Real Life Story

Maura O'Connell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 1991)
• Original Release Date: February 19, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LMW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,870 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1. When Your Heart Is Weak 4:04 2. Burning My Rowboat 3:10 3. A Family Tie 3:14 4. Ireland 4:32 5. Unwinding 3:54 6. Guns of Love 3:49 7. I Don't Know Why 3:54 8. For No One 3:12 9. When We Ran 4:01 10. Broken Bicycles 3:13

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great album by Maura., March 29, 2003

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Nick Brozek (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real Life Story (Audio CD)

I bought this album while down in Chicago about one year ago and I have listened to it almost everyday since I bought it. All of the tracks are excellent. I have become attached to "Ireland," "Guns of love," "I don't know why" and even the remake of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "For no one" was great too. This is truly a great buy and I encourage that you buy it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a FLAWLESS album, August 29, 2002

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A. B. HOWARD "scscudder" (Lexington, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Real Life Story (Audio CD)

Maura O'Connell's voice and choice of material have sometimes left me underwhelmed. But I must say A REAL LIFE STORY is as close to a "perfect" album as I've ever heard. Each song is a gem, and O'Connell's performance is intimate, honest and pure throughout. The album includes definitive versions of Tom Waits' "Broken Bicycles" and John Hiatt's "When We Ran." "When Your Heart Is Weak" and "Burning My Rowboat" are wonderfully earthy country-pop. And Shawn Colvin's "I Don't Know Why" is so fragile and beautiful, like something delicate and made of glass.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's become an old friend, April 18, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (Quitman, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real Life Story (Audio CD)

I bought this album when it first was released. For years it has been music of choice. Maura's voice is distinctive and so is her choice of music. "Burning My Own Rowboat" is evocative and a completley unexpected image of committing to a relationship. O'Connell takes through the joy of "Feels like Ireland" and the pain of relationships that have passed and others that are still together despite problems because of true love. This is a deeply honest album. O'Connell's voice, choice of songs and arrangements: all are honest and deeply felt by artist and listener alike.