What should you do if your sister is the (in America) world famous singer Jessica Simpson and you would like to become a singer yourself? Not exactly the same of course, but just the opposite! Ashlee Simpson, Jessica's younger sister, must have thought something like that. So Ashlee dyes her blonde hair black, looks tough in the camera and on her debut album Autobiography (2004) she makes Pink and
… Avril Lavigne inspired 'teen rock'. What makes her no different from her sister is that Ashlee also got her own reality show on MTV (The Ashlee Simpson Show). In the United States, her tactics have already brought Ashlee a lot of success, her album entered the first place in the album charts and sold over 398,000 copies in the first week. Autobiography was produced by John Shanks, who previously worked with Michelle Branch, Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge, and the latter in particular resonates a lot in Ashlee's hoarse voice. Autobiography may not be an original CD, but it is the best product from the Simpson family to date. (IV)more
