A Real Life Story

Artist: Maura O'Connell
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992634229
EAN: 0075992634229
ASIN: B000002LMW

Release Date: 1991-02-19

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Ten EXCELLENT Albums You May Have Missed

Tracks:

When Your Heart Is Weak
Burning My Rowboat
A Family Tie
Ireland
Unwinding
Guns Of Love
I Don't Know Why
For No One
When We Ran
Broken Bicycles

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Customer Reviews:

Another great album by Maura........2003-03-30

I bought this album while down in Chicago about one year ago and I have listened to it almost everyday since I bought it. All of the tracks are excellent. I have become attached to "Ireland," "Guns of love," "I don't know why" and even the remake of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "For no one" was great too. This is truly a great buy and I encourage that you buy it.

a FLAWLESS album.......2002-08-29

Maura O'Connell's voice and choice of material have sometimes left me underwhelmed. But I must say A REAL LIFE STORY is as close to a "perfect" album as I've ever heard. Each song is a gem, and O'Connell's performance is intimate, honest and pure throughout. The album includes definitive versions of Tom Waits' "Broken Bicycles" and John Hiatt's "When We Ran." "When Your Heart Is Weak" and "Burning My Rowboat" are wonderfully earthy country-pop. And Shawn Colvin's "I Don't Know Why" is so fragile and beautiful, like something delicate and made of glass.

It's become an old friend.......2001-04-18

I bought this album when it first was released. For years it has been music of choice. Maura's voice is distinctive and so is her choice of music. "Burning My Own Rowboat" is evocative and a completley unexpected image of committing to a relationship. O'Connell takes through the joy of "Feels like Ireland" and the pain of relationships that have passed and others that are still together despite problems because of true love. This is a deeply honest album. O'Connell's voice, choice of songs and arrangements: all are honest and deeply felt by artist and listener alike.

a voice that speaks into your heart.......2000-09-15

if you have never heard Ms. O'Connell, take a chance--you won't be sorry... she exudes such depth and feeling which will keep this CD in your player for many rotations. i remember when i first heard the track "Ireland," i could not sit still as it made me want to dance, and then i was nearly moved to tears with "I Don't Know Why." simply put: what a wonderful artist.

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