I got a chance to listen to Brandi Carlile’s latest album “Give Up The Ghost“, thanks to One2OneNetwork.
Album Tracklisting:
Looking Out
Dying Day
Pride And Joy
Dreams
That Year
Caroline
Before It Breaks
I Will
If There Was No You
Touching The Ground
Oh Dear
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Amazon link with Samples of each track: HERE
About:
Brandi Carlile’s third album, Give Up The Ghost, unveils her talents in their truest form. After two albums and non-stop touring, she has let her guard down and offers her most candid recording to date. If the phrase “give up the ghost” most often refers to death or dying, it can also be used to describe the passing of stages in life, of transformation.
“To give up the ghost is not just to die since we do it a handful of times throughout our lives. It’s a sort of leaving yourself behind,” she explains. “Or what you knew yourself to be so that you can grow and transcend love or youth. Sometimes both.”
The recording of Give Up The Ghost offered new experiences including working with the likes of Elton John, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers multi-instrumentalist Benmont Tench, drummer Chad Smith and Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls, all of whom contribute to the album.
I hadn’t heard of Brandi Carlile before, so I went into this without any previous perceptions. I really enjoyed the album, I liked her voice and I especially liked the songwriting. For me, if an album doesn’t have good songwriting, I lose interest very fast. “Caroline” with Elton John was lighhearted and a lot of fun, and I especially liked “Dreams”. Another thing I liked about this album was it seemed to cover every range of emotion, Brandi strikes me as one of those artists that could tackle just about any genre and make it her own.
Disclaimer: I was contacted by One2One Network to do this review. While I was not compensated for this, I did receive a download of the cd in order to do the review.
