Beautiful Awkward Pictures [Import]

Toni Collette | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hoolahoop
• ASIN: B000J3EF3G
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341,373 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. This Moment Is Golden

2. Mosaic Life

3. Look Up

4. Beautiful Awkward Pictures

5. Trouble With Sister

6. Tender Hooks

7. Black & Blue

8. Jonny’S Lips

9. Tent Waltz

10. Vitamin Pills

11. Cowboy Games

Editorial Reviews

Toni Collette delivers a velvet gloved punch with her much anticipated debut album, which contains eleven self-penned tracks written over the last ten years. 'Beautiful Awkward Pictures' charts Collette's fluctuating emotions as she's worked her way round the globe and reflects her growth as a person and an artist. Laying herself open in her usual honest and unaffected way, Collette's lyrics are often poetic, intimate observations of life and the world around her and this makes for a heady, soul-stirring mix.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!, February 18, 2007

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JestaCat (Brisbane, AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beautiful Awkward Pictures (Audio CD)

What a brilliant album!

Admittedly, I was inspired by her name to invest in this product - and anyone who saw her as the lead in Broadway's "The Wild Party" will agree that that is not a bad thing. This woman can SING! Toni's voice is mellow, subtle and STRONG...

The instrumentation thoughout this album is superb. Toni has surrounded herself with the best mix of musicians and producers etc to get everything out of this recording experience.

First single "Beautiful Awkward Pictures" is simply gorgeous - second single "Look Up" is more energised and, like the rest of this album, affects you spiritually (in a positive way) before you realise it has even touched your soul.

This album is non-pretentious; non-diva; no-holds-barred, unabbreviated and unadulterated brilliance.

The only way this could be improved is by adding some bonus material ("Don't Dream It's Over" from the "Cosi" soundtrack . . .) hopefully a DVD with a live performance and the promo-video's will be released when the promotion is closing up...

Initial Australian pressings of this CD had a mastering fault in the eleventh track - I contacted the supplier (via toni's website) and they happily exchanged it by mail to a corrected copy. Hopefully this won't stop people from enjoying this amazing CD.[...]

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Artistically deep and beautiful, May 24, 2007

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A. Miles (Tualatin, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Awkward Pictures (Audio CD)

I'd never heard of Toni Collette & The Finish until I did a web search on Toni Collette after being very impressed with her role in the recent movie 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I saw Muriel's Wedding years ago and have always cherished her portrayal in that film.

As soon as I listened to music samples on her band's website, I was taken in in a way that has only happened to me once before, in regards to bands. Her music has a genuine, clear depth. Each listen reveals a different part of a multi-faceted, beautiful, soulful crystal. The music holds heartfelt mysteries and is unabashed. The songs and lyrics are very well-crafted. And her voice is so true in clarity, raw with emotion yet polished by grace - it is unfettered, real, and pretty!

I would highly recommend this cd, it's unlike anything I've ever heard before. I look forward to many more listenings as I fall more in love with each listen.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not only can she act..., February 14, 2007

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M. DALTON (Brisbane, Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Awkward Pictures (Audio CD)

...but she can sing and write music too! Beautiful Awkward Pictures is an exquisite piece of work. Mellow, soothing, calm...I'm gonna run out of words. It's just plain beautiful. They're about to start touring out here in Australia. Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!