Real Life

Joan as Police Woman

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 12, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cheap Lullaby Records
• ASIN: B000NVIGJ8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,103 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Real Life

2. Eternal Flame

3. Feed the Light

4. Ride

5. I Defy

6. Flushed Chest

7. Christobel

8. Save Me

9. Anyone

10. We Don't Own It

Disc: 2

1. Show Me the Life [*]

2. Broken Eyes [*]

3. Sweet Thing [*]

4. Happiness Is a Violator [*]

5. Endless Supply of Poison [*]

6. We Don't Own It [Solo][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REAL LIFE, June 26, 2007

By	Aya C. Peard "Pi 314" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Real Life is the kind of album that makes you think and wonder about it days after the last time you heard it, and makes you kick yourself when you want to hear it right now all the way through and you can't find the cd in your car, or when you realize you haven't uploaded it onto your ipod yet (what?! impossible!). . . There isn't an artist that sounds close, or even close enough to stand in for joan's honest and effortless voice soaring through a mood, liberated from any pedestrian linear storytelling, intimate and timeless. Real Life is the kind of album that you have to listen to at least twice, and after that, it's like a great movie that keeps giving you something new every time you watch it. I thought I'd make comparisons: she's like Laura Nyro-cross-PJHarvey-cross-Chrissy Hines-cross-Nick Drake (the Pink Moon album) -- but it feels lame to me, probably because none of it is really true. It's an either-you-get-it-or-you-don't album -- if you're reading this, get it :).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, August 20, 2007

By	Scott Barney (San Francisco) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you like CDs by people such as Roisin Murphy, Imogen Heap, Cat Power, then you'll probably end up declaring this one of your favourite CDs of 2007.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music, October 16, 2007

By	CV "Shark" (CT) - See all my reviews

This album is excellent. The instrumentals are beautiful and uncluttered, and Joan's voice is absolutely arresting. The lyrics are engaging, heartfelt, and honest. "Anyone" is my current favorite.

Most of the music is pretty mellow, but some tunes rock, and some of the tunes on the B side rock too. I couldn't begin to hazard a genre; I just know that I love it!