Don't Forget to Enter our Latest Contest! PMA is giving away 6 Mixtape Flash Drives!
Singer and songwriter, Vanessa Carlton’s newest record Heroes & Thieves picks up where her last album left off yet does not continue to head in that same direction. There are plenty of pop songs, but also just as many songs that don’t fit the traditional radio song format.
Just like many of the other songs on the record “Come Undone” starts off slow and then adds a faster pace somewhere after the intro. The song gets going with a drum driven verse and over it she spits out the lyrics to keep the song interesting. I could have done with out the
40 second of ambient sounds before the song actually starts but “Come Undone” is pulled off nicely.
I never realized how much Stevie Nicks and Vanessa Carlton’s styles over lapped, and even though both singers could have pulled off the song “The One” individually, it benefits from having the two artists together. The ballad like track is a stand out one which keeps building until it hits its stride towards the end.
This record had a darker feeling than Vanessa Carlton’s past albums and I think it’s in the lyrics rather than the music. Previous efforts had an theme of innocence and “Heroes & Thieves” has less of a wide eyed lyrical approach. “Nolita Fairytale” is a good example with the
line “Take away my record deal, go on I don’t need it…”.
The beginning of the album would have to be the stronger half with potential hit song after hit song. The pop singer definitely has proven over and over again that she can write a good song and album. “Heroes & Thieves” is no exception and overall a solid release despite some minor flaws.n (ap)
MP3 | Vanessa Carlton - Come Undone
MP3 | Vanessa Carlton - Nolita Fairytale
76%
Related posts
{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
Levit 10.16.07 at 5:58 am
h&t is a great beautiful album, i love it.
Jenny 10.16.07 at 6:07 am
new album is Great!!!!i love the way she sings!
Miss Tesco 10.16.07 at 6:13 am
Wow. I love Heroes & Thieves so much more than the others.
Jackson 10.16.07 at 6:23 am
H&T took me a little time to get used to, but now i love it.
sodicygirl 10.16.07 at 7:29 am
i’m loving the new album =]
chem 10.16.07 at 8:44 am
no promotion or video for T&H?i don’t even know the first single
Noah 10.16.07 at 8:49 am
Woah! Has her new album actually been released or is everyone just listening to leaks? Cos I’ve seriously heard NOTHING about the new album officially…
Sunny 10.16.07 at 8:54 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1UFrd1iOc
Kane 10.16.07 at 8:58 am
Vanessa’s new album is GOLD!!
hillers 10.16.07 at 9:06 am
It took some getting used to at first, but I LOVE it now. I don’t know if I like it more than Harmonium though.
TJ 10.16.07 at 1:19 pm
Liking “Nolita Fairytale” a lot, but “Coming Undone” doesn’t do it for me as much.looking forward to hearing some more stuff from this one.
Sivs 11.24.07 at 12:19 am
Heroes & Thieves is really amazing. My favorite track would have to be “More Than This”: GREAT way to end an album!
CHRIS BATES 07.26.08 at 10:05 pm
I JUST FINISHED WATCHING SOUNDSTAGE PART 2. THE ONE IS A TRULY HAUNTING SONG. IT REALLY RESONATED IN MY FEMININE HEART. YOU ARE A GREAT SONG WRITER