Miss America

Artist: Mary Margaret O'Hara
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 099923791928
EAN: 0099923791928
ASIN: B000001SM8

Release Date: 1996-07-23

Miss America

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Singer-Songwriters

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Tracks:

To Cry About
Year In Song
Body's In Trouble
Dear Darling
Anew Day
When You Know Why You're Happy
My Friends Have
Help Me Lift You Up
Keeping You In Mind
Not Be Alright
You Will Be Loved Again

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Customer Reviews:

Why, oh why, only one album by this artist?.......2006-11-28

"To Cry About" is one of my favourate songs, EVER. This album is for people who appreciate someone who can sing. Mary Margaret is the polar opposite to x-factor and all the other rubbish the music industry is up to these days to try to flog any old tripe. It's time to sit down Mary and pull another rabbit out of your magical hat.

Earth to Koch, come in Koch! .......2006-11-07

Um, one of the finest recordings in your catalog and out of print? Sometimes you have to carry a loss leader because it simply must be available to the public. I know, I know, this is a business and you've got to move units, but, please, Mary Margaret O'Hara is one of the world's great treasures and she surfaces about as often as Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, bestowing on us a tantalizing glimpse of her magnificence, which only leads to greater fascination. Remaster and release and your karma will improve tenfold. Thank you.

Unlike anything you've heard before..........2006-08-26

I own the original 1988 version of this CD (bought from a guy named Roman who ran an underground record store in the ruins of a grand hotel, but that's another story). This album defies description; not quite jazz, definitely not rock, elements of country and blues, with MMOH's amazing voice carrying the whole thing forward. The first bass notes of "Anew Day" always bring me joy, as do the closing lines of "You Will Be Loved Again" (check out Cowboy Junkies' cover): the tension of "Not Be Alright" and "My Friends Have", the longing of "Dear Darling" and "Help Me Lift You Up", the cynicism of "Year in Song"... Oh, just buy the CD and listen! You will soon see why this album is still on my MP3 player nearly 20 years after I first heard it.

A long time fan writes..........2006-06-28

I bought this album in '88 and immediately fell in love. The songs are beautifully written and arranged, the musicians are insightful and edgy, and Mary Margaret O'Hara is wonderful. In the early '90's, MMO'H played a gig in London and it remains the weirdest gig I've ever been to, some very weird people shouting "rubbish" and an annoying photographer who started having a go at me, and the pair of us nearly going outside for a bit of argy-bargy!? MMO'H writhed and shook, the band clanged, boomed and steamed and I had one of the best nights of my life. Like Billie Holiday or Tom Waits, MMO'H is a true original and Miss America is a masterpiece. What more can I say?

What was she on when this was recorded? I want some of it!.......2005-03-01

I don't know the answer to the question I pose, but this album is simply an amazing tour de force. I understand it has been included in many "top 100 albums of all time" lists. Well, from the countless albums I have heard in my music-listening career, I would humbly suggest that it is better than top 100, more like top 10!

For me, there are three qualities about this album which make it a masterpiece. Firstly, each song is a gem, an original and so different from the next.

Second, MMO has a fabulous voice which she uses to great effect - she does what could be called vocal contortions on some tracks and, on others, caresses the song with her tenderness.

Thirdly, the backing musicians are fantastic and compliment the voice. You hear each individual instrument very clearly and because there aren't too many different instruments on each track, less is definitely more.

Best tracks? Don't ask me to choose - OK, if you insist. "Anew Day", "Body In Trouble" and "Help Me Lift You Up" are truly wonderful, but I like her playfulness on "Year In Song" and "Not Be Alright". I like her gentleness on "Keeping You In Mind" where she sings almost operatically (and I love the violin solo - which could be a nod to Stephane Grappelli in its style). However, I should now list the other tracks, just out of deference to their staggering beauty.

So, if you can track this album down, it will probably cost you more than the usual price for a full-priced album. Pay up gladly, because this is just one wierd and wonderful album, a glorious 45 minutes of music. This will then become of the top 100 or even top 10 albums in YOUR list of the best albums ever.

MMO is one extra special talent - and now I need to ask where the follow up is?

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