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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings
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Positive: 13 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 4 out of 17
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Oct 14, 2011It is an incredible album... I love it... she really showed that she can do any types of music from pop to alternative... she is really growing to the better... :)
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Nov 8, 2010WOW!!!!! After Mandy's transformation from a pop artist to an alternative artist Mandy really hit the nail on this one. She showed that she is growing up and leaving her past behind!
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MattD.Jun 2, 2009Wish you wouldn't have dropped the CD 5 points over the Onion AV Club review - their reviews are not very good. This CD is cohesive, not overly similar. It'a a great modern take on classic rock.
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FormthelandofOZJun 1, 2009Great sing a long. Although I do feel that some of the songs could have been chunkier. It's going to be a great album to get me through my upcoming exams.
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PedroBMay 28, 2009Mandy Moore at her best, surely evolved into a pop adult singer after the incredible "Wild Hope".
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Everything about Amanda Leigh is just a shade too precise--the production too transparent, the singing too on the nose, the mood too subdued--to achieve the homespun quality Moore so cherishes, but a large part of Mandy's appeal is her good taste and her clean way with a song, something that is readily apparent and often winning on Amanda Leigh.
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Power-pop guru Mike Viola, of the Candy Butchers, is the album's producer and main co-writer, and the collection (recorded at Ducky Carlisle's Ice Station Zebra in Medford) is filled with his sweet, skewed melodies and smart, infectious choruses.
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Amanda Leigh is much more fun, with twisty-turny melodies ('Merrimack River'); jazzy, Broadway-influenced arrangements ('Pocket Philosopher'); and one track that sounds--improbably enough--like Fragile-era Yes ('Song About Home').