Little Voice
 | Epic, 2007, Audio CD Customer Rating: 172 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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For many listeners, Little Voice will be their first exposure to this soulful singer/songwriter, but it's actually Sara Bareilles' second record. Her first, the self-released Careful Confessions, led to a deal with Epic. Since then, Bareilles has opened for Marc Broussard and Maroon 5. She's also become a bonafide soundtrack queen with tracks featured in female-centric films Girl Play, Loving Annabelle, and Monster-in-Law. As with her out-of-print debut, the UCLA grad wrote every song on her first major label recording (Little Voice features re-worked versions of several demo numbers). Like the portrait on the back of the CD — Bareilles in strappy black dress and lace-free high-tops — the piano-playing chanteuse combines the sweet with the scruffy. While her jazzy pop melodies are radio-ready, her relationship-oriented lyrics can be unexpectedly salty ("Bottle Up" and "Come Round Soon" wouldn't pass FCC muster). A little profanity here and there, however, doesn't indicate tough-girl attitude — Amy Winehouse can rest easy — so much as a desire to express herself freely. As Bareilles explains in "Love Song," "I'm trying to let you hear me as I am." (Not surprisingly, her degree is in communications.) Fans of Sarah McLachlan and Alicia Keyes will find much to like here. — Kathleen C. Fennessy
- Love Song
- Vegas
- Bottle It Up
- One Sweet Love
- Come Round Soon
- Morningside
- Between the Lines
- Love on the Rocks
- City
- Many the Miles
- Fairytale
- Gravity
Title: Little Voice
Sales Rank: 572 in Music
Artist: Sara Bareilles
Label: Epic, 2007-07-03, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Package Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches, 0.15 pounds
- Best Album/Artist I've heard in a long time
- When I first heard Sara Bareilles' single "Long Song" on the radio I thought it was a typical pop song, catchy, and fine with me until I heard it several times over and decided I liked this song enough to go check out the other work from this artist I had never heard of before.
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- 4-1/2 stars -- How about if I asked for it?
- For those that don't know, Little Voice is actually Sara Bareilles' second album. Her first album was a self-published album called Careful Confessions but it has since gone out of print, which is why I can let slide the fact that several of the songs on there appear on THIS album. Anyway, I was first introduced to Sara on the Tonight Show,… More reviews
- Beautiful Voice!
- I was first introduced to Sara Bareilles via a tv commercial. Just loved the song ("Love Song") and found her voice to be amazing. Glad that that little bit of exposure to this talented artist led me to Amazon so that I could explore more of her work. This definitely will not be my last purchase of Sara's music. The vocal sounds, writing, and overall production… More reviews
- Love it!
- If you like anna nalick, norah jones etc you will love this! She is great! More reviews
- Charming voice, but repetitive lyrics and music lack replayability
- It is quite rare that I say or think this, but I can honestly say that I regret having purchased the entire album rather than the big single on it. Check out Youtube mixes of the other tracks, such as the dull self-important Vegas song, before making your purchase.
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