While You Can

Artist: Lucy Woodward
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075678363726
EAN: 0075678363726
ASIN: B00008J2JG

Release Date: 2003-04-01

While You Can

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Tracks:

Dumb Girls
Blindsided
Trust Me (You Don't Wanna See This)
Is This Hollywood
Trouble With Me
What's Good For Me
Standing
The Breakdown
Always Something
Gettin' It On
Done

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Lucy Woodward isn't just a blonde pop princess trying to jump onto the tale end of a dying medium. Oh no, this 26-year-old chanteuse has grit in her honeyed voice and scores to settle on her debut album. All 11 tracks were written or co-written by Woodward, who also had the foresight to brings in a bevy of studio ringers like Who bassist Pino Pallindo and Bob Dylan drummer Kenny Aronoff to give her fierce songs of love and willfulness the proper send-off. But Woodward ably holds her own in such elevated company: "Dumb Girls," is a self-deprecating, no holes barred look at about getting hoodwinked in the romantic wars. With lines like, "You bring out the blonde in me," you just know this man isn't ever getting a second chance. On "Trouble With Me," Woodward ponders why she's alone, while on "What's Good For Me" she knows, deciding to quit picking on herself and trust her own intuition. The daughter of an opera singer and a BBC musicologist, Woodward is bristling with talent and canny rhythmic timing, but stylistically she's still all over the map, veering between the ire of Missy Elliot and the sweet soulfulness of Sheryl Crow. Once she hones in on her own voice, she's going to be unstoppable. <I>--Jaan Uhelszki</I>

Album Description

Atlantic debut from the adorable Lucy Woodward, produced by John Shanks (Michelle Branch, The Corrs, Sheryl Crow). Sexy vocals with a delightfully melodic modern sound. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Better Than I Expected.......2006-03-26

Based on the cover art I figured she'd be just another manufactured girl-pop artist, and it's true you can sense a strong "steering" in the production towards a familiar sound. Still, her voice is quite good and there are some enjoyable songs here. There's just a bit more punch and rock than you hear on Sheyl Crow or Avril's albums, and it helps give the CD some vitality.

In the end, I decided to take this CD home and give it a chance. Being an open minded listener, means being willing not to discard good artists, just because they've been carefully "packaged" by the Label.

It's okay, nothing great.......2005-11-09

I heard Lucy's single "Dumb Girls" on the radio a while back and I thought I should get the CD. I have a hard time dealing with the bridge (the middle of the song) because I find the transition from chorus to bridge very weak. And the end of some songs--for example, "What's Good For Me," "The Breakdown"--has to go with an insanely climatic finish, which I find annoying because overrated. Overall, the CD is upbeat and Lucy has a good voice; so I often find myself listening to her CD whenever I have nothing good to listen to or I feel like crap.

Fantastica!.......2005-09-29

Lucy Woodward's album is a hands-down winner. I don't know exactly what I was expecting when I purchased it. "Dumb Girls" was constantly on my mind, so I picked it up and listened. It didn't grip me, not right away. "Dumb Girls" was still the best song on the album.

It grows on you, though. Song by song, you'll discover the range of this girl's talent and catchiness. The next song I grew to enjoy, "Blindsided", is a fun enough song, but Im not sure why I grew to enjoy it. Probably one of the most mediocre songs on the album.

"Trust Me (You Don't Want To See This)" is an AMAZING song! I can't get over it. It's funky, interesting, and very clever. The guitar in the beginning is what drew me in. See, a bit of background about ME (which won't really help you understand the music any) is that I listen to music while I sleep. Usually while I'm in the process of drifting towards being awake, if there's a song on I don't know, I'll typically love it. I don't know why I do this, but it happens quite frequently. It happened for this song, and now I am addicted to it. She is basically warning a potential lover to cover his eyes while she sows her wild oats. It's a fun song!

"Is This Hollywood" is my current Lucy Woodward trip. This song is powerful in it's own right. She moves across country and disjoints her life in an effort to get over a scorned love. The chorus is beautiful, haunting, and addictive.

To be honest, I haven't given the rest of the album a whole lot of listen because I dwell on those songs. I guarantee that I will soon find another song to love, just give me time.

Oh, and yeah...pick this up.

Great CD.......2005-08-07

My favorite song on it is, Blindsighted. I give it 4 stars because there our 3 songs on it I don't like.

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