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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Storefront
Salesrank: 7774
Released: May 26, 2009 |
| Our Price: $7.29 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Amanda Leigh Track Listing:
1. Merrimack River
2. Fern Dell
3. I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week
4. Pocket Philosopher
5. Song About Home
6. Everblue
7. Merrimack River (Reprise)
8. Love to Love Me Back
9. Indian Summer
10. Nothing Everything
11. Bug
Editorial Review:
2009 album from the singer, songwriter, actress and wife to Pop/Rock troubadour Ryan Adams. Amanda Leigh was produced by Mike Viola, leader of The Candy Butchers and co-songwriter for music from That Thing You Do and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The album's direction is inspired by Moore and Viola's mutual love for Paul McCartney's Ram album and the songwriting of artists like Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, CSNY and Nilsson. Mandy has sold over 8 million albums worldwide. Her critically acclaimed performances in movies such as Saved, American Dreamz and the more recent, Dedication, have made her one of Hollywood's most desirable actresses.
Amanda Leigh Reviews:
An Instant Classic 
2009-09-16 - "Amanda Leigh" is not 'Candy Mandy'. This is Moore's masterpiece. With an album-length 70's vibe, Mandy and musical partner Mike Viola channel vintage Van Dyke Parks in opening number and instant classic "Merrimack River", a song of dazzling subtlety with a forget-me-not melody. "Fern Dell" is filled with playful time changes- delightfully cabaret. If current radio was any good at all, "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week" would be a huge hit. Mandy expertly channels Joni Mitchell in the breathtaking "Song About Home", a song that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Mitchell's "For The Roses" or "Court And Spark". For me, "Song About Home" and the following "Everblue", a flowing and intimate gem are also instant classics. One can practically feel a gentle breeze blowing through "Love To Love You Back" and "Indian Summer". "Nothing Everything" is the last classic with a wonderfully inventive arrangement, especially the ending background vocals. "Bug" serves as a perfect coda to the preceding music. It has echoes of Cat Stevens.
The lyrics throughout are inventive, honest and relatable. Mandy's emergence as an artist to be reckoned with began with "Wild Hope" and flowers on "Amanda Leigh". Delicious!
Satisfying 
2009-09-08 - Mandy keeps getting better and better with each CD. Maturing is the word. Since "Coverage", she has made a 180 degree change from her teenybopper days. Her music and lyrics are more personal now obviously. The music might not chart high but the satisfaction it offers to the listeners are rewarding. Very classy.
A Summer Day
2009-09-06 - That's the image I get when I listen to this folksy, sometimes showtune, album--a summer day. There's a bright green meadow, a nearby brook, a blue sky with tufts of cotton clouds. It's not all happy, though... even the most postcard-perfect sceneries have their own tinge of melancholy. And despite Moore's sweet girl-next-door vocals, you can tell that there's a maturity underneath it all that's not afraid to sing the songs she WANTS to sing.
My only wish is that Moore would give in to a more pop-friendly tune or two. (The carrier single "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week" is still not pop enough for me.) With a carefully-placed pop hit in "Amada Leigh," Moore can draw a larger audience into checking out the rest of the album, and hopefully audiences will realize that true magic this album wields.
Just Awesome...
2009-08-21 - I knew she could make an amazing album...I've been waiting for her to make this kind of album since Coverage. Every song is just incredible. My favorites are Song About Home, Everblue, Love To Love Me Back, Indian Summer, Bug, and Nothing Everything. Haha...Might as well say the whole album. There all awesome though. Mike Viola did a great job. Fun to sing. Relaxing. Good Job Mandy Moore. I will always be a Fan.
Better and Better
2009-08-17 - I am a big Mandy Moore fan - post "pop icon" phase.
I thought that "Wild Hope" was masterfully written and presented, and this follow-up did not dissappoint.
She has continued to mature has a song writter, and by taking the road-less traveled, she has been able to make quality music.
