On a Clear Night

Missy Higgins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reprise / Wea
• ASIN: B00118VEGO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,719 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #7 in Music > World Music > Australia & New Zealand

Editorial Reviews

Missy Higgins debut album remains in
the Australian Top 40 more than two year after its release and has become one of the biggest selling Aussie albums of all time.
Where I Stood, the first single from her new album, On A Clear Night, has already shot to #1 in her homeland. After Higgins
won fans in America with her first album and a stateside tour, On A Clear Night was recorded in Los Angeles, and produced by Mitchell Froom (Crowded House, Elvis
Costello, Finn Brothers). Introducing a
newfound positive, uplifting attitude to her passionate singer-songwriter piano rock, On A Clear Night shines a bright light on Australia s most popular young artist.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impossible to fault, May 28, 2007

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Stephen Doig (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On a Clear Night (Audio CD)

I really thought Aussie singer/songwriter Missy Higgins might have a struggle on her hands to better her excellent 2004 debut The Sound Of White. But with her second release, On A Clear Night, she may well have done just that. Her latest batch of songs are, in a word - gorgeous, and their appeal grows with each listen. Opener 'Where I Stood' is an immediate highlight, a song which shivers with emotion, pulling the listener in with a trademark Higgin's tail of lost love/lost identity over a beguiling, yearning melody. Other standouts are the single 'Steer', the breathlessly beautiful 'Warm Whispers' and the 'The Wrong Girl' which seems to have set up permanent residence in my brain - not that I mind one bit. I've only been in possession of On A Clear Night for a couple of weeks, but I sense already, that I'm gonna keep coming back to this album time and time again. Missy Higgins has again shown us just what a genuine talent she is - one of the most gifted and luminescent singer/songwriters to have graced the scene in some time.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Young Talent, November 17, 2008

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Jewel "Anne Fan" (Sacramento, Calif.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On a Clear Night (Audio CD)

I don't usually go out and rave about younger singers since I'm more in the anne murray, bruce cockburn, emmylou harris, bob dylan, joni mitchell generation.

But I have to tell you, Missy has got it head and shoulders over any younger singer today. What will she thrill us with when she starts writing more and more, and rips our hearts out with another whole album of "Where I Stoods"?

If I could give this CD six stars I would. This is worth the investment, and since you can download her MP3's, I recommend this album first. Wow!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most beautiful voice, November 5, 2007

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Marjorie Wilburn "Joe & Chuck's mom" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On a Clear Night (Audio CD)

Missy is one of the most talented singer/songwriters around today. Her voice is mellow and sexy and powerful at the same time. Her lyrics are moving and poetic, full of emotion. If you don't have this CD, get it.