Track Listing

1. Follow
2. What Can I Say (New Recording)
3. Closer To You
4. Throw It All Away (New Recording)
5. Happy
6. Someday Never Comes
7. Fall Apart Again
8. In My Own Eyes
9. Gone
10. Tragedy
11. Sixty Years On (Live)
12. Tragedy (Austin Cello Version)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1306 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Not Since the Sixties
I have not been as moved by a singer since the sixties, and I'm in my sixties. Brandi Carlile has a voice and a soul that could render any song fantastic. When people see this old dude with headphones in the airport or someplace they will probably think I'm listenting to Frank Sinatra or a self improvement mp3. Man, they don't even know. I recommend anything Brandi Carlile has for sale, and you gotta see her live.

What A Debut
The entire album is good, but I'd give it five stars for the tracks "What Can I Say" and "Throw It All Away" alone. They are fantastic and unlike anything I've heard in a while. Brandi Carlile's music is an interesting mix of country, rock and folk that is very appealing and she has an outstanding voice. If you like Mindy Smith, Sarah McLachlan or even Jewel, and especially if you like all three of those artists, I highly recommend this CD.

Powerful voice, addictive songs
I first saw Brandi Carlile open for Jamie Cullum at Town Hall in NYC. I'd never heard of her, and sometimes opening acts struggle to get the attention of the audience, but many people in the sophisticated crowd were digging her bigtime. I'd missed the intro so had to ask around for who this young woman was with the powerful voice, incredible range and emotional delivery. She knows how to get loud and when to get soft. I then saw her headline at an intimate show downtown (at the Bowery Bar), and she was both riveting and charming, with songs from this album and gutsy covers like "Folsom Prison Blues" and "The Times They Are A'Changing." The album is addictive--I can listen to it over and over again. I'm bummed that I don't have the bonus tracks. I'll probably try to download those somewhere rather than buy the album again. I love the way she phrases the lyrics, which read like poetry, sort of like a Leonard Cohen song: "Hold out I know you feel it getting cold out/Without the blanket for your soul now/Before you know it you'll be frozen/You have to see this through/There's no one here but you" is from "Follow." Speaking of Leonard Cohen, Brandi does a mean live version of "Hallelujah" (not as good as Jeff Buckley's, but then his is about as sublime as could be). Here's another sample from "Throw It All Away": "When you're near me I have no fear/When I'm untrue you see right through me/You know me as deep as the sea goes/Calm my head whenever the storm blows...This love branches out like an oak tree/Reach for the sky and roots to the sea/So when you're shaken down and broken/Find some peace of mind in knowing." I love the unusual, unexpected rhymes, like "broken" and "knowing" in those last two lines and "hold out" with "cold out" with "soul now" in the first quote. Her cowriter on many of the tracks (and sole writer on some) is Tim Hanseroth, who plays lead guitar and backup vocals and also deserves kudos. This is an incredibly talented artist, and I look forward to hearing more from her in the future. Now, buy this album!!!!