Sleeping in the Nothing

After a very public rise and fall in the spotlight, the "daughter of darkness" grasps her bootstraps to invite you in to meet the real Kelly Osbourne. She has grown up and matured into the recording artist that is seemingly in her blood. "Sleeping In The Nothing" offers a combination of 80's dance club soundtracks married with emotional lyrical content. Veteran songwriter Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Pink) co-wrote and produced the sessions. Veteran remixer Chris Cox (formerly of Thunderpuss) has prepared remixes of key tracks for single releases. Prepare to be pleasantly surprised!

It would be easy to dismiss Kelly Osbourne's musical ambitions based on 1) Her royally obnoxious behavior on the family's MTV reality series, 2) Her overly manufactured debut album, Shut Up, and 3) That voice, which up until now, sounded like cats on a chalkboard. But spare a moment for the bratty singer's follow-up effort, a remarkably faithful new-wave throwback, which generously references everyone from Duran Duran to Missing Persons. Producer Linda Perry not only effectively revives the dramatic sounds and melodies of the era but offers songs that perfectly suit Osbourne's, er, constrained vocal range. The resulting disc is full of guilty pleasures like "Uh Oh" and "Redlight," tunes that should strike a chord with anyone that still gets a thrill out of happening upon basic cable reruns of "Sixteen Candles." --Aidin Vaziri