CDS Picks: Train, Colbie Caillat and More

Welcome back to another installment in the wildly popular CDS Picks feature. This time, I'm focusing on new recordings by Train, Colbie Caillat, Lily Allen, and more. Have more picks for this week? Just tweet me them and I'll give them a spin? Maybe they'll be make next week's rundown.

Lily Allen - "Bass Like Home"
Though Lily Allen didn't actually get the chance to record an official 2014 World Cup theme song, the British pop star did create a stand alone anthem of her own. Best of all, she offered the track as a limited free download starting on June 12th. The track, titled "Bass Like Home", is an electronic influenced pop production that's more entertaining than most of her recent discography (the majority of Sheezus). To be completely honest, the track has a big chance at reaching the CDS Music Chart Hot 50. If it does reach the chart, it will be the artist's 2nd charting track (2013's "Hard Out Here" reached a peak of #24) and the 3rd charting track used to promote the 2014 World Cup (after Shakira's "La La La" and Oceana's "Everybody").

Train - Angel In Blue Jeans
After taking 2 years off to tour the United States and record their new album, Train is finally back with another new single, "Angel In Blue Jeans". It's not quite as catchy as their previous recent releases ("Drive By", "50 Ways to Say Goodbye", and "Mermaid"), it's still a decent effort and should be able to make a nice sized impact on the CDS Music Chart Hot 50 (as a reference point, "Drive By" reached #1 for a single week but failed to hold well through the rest of its run). Either way, the track is bound to be somewhat of a success across the American radio airwaves this summer.



Robin Stjernberg - "Body Language"
It's a bit disappointing that it took Robin Stjernberg a full year to come up with this song. "Body Language" feels a bit odd when compared to Stjernberg's 2013 smash single "You" (which reached the CDS Music Chart Hot 50 about a year ago).

Fortunately, it's not the worst effort we've seen from Robin Stjernberg and it has some standing potential. It should be able to become a noticeable smash hit in Stjernberg's native Sweden and other neighboring Scandinavian countries.

Colbie Caillat - "Try"
Offered as the iTunes free single of the week, Colbie Caillat's latest single, "Try" is a fairly mellow effort, yet the track's intense vocals place it high within the ranks of Colbie's extensive discography.

Interestingly enough, "Try" was released alongside a surprise digital exclusive EP titled Gypsy Heart (Side A) along with several other tracks. It was later confirmed that this "side A" was actually part of her upcoming 5th studio album (likely to be stylized as just Gypsy Heart). This is an interesting promotion tactic... let's see if it ends up working in her favor.

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