ARTIST: Kate Voegele
TITLE: Don't Look Away
LABEL: MySpace/Interscope/Universal
GENRE: Pop
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 186 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 1h 05min 13sec total
SIZE: 86.68MB
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-02-27
Track List
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01. Chicago 3:57
02. I Get It 3:35
03. Only Fooling Myself 3:34
04. Top Of The World 4:02
05. One Way Or Another 3:44
06. It's Only Life 4:08
07. Might Have Been 3:47
08. Facing Up 4:10
09. No Good 4:13
10. Devil In Me 4:20
11. I Won't Disagree 3:53
12. Wish You Were 4:46
13. Kindly Unspoken 4:05
14. I Get It (Bonus Acoustic Track) 4:02
15. Only Fooling Myself (Bonus Acoustic 4:16
Track)
16. Wish You Were (Bonus Acoustic Track) 4:41
Release Notes:
The musical landscape is teeming with singer/songwriters, many of them quite
capable, but only a handful have something truly distinctive to offer. Kate
Voegele belongs in the latter category. Don't Look Away, Voegele's first
full-length album (MySpace Records), is a revelation, as the 20-year-old
writer/singer, belying her tender years, delivers songs of depth and insight
with a powerfully seductive voice that maintains a fierce presence amid dynamic
rock grooves and infectious pop hooks. Produced by the veteran Marshall Altman
(Matt Nathanson, Mark Broussard), Don't Look Away is a bravura effort from an
old soul with a youthful spirit; think of her album as a female parallel to John
Mayer's Room for Squares--at once a zeitgeist-capturing landmark and the
launchpad for a viable career.
The tracks range from the rootsy acoustic ballad "Wish You Were," with its
mandolin and accordion filigree, and the sparse, piano-based "Kindly Unspoken"
to the widescreen heartbreak anthem "Only Fooling Myself" and the ironically
titled "It's Only Life," a soaring expression of female empowerment, which
Voegele describes as "a motivational, uplifting song about dealing with
situations rather than trying to hide from them." "One Way or Another" is an
edgy rocker about romantic victimization, while the punchy "Chicago," she says,
"is a metaphorical representation of any kind of escape, about just needing to
get away. The line at the end of the chorus is, `I'll be on the seven o'clock to
Chicago,' so it refers to a specific city, but it's universally applicable."
While the concerns Voegele touches on in her songs are contemporary, her
sensibility is deeply rooted. Growing up surrounded by the music of seminal
singer/songwriters like Carole King, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Eric
Clapton, thanks to her musician father, Voegele absorbed everything she heard as
if by osmosis, and began writing her own songs at 15. "It's my personal goal to
continue the standard set by those before me," she says of her timeless
approach. "No matter how a song develops, my main goal is to reach people,
because there were so many musicians who spoke to me, and still do, to help me
to deal with situations. It's so easy nowadays with all the technology for
people to fake it. For me, it's just so important that the true musical talent
and passion for the songs be there."
Poised, beautiful, armed with unforgettable songs and a voice to match, Kate
Voegele is on the brink of something big!
Props to the other group for putting the regular edition out, now here's the
Target Retail with 3 additional bonus tracks. Full artwork scans
included...she's kinda cute if you ask me :P. The bonus tracks have low bitrate
due to the fact they are acoustic/vocal only. I have no idea what'up with the
Target sticker, but there are no acoustic versions of Kindly Unspoken or It's
Only Life on the CD.
Don't forget to support the artists! We did.
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