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from: Mithranda Music
Price: $20.88 as of 09/03/2010 11:49 EST
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0634479734625
Label: Mithranda Music
Manufacturer: Mithranda Music
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mithranda Music
Release Date: February 14, 2004
Studio: Mithranda Music
Disc 1:- Again
- January Snow
- Merry-Go-Round
- Clean
- Rainbow
- Past Unconditional
- Galatea
- Laughable Tragedy
- Lover of Mine
- Out of Mind
- Today
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Editorial Review:
Album Description:
"Breaking the Habit", Joanna McMeikan's solo debut, is thoughtful, intelligent, sometimes edgy, sometimes heartbreakingly beautiful, always unique singer/songwriter material.
If you enjoy the hauntingly beautiful music of Sarah McLachlan, the edginess of Fiona Apple, the vocal abilities of Jewel, the creativity of Kate Bush and Bjork or the songwriting of Sting, this is the album for you.
"Breaking the Habit" was praised by Gian Fiero as "A stellar showcase of radio friendly, commercially viable songs which consistently deliver: musically, vocally, lyrically, and artistically on the highest levels." (The Muse's Muse).
The album was co-produced by Joanna McMeikan and Mario Maisonnave.
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From the ominous opening strains of "Again" to the plaintive longing of the closing track "Today", Ms. McMeikan has crafted a beautifully compelling debut filled with brutally honest lyrics and lush yet uncluttered orchestration. Joanna's skill as both composer and singer shine thru on every track as each haunting melody embraces the pain, darkness, love, loss and redemption of the human experience and beyond. Her angelic voice rises and swirls with emotion, leaving no doubt that every word and every ... Read More
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From the foreboding drums that open "Again" to the final melancholy piano chords of "Today," we accompany singer-songwriter Joanna McMeikan on an intimate journey through themes of bitterness, disappointment, obsession, and betrayal in her first, and very remarkable, solo album "Breaking the Habit."
An emotional adventuress and heartbreakingly vulnerable storyteller, McMeikan sings of being replaced by a trophy girl in "Galatea," plays the "other woman" trapped by her desires in "Lover of Mine," ... Read More
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This is really exciting new music. Fascinating grooves plus heartstoppingly beautiful ballads. Addictive melodies develop alongside meaningful words. "Today" and "January Snow" just make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck! This is songwriting and production at its very best.
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this is one of the albums that ought to permanently hovver around your shortlist. it creates, in me, a globe of emotions from the plain perfection of shivers down the spine when joanna's ideas and voice combine to make moments on this cut that dwarf mountains - to the dark, shadowy fear that she, surely, can't pull it out of the hat like this ever again. i was lucky enough to be hand-picked by joanna to design the sleeve and website for her album... and it leads me to thinking about how i would re-design her ... Read More
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You must hear this album if you like Dido, Katie Melua or just like good music. Joanna has an incredible way with a melody - all the songs are instantly accessible, but like the lyrics, the tunes have an edge and a bittersweet twist. The extremely catchy "Merry-Go-Round" will strike a chord with anyone who's ever felt "middle-aged at twenty-five" and longed to wake up in a gutter again; "Rainbow" is a sweetly ironic hymn to the joys of Prozac; "Galatea" blasts a lover who chooses a "china doll" over an inspiring, ... Read More
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