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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on May 14, 2006 20:00:16 GMT -5
I'll wait to buy the CD. I really liked 'Hotel Paper' and while I understand that this album won't be like it, I really like the two singles so I'm sure I'll like the album as well! Hopefully the Wreckers can bring 2006 up a bit after a thusfar dismal year for new releases for me.
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Post by That Skipping Rope. on May 14, 2006 20:07:08 GMT -5
If anyone wants to PM me that link, that'd be great. ;)
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Post by skaterboyccs on May 14, 2006 22:31:41 GMT -5
I love the album!!! michelle branch and jessica sounds very cool together!!! the album is perfect! cant wait to may 23!!! I have 2 years waiting for the album comes out
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Post by skaterboyccs on May 14, 2006 22:35:49 GMT -5
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Post by Mike on May 14, 2006 22:38:09 GMT -5
bthe, I wouldn't leave that link up... But thanks lol.
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Post by Mike on May 14, 2006 22:50:34 GMT -5
It sounds like the mp3s were ripped from the other site, they don't sound very HQ.
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Post by skaterboyccs on May 14, 2006 22:54:35 GMT -5
by the way... in amazon, tower, cd universe has a special edition CD DVD of the album... anybody knows about the dvd... tracklists etc? I want the video of leave the pieces www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...oding=UTF8 HERE IS THE LINK
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Post by reception on May 23, 2006 16:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by skaterboyccs on May 25, 2006 20:11:17 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002575223The Wreckers Branch Out It's not every new country act that can land high-profile appearances on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and "The View," or the coveted opening slot on the Rascal Flatts tour. But new duo the Wreckers came out of the chute with one huge advantage over other "new" acts: One of its members is Grammy-winning pop star Michelle Branch. Teamed with her best friend and former backup singer Jessica Harp, Branch says she is fully devoted to redirecting her career into country music. Their first collaboration, "Stand Still, Look Pretty," is a fresh and winning collection of songs, most written by Branch, Harp or both. The album, released May 23, is a joint release from pop label Maverick -- Branch's label home for her two platinum-selling solo albums -- and sister label Warner Bros. Nashville. Country radio was quick to embrace debut single "Leave the Pieces," which is at No. 29 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The duo, whose name is an abbreviation of "Homewreckers," discovered on the road together that their voices blended and harmonized well. In the three years Harp had been writing and touring with Branch, they had often talked about pairing up as a duo. Harp briefly had a development deal on Elektra Records in Los Angeles, but it wasn't until she was driving to Nashville from her hometown of Kansas City ready to sign a contract with Dualtone Records in 2004 that they finally committed to the plan. Before reaching Nashville, Harp tuned her car around and, instead, drove to Los Angeles to meet up with Branch. They recorded the bulk of the album with producer John Leventhal in New York, but later added tracks recorded with John Shanks in L.A. and Paul Worley in Nashville. The Shanks collaboration became the first single. With the kind of music they were writing together, Branch says, country seemed like the most obvious home. But it took a while to convince both herself and her label to give it a try. "For a few years I had been trying to work up the courage to jump into it," Branch says. And Maverick needed a dose of courage too. "We told them we wanted it to be an organic, country instrumentation record," Branch recalls. "In their mind it was the ugly 'C' word [country] and they didn't really understand." "It was kind of hard to convince people at first that we could make a country record," recalls Harp. "The label was like 'Fiddle, really? You want fiddle?' But they stepped back and let us do our thing." "When I made my first two studio records, everyone in the company supporting [me]," Branch adds. "This one was more like 'you guys go off and [record] and we'll see if we like it when you're done."
Still, Branch says, the duo kept their wildest country desires in check. "If we had our way we probably would have made a bluegrass record," she says. "But the reigns were held to us a little bit."
Right after they finished the album, Branch learned she was pregnant, so the duo took about a year off, time Branch says helped the Maverick staff wrap its head around the music and come up with a plan to market it in collaboration with Warner Bros. Nashville. If it hadn't been for that time off, she predicts, "The project probably would have gone down the toilet."
While the duo would seem to have an unbalanced dynamic thanks to Branch's track record and Harp's relative unknown status, both women say that has never been an issue.
"When we sit down to write it's very much a collaboration," says Harp. "Neither of us is competitive with each other at all and we're fans of each other."
"She holds her own very well," Branch says of Harp. "When people hear Jessica they realize she brought to the project as much as me, if not more."
The Wreckers will get major exposure in the country world opening 23 dates on the Rascal Flatts tour, beginning May 26 in Holmdel, N.J. Branch says both women are grateful they're not starting out playing "a club tour where we have to share grungy bathrooms. [This] will be a nice, cushy tour with good catering."
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Post by reception on Jul 2, 2006 12:41:29 GMT -5
Happy birthday! Michelle Branch turns 23 today.
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 2, 2006 13:31:24 GMT -5
happy birthdayyy!!! I love u michelle the best for your husband, son and jessica
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 2, 2006 13:32:46 GMT -5
BTW... anyone knows about the second single of the album?... it's time to know about it...
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Post by Chromeozone on Jul 2, 2006 13:38:28 GMT -5
Well, "Leave the Pieces" just moved up from 16 to 13 on Country and was the #5 Gainer, so I don't think it's nearly done yet.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Jul 2, 2006 13:45:26 GMT -5
This album grew off of me. I liked it for about a month, but now I never listen to it and cannot even really name any of the songs.
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 2, 2006 13:48:03 GMT -5
I hope that they release a single the can be promoted in others formats ... the album is still selling well... they're not leaving the top 50 for now...
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Post by vinyl on Jul 3, 2006 17:07:38 GMT -5
I love it. One of the 4 best albums of the year so far.
"Lay Me Down" is amazing.
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Post by moodang on Jul 3, 2006 18:57:01 GMT -5
I honestly think the album is alright, and I would be buying it just because I'm always a Michelle fan. I love that she's not afraid of losing fans by doing a different album, and I think country music is cool. But here's the problem, I don't really like Jessica Harp..If it's a solo album, I probably have it right now!
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Post by Mike on Jul 3, 2006 19:19:10 GMT -5
I love "Tennessee" so much. I hope that ends up being a single.
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Post by moodang on Jul 3, 2006 19:25:47 GMT -5
^^yeh I like Tennessee too..it's one of the best track imo.
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 3, 2006 22:21:29 GMT -5
in tennessee Jessica sings all the song :) I don't know why people dont like her! she is cool! I hope that tennessee will be single too... but I want for second single lay me down... is one of the best on the album... rain and the way back home are so good too..
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Post by vinyl on Jul 4, 2006 0:01:36 GMT -5
Jessica is amazing. I liked her way before The Wreckers, so I was happy when they decided to make a duo album.
I think "Lay Me Down" is the next single.
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Post by cbmc99 on Jul 4, 2006 0:20:10 GMT -5
I'd like to see "Tennessee" "Cigarettes" and "Stand Still, Look Pretty" as singles. In that order
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 4, 2006 9:39:02 GMT -5
I want Lay Me Down Tennessee Rain and The Way Back Home as singles ... some people think that My Oh My can be single but I think that it is veeeeery country and they need right after leave the pieces something multiformat...
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Post by moodang on Jul 4, 2006 11:07:32 GMT -5
in tennessee Jessica sings all the song :) I don't know why people dont like her! she is cool! I hope that tennessee will be single too... but I want for second single lay me down... is one of the best on the album... rain and the way back home are so good too.. that's the problem..cuz I STILL don't like her!! it's difficult for me to buy the album...but I'm listening it off yahoo though.
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 4, 2006 19:23:11 GMT -5
buy it! the music in it is good...
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Jul 4, 2006 19:56:41 GMT -5
Jessica is a bit of a fame leech, but she is hot and the cd is ok so it doesnt matter that much.
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 4, 2006 20:23:08 GMT -5
I like jessica! ... she has some demos of songs sooo good as memphis and you san francisco and me.... and she is like michelle... I love both... more michelle of course
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Post by skaterboyccs on Jul 4, 2006 22:15:08 GMT -5
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Post by moodang on Jul 4, 2006 23:23:58 GMT -5
Jessica is a bit of a fame leech, but she is hot and the cd is ok so it doesnt matter that much. Well I don't find she's hot or pretty.. but I've never seen her in concert yet so she could be hot.. I met Michelle & she's really cute..at least to me.
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Post by moodang on Jul 4, 2006 23:26:20 GMT -5
buy it! the music in it is good... I'm not in US right now..i'm going back in August..I'm going to see if I want it after the summer..
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