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REAL LIFE

Aya C. Peard | Santa Monica, CA | 06/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Real Life is the kind of album that makes you think and wonder about it days after the last time you heard it, and makes you kick yourself when you want to hear it right now all the way through and you can't find the cd in your car, or when you realize you haven't uploaded it onto your ipod yet (what?! impossible!). . . There isn't an artist that sounds close, or even close enough to stand in for joan's honest and effortless voice soaring through a mood, liberated from any pedestrian linear storytelling, intimate and timeless. Real Life is the kind of album that you have to listen to at least twice, and after that, it's like a great movie that keeps giving you something new every time you watch it. I thought I'd make comparisons: she's like Laura Nyro-cross-PJHarvey-cross-Chrissy Hines-cross-Nick Drake (the Pink Moon album) -- but it feels lame to me, probably because none of it is really true. It's an either-you-get-it-or-you-don't album -- if you're reading this, get it :)."

My Favorite Album of the Year

Yael | USA | 06/25/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am very picky with the music I like and therefore the music I buy. But, ever since I bought Joan's album I can't stop listening to it. Every song is a great song. The production is so simple and so masterful. As soon as the album is over I try to stop myself from playing it again right away (because I don't wanna get tired of it!), but I find myself singing the songs to myself anyway so there I go and play it from the top one more time. Love it, love it, love it!"

Great Music

Scott Barney | San Francisco | 08/20/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like CDs by people such as Roisin Murphy, Imogen Heap, Cat Power, then you'll probably end up declaring this one of your favourite CDs of 2007."