Miley Cyrus has done nothing but make headlines for weeks on end, ever since her outrageous performance at MTV’s video music awards. Most believe this was an attempt to stray away from the image of Hannah Montana, the reason she was brought to fame in the first place. In a matter of a few years Cyrus has gone from teen idol to millions of tween girls, to a provocative and outrageous young woman.

“Bangerz” the new album is Cyrus’ first since the emergence of her new look and iconic short, boyish hairstyle. The first single “We Can’t Stop” was released to moderate radio play. It’s catchy, but didn’t have the success of some of her earlier singles from previous albums and was not impressive at all. Within the past few weeks, the video for her second single “Wrecking Ball” went viral.

“Wrecking Ball” is an excellent song. It shows progression in her music style with the lyrics and singing. The once young Disney star has matured into a young woman and this song shows it. The first and last tracks “Adore You” and “Someone Else” also display the same characteristics as “Wrecking Ball” and could be even considered ballads.

All of “Bangerz” is nowhere near as good as the tracks mentioned earlier though. It has its’ fair share of Cyrus’ attempt at club music with “4×4” featuring Nelly and “SMS” featuring Britney Spears, sticking out as the most awful.

The rest of the album sounded extremely similar and the songs didn’t have much variety. Upon first listen it might be hard to differentiate them from one another.