Maia Sharp (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by CactusBot (talk | contribs) at 10:31, 12 December 2010 (Bot: 1 external link(s) adapted for allmusic.com, 1 migrated to template usage). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Untitled

Maia Sharp is a 2002 album by American singer-songwriter Maia Sharp. It was released on the Concord Jazz label and produced by Sharp, her father Randy Sharp, and Mark Addison.[1] Randy Sharp co-wrote the track "Crimes of the Witness".[2]

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. gave the album four stars out of five. He praised the songs' "strong sense of melody" as well as the album's musical arrangements and lyrics.[1] He cited the track "One Good Reason" as a highlight, calling it "achingly beautiful".[1] He called the album as a whole "a fine batch of songs, [...] fresh and pleasing."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Crimes of the Witness" (Sharp, Sharp) — 3:15
  2. "Willing to Burn" (December, James, Sharp) — 3:55
  3. "Long Way Home" (Sharp) — 4:32
  4. "Sinners" (Georges, Sharp) — 4:08
  5. "Crooked Crown" (Batteau, Sharp) — 3:53
  6. "Lightning" (Rose, Sharp) — 4:23
  7. "One Good Reason" (Ashton, Sharp) — 4:00
  8. "Happiness" (Robin, Sharp) — 3:36
  9. "Understudies" (Mondlock, Sharp) — 3:43
  10. "Your Own Justice" (Sharp) — 4:13
  11. "You Can't Lose Them All" (Richey, Sharp, Thorn) — 3:44
  12. "Ghosts" (Sharp, Sharp) — 0:52

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D., "Maia Sharp > Review", AllMusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved December 29, 2009 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  2. ^ Jacobs, Jay S. (2002-11-06), "Music Reviews — Maia Sharp", PopEntertainment.com, retrieved December 29, 2009 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)