Best Singing Actresses
For all those accustomed to the earache-inducing musical stylings of Bruce Willis and Lindsay Lohan, 2008 brought a pair of welcome surprises: two pretty good albums by actors!
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(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage (Deschanel); Fotonoticias/WireImage (Johansson)) |
| Actor / Singer | Zooey Deschanel | Scarlett Johansson |
| Album | She & Him Volume One | Anywhere I Lay My Head |
| Cred-lending Colaborator | Indie Folkie M. Ward | TV on the Radio's David Andrew Sitek |
| Concept | Upbeat country-tinged pop originals decorated with pedal steel and Deschanel's endearingly deadpan vocals. | Spacey, futuristically produced Tom Waits covers delivered in Johansson's sonorous baritone |
| Forgivable Actor - Album Mistake | Inexplicable Hawaiian-style version of the Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better". | The tuneless "Song For Jo" the album's lone orignal |
| Highest Achievement | The awesome girl-group-inspired "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here." | The shoe-gaze-y "Falling Down." |



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