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Careful What You Wish for

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She's no longer going to be my little secret. The rest of America (and the world) is now going to be familiar with my favorite female artist: The lovely, talented, and extremely hard-working Jonatha Brooke. She consistently amazes me.

When I first heard the title track last December, I knew that this album was going to be something different and exciting from J Bro. "Careful What You Wish For" busted through the speakers and made my house vibrate, and I liked it. The song has a BIG, full sound with a great melody and fun harmonies. You'll be at the store, and you'll start humming the song. Trust me. It will happen to you.

The rest of the CD is very solid. "Keep The River On Your Right" is another favorite. Darren Embry's grooving bass put a big smile on my face. My dog actually wanted to dance with me. "Forgiven" is a haunting semi-dissonant masterpiece. "Hearsay" is a rockin' catchy waltz (ok...it's 6/8 time). You'll be tapping your toes on this one. "Prodigal Daughter" is another favorite. I was hooked from the first two lines. "Never Too Late For Love" is simple, beautiful, and sweet. It's classic Jonatha: a solo acoustic guitar and a heavenly voice.

This CD rocks, but seeing Jonatha live is a love affair. When she comes to your town, definitely catch her show. Her live performances will turn you into a two-timer.

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This is an album so good that it uttelry transcends any descriptive category. Jonatha Brooke has delivered a body of work that is equal parts haunting, beautiful, melodic, and powerful.

From the awesome, trippy strength of the title track, to the head-bouncing energy of "Keep the River on Your Right", the soaring harmonies of "Baby Wait", the taunting, eerie electric guitars in "Forgiven", to the acoustic loveliness of the closing track, "Never too Late," there's so much to absorb and discover on multiple listens. I find that on any given day my "favorite" song changes simply because I can't pick just one.

I can't understand why more people haven't heard of Jonatha Brooke. Based on the killer talent of this album, she should be picking up a ton of new fans soon!

It would seem from previous reviewers that you have either been a huge fan of Jonathas'since the days of the Story or you have never heard of the lady. Well I am in the former camp as I have all of her work and I rate this among her best. I do however notice a recent shift to more of an electric performance, as recently evinced by the Live in NY CD (not a bad thing)
The Cd kicks off with 3 great tracks and continues in that form utill the track in French........maybe I need to hear it more, and does not let up till the end.
A pure class CD and in these days of manufactured music such tallent in both songwriting and performance is indeed VERY rare
A must buy!!!!!!!!!!

Great songwriting in the Elvis Costello/Aimee Mann school of wit and pop sophitication. The production is fun and stimulating. I would've thought Jon Brion was the producer of some of the tracks. If Aimee Mann's "Whatever" is one of your favorites, you must get this album. The title song is the stand-out track for me, one of those songs that will stand the test of time 50 years from now. "After The Tears" is another, the kind of song that comes along every 10 years.

I'm really enjoying this album.

I love all of Jonatha's stuff, but this record is without a doubt her best ever. It's nothing short of criminal that she isn't a huge star. Buy this record. You won't be sorry. And here's the best kept secret of all: as great as her studio work is, Jonatha live is an experience you will never forget. She doesn't need studio magic to sound good--she's the real deal.

I've reviewed each of Jonatha's CDs and in the process have come to appreciate both the gentle beauty and the dramatic power of her delivery. This CD meets, even exceeds expectations, on all counts. Some reviewers have noted this may be her best studio effort ever and they may be right, which is high praise. The power of Hearsay, with its message about keeping and revealing secrets, features the best in songwriting and singing from this Dynamo. Matches "Linger" and several other of her signature electric songs. Then, with "Leave The Light On", we hear that sweet sound that, in the end, makes one want to come back to Jonatha and fall into her arms. Stunning song that matches "So Much Mine" or any of her mellow, acoustic beauties. Though they all say Jonatha Brooke, I love hearing different influences in the songs, with the high harmonies that go from British bands to the Beach Boys, and then the instrumentation, even the use of an oboe, makes each listen something special. Following so closely on the heels of the absolutely electric live CD and DVD, Jonatha Brooke proves to be a star with an incredible band who's limited only by her imagination. This CD helps me forget the Circus CD, which in my mind was a bomb. Why only 4 stars? It's not perfect. The song in French is a toss-away for those who don't speak the language, plus the music is nondescript. And Forgiven is too noisy. Crosses the line. I can't get through the song without forwarding to the next. But in summary, this CD is a winner, Jonatha Brooke is a superb talent and the only sad thing is that I don't see a Northeast Ohio visit on her touring calendar. Ugh!

"STEADY PULL" is one of my favorite albums of the last 10 years or so. This is not quite in that league, but its still more engaging than her "circus" recording.

It's hard to believe that after so many albums Jonatha Brooke would take a step up in material but this is a level above the others which were good to start with. The title cut is one of the best songs and singing performances of her career.

Jonatha, sings, plays, and writes with the best on Careful What You Wish For. I especially like Beautiful Girl. The album is well produced and should please just about anyone seeking strong female vocal in a folk / rock genre.

I really freaked out when I heard the first single. What an amazing track. I went out and bought the CD as soon as it was released. Than as so often happens, you end up regretting it. The first song is still great, but the rest of the album is pretty lame. Is it so hard to write 10 catchy songs with meaningful lyrics? I recently watched her live and it was all fantastic. Nothing like the dreary records she makes. Her energy was fantastic and her band rocked. I'm not sure if it's her producers fault that this latest record falls flat after one song or not.

I haven't bought a record since, until the new Fiona Kernaghan record came out. This woman knows how to write hit after hit. She still amazes me.I think it's on sale at her website but I got it at Tania's concert last night in Sydney Australia.