and burnouts, so everybody still likes her even if it's at times begrudging.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stranger | Hilary Duff | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | DignityHilary Duff | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | With Love | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Danger | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Gypsy Woman | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Never Stop | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | No Work, All Play | Hilary Duff | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | Between You and Me | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Dreamer | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 10 | Happy | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 11 | Burned | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Outside of You | Hilary Duff | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 13 | I Wish | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 14 | Play with Firewill.i.am | Hilary Duff | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 48 mins | 111 MB | |||||
| 48 mins | 364 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chico Bennett | Producer |
| 2 | Mateo Camargo | Producer |
| 3 | Kara DioGuardi | Producer |
| 4 | Hilary Duff | Audio Production, Composer, Executive Producer, Liner Notes, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Víctor González | Producer |
| 6 | Jason Groucott | Mixing |
| 7 | Derrick Harvin | Producer |
| 8 | Richard "Segal" Herredia | Mixing |
| 9 | Richard Huredia | Mixing |
| 10 | Alain Johannes | Mixing |
| 11 | Enny Joo | Art Direction, Design |
| 12 | Rhett Lawrence | Mixing, Producer |
| 13 | Logic | Mixing, Producer |
| 14 | Raine Maida | Producer |
| 15 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 16 | Andrew McPherson | Photography |
| 17 | Fredwreck Nassar | Mixing, Producer |
| 18 | Vada Nobles | Mixing, Producer |
| 19 | Andre Recke | A&R, Audio Production, Executive Producer, Management |
| 20 | Dave Snow | Creative Director |
| 21 | Ryan Tedder | Producer |
| 22 | Richard Vission | Producer |
| 23 | Greg Wells | Producer |
| 24 | will.i.am | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |