AIP not really the flop its considered

[authorbriangibson]

According the review from secondspin.com:

CD Information
Released:  April 30, 2001 
Label: Atlantic 

Review
Debbie Gibson and Tiffany were often compared to one another in the late 1980s, and in 1990, there was even more reason to compare them when both singers tried to shed their teeny-bopper images and record more mature, less sugary albums. While Tiffany turned to new jack swing and urban contemporary with unconvincing and weak results on New Inside, Gibson had a bit more artistic success mining the dance-pop waters on Anything Is Possible -- but only a bit. Though some of the material is fairly decent (including "Another Brick Fall" and the Madonna-ish "It Must've Been My Boy"), most of it is pedestrian, homogenized and quite forgettable. And as the thin-voiced Long Islander approached 20, the fact remained that she didn't have a great range by any means. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

[Woops]

Yet, that review didn't mentioned  the ballads like "This So Called Miracle", "Sure",  and "One Hand, One Heart"... 

[authorbriangibson]

AIP is one of my favorites. I love how dark and serious it is.

[Out of the Blue]

Mandy Moore's new CD is getting trashed by a lot of critics.  That doesn't surprise me because she's not politically correct enough for them.  If the name on the top of the CD said Rage Against the Machine they would say it was the greatest CD of the year and the greatest CD ever made or that ever would be made.  Nobody can tell me that the critics don't approach things with bias.

[Woops]

Rage Against The Machine and rap influenced rock hasn't been popular for about 7 years. (BTW, never into the genre, though I like a few songs from Faith No More)

Though the critics tend to favor more alternative or classic rock.