Little Voice Review: Contemporary At Its Greatest

I could start by saying Sara Bareilles has hit jackpot with an album that transcend the present pop culture, with her alto but strong vocal prowess and a great knack of an ability to write strong melody, this album is the standout album for this year.

And it's a welcoming production where charts and airplays are monopolized by the run-of-the-mill gangsta urban rap hits, or when the adult contemporary chart surrounded by repeated old 90's Dianne Warren-written songs, songs from adult chart are so boring that a hit could last at no.1 for more than 10 weeks, case in point Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield in 2005 spent 10 non-consecutive weeks at no.1 trading places with Home flip flopping like nobody's business.

So I am eager to share with you the beauty of this album. An outstanding and perpetually-on-my-playlist album.

It starts with Love Song, a constant darling by radio djays, it was initially thought out, due to its title, a sappy love song for lovers on valentine's day, but upon listening, turns out to be an angry ode towards someone. It did not make sense initially, "I am not gonna write you a love song, if u ask for it" does not sound like a conversation with her lover. End up, after reading further, "OH" pops out from my brain; it's a ditty to unscrupulous greedy recording agents who pressured her to write a love song to fit in this album. How ironic it is to come out that successful.

Then she takes us her earlier days of ambitiousness, the usual "live up your dream" mantra taken up by many pretty-face people looking for superstardom but lacking much of talents, in Vegas.

Take not that all her songs are mostly self-penned, she has definitely got the 'teeth' to write good songs, and it shows in Bottle It Up, a song about her conversation she had with her ex-bf, and how she's not gonna quit just because the relationship ends.

One Sweet Love is a heart-renching song about how she longs for a true "sweet" love. How much she wants to taste at least for a while how would it feel to be in the state of real love with someone who loves her back. Not bad

Come Around Soon obviously is about someone non-lover whom she's angry at. And she end with a strong climax soaring at her highest note from the album. Here her attitude-floundering is at its greatest.

Every love song always comes with unrequited love, every album always comes with longing for the one whom u've been ditched. Certainly every single sould(save for some) would have loved and being dumped badly by that person. Every single album also has story on love-break-and-love-again-then-break-again song, and Morningside speaks from her heart from Sara's experience. 

She said

"Let me down you say never baby blues don't you ever

I'm used to being one with the misfortune to find"

 Perhaps the strongest ballad in this album is Between The Lines, driven by melodic piano rift, she wails her way to a sad ditty that is Morningside Part 2.

And then every other album must have songs about dumping people as many as songs about being dumped, and hence Love on The Rocks  is the one u could play when u wanna dump someone.

"Here's a simplification of everything we're going though
You plus me is bad news"

I can relate very much to Many The Miles, about what's life purpose and all.

Gravity was rehashed from her debut album; Careful Confessions. I would love to have a listen of that album cauise Gravity; about entanglement with the person you try very hard to break free from, is beautiful

If you wanna get a piece of ones life and read them hard and wide, if you wanna have someone to understand you and share your feelings with, get this album.

It's the Adult Contemporary album of the year.