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| Give Me the Music | ||||
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| Released | October 28, 2008 | |||
| Length | 42:51 | |||
| Label | Sony BMG Canada | |||
| Producer | Matt Wallace | |||
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Give Me the Music is the second studio album by Canadian singer Eva Avila, the winner of the fourth season of Canadian Idol. It was released in Canada on October 28, 2008.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
AllMusic editor Matthew Chisling rated the album three and a half out of five stars. He found that Give Me the Music was "the first real example of how exciting Avila is as a pop revelation; her beyond impressive vocal capacity is glorified on this bouncing beat, not hindered like many of her contemporaries [...] Give Me the Music is hardly a bad album, and Avila sounds nearly as wonderfully delicious as she did when her fan base first grew to love her on Canadian Idol [...] This album is one large step towards putting Avila on the pop map where she rightfully belongs." [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Smoke" |
| 3:08 |
| 2. | "Wait" | 3:04 | |
| 3. | "Run" |
| 3:45 |
| 4. | "Damned" |
| 3:48 |
| 5. | "Give Me the Music" |
| 3:17 |
| 6. | "No More Coming Back" | Liz Rodrigues | 3:48 |
| 7. | "What I Want (Not What I Need)" |
| 3:57 |
| 8. | "Like a Bullet" |
| 3:07 |
| 9. | "You Don't Say No" |
| 3:51 |
| 10. | "Master Plan" |
| 3:38 |
| 11. | "Say Goodbye" |
| 3:22 |
| 12. | "I'm Sorry" |
| 4:06 |
| Total length: | 42:56 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "My Neighbourhood" |
| 3:42 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Album ( Billboard ) | 63 |
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