The Life You Wanted

Sonya Lorelle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 29, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Oasis
• ASIN: B000BPWUFW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,164,934 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lost So Long

2. Be the One

3. I'm OK

4. Close Enough

5. Crush

6. Kiss Me Tonight

7. Go On With Your Life

8. Gettin' Out of Here

9. The Life You Wanted

10. Make Love Forever

11. Limbo

12. Bedtime Story

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Sonya Lorelle's title track on her first album was coined by a stranger at a gas station who noticed her filling up her truck with a U-Haul attached. After she confirmed that she was indeed moving "by herself," he said in an impressed tone, "oh?! An 'Indepenent Woman'!" She soulfully delivers this debut collection of bluesy songs in an acoustic project that is raw and organic with just her golden voice and piano to back it up. Lorelle soon decided to take her style, described to be an upbeat version of Norah Jones and Carol King, on the road. She gave up her career as a counselor and the lease on her apartment, sold her belongings at a garage sale, and began touring nationally and abroad. Sonya's jazz roots began in school where she alternated as the lead alto sax and the vocalist for the jazz band. She continued her training at Southwest Missouri State University where she received a minor in music, while performing in different groups, as the pianist in the jazz band and singing in the madrigal choir. After her undergraduate work, she completed a Masters Degree in Counseling. From this solid foundation in music theory and insight gained into the human psyche, Sonya is able to write the meaningful lyrics and develop the colorful melodies and harmonies heard on “The Life You Wanted.”

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars really good stuff!, October 22, 2005

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Giles Galahad (El Paso, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life You Wanted (Audio CD)

Like her first recording, really good stuff! A bit more sultry than bouncy, but still really good stuff!

To me, she's a younger, female, Delbert McClinton; and like him, regardless of the particulars, an automatic buy whenever a new recording comes out.