Avalanche

Leah Andreone (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Andreone Fisher Andreone
• ASIN: B002N8AVEC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,394 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some Surprising Gems Here, August 26, 2010

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Cory T. Shaeffer "HockeyFanatic" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avalanche (Audio CD)

Needless to say, it has been more than a hot second that has passed since Leah Andreone has released a new full length album. 1998's "Alchemy" was her most recent effort, back when Bill CLinton was in office and gasoline was a dollar per gallon.

Back in those days, this type of music was all the rage, with the Lilith Fair and artists like Paula Cole, Sheryl Crow, Alanis, etc. hitting the big time. Now, in 2010, with the arrival of artists like Taylor Swift, Kate Voegele, Colbie Calliat, and Francesca Battistelli, the genre seems to be alive once again. So it is appropriate that Andreone returns now, a decade-plus later.

Andreone has worked as a songwriter during the lapse between albums, and the songwriting on "Avalanche" certainly reflects that. "A Flaw in the Way You Love Me" and "A Poet Should Be Sitting Here" are good songs by any standard - but even more impressive when you consider that she has not had an album in nearly a dozen years. The sound of this album is a bit softer overall than her 1996 debut "Veiled," but the song quality does not suffer, and as a matter of fact, it's better at times. In her younger days, Andreone sometimes sounded "forced" on some tracks, like she was trying to go for a style that did not suit her. On "Avalanche" it is more stripped back, evidently the type of record that she feels the most comfortable making. This is a very emotional, intimate set of songs that come from this girl's heart.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait!, October 3, 2009

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Jessica Schreiner "jessgal4u" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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"Never Stop Trying" is a great opening song that reminds listeners of the discs Leah released in the 1990s. The rest of the record is more reminiscent of the Demos disc from a few years ago. The music may seem more subdued overall, but the songwriting is as strong as ever. "A Poet Should be Sitting Here" is my favorite track. Starting slow and then building up the tension both in life and music makes this song a musical rollercoaster. "A Flaw in the Way You Love Me" is from the Demos disc, but it fits the emotion of this record. "Live Your Life" may be the lyrical stand-out track on the disc based on the message it sends out to people of all ages in the current world we live in, it is a song that will continue to be relevant for years to come.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as the first and second cd, April 28, 2011

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M. Hendriks (Geleen/Niederlande) - See all my reviews
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Although not a bad cd, I didn't quite find it as good as "Veiled" and "Alchemy". It starts out with a song in the spirit of "Veil" and is followed by a few other rock songs, but halfway the ballads set in and don't go away anymore. So I really like the first half of the cd, but the second half is more of a "chick-part" in my opinion.