| Mann, Lisa / Hard Times, Bad Decisions |
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| Album: | Hard Times, Bad Decisions | Collection: | Out for Review | |
| Artist: | Mann, Lisa | Added: | 11/2016 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-11-09 | Pull Date: | 2017-01-11 | Charts: | Blues |
| Week Ending: | 18 Dec | 20 Nov |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 12, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 70 Ain't Nunna Yo Bizness | 3. | Nov 14, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 67 I Go Zoom | |
| 2. | Nov 15, 2016: | Waste FM Two Halves Of One Broken Heart | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Katie Kramon Reviewed 2016-11-08 | ||
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Lisa Mann’s Hard Times, Bad Decisions Reviewed by KKray This album is fun and has great vocals. All of the songs tell a story. It has a feminist, don’t-mess-with-this-gal spice going on. A lot of songs about love--past, present, painful, and uplifting. Interesting mix of country, and old school pop. FCC (song 5, Doghouse) (4:31) *Emotive vocals, a ballad of regret and repentance with an old school flare. Drags on a little long, but the lyrics are well done and so are the instrumentals. (4:12) **Duet, both singers with very strong and emotive voices. Slow and melancholy. Classic couple duo looking back at their relationship together. Some good lyrics in there. (3:50) ***This one flows a little more quickly and is much more upbeat. Some neat keyboard intermittently. Soulful feel, with Mann’s voice and some backup singers. (4:17) **Sounds old school, almost with a Walking on Sunshine feel. Upbeat, a lot of boom and ooh-ahing. (3:16) ***FCC (took his ASS to the doghouse). Funky and poppy, fast-paced, old school woman-angry-at-man-who-behaves-badly kind of feel. Some good electric guitar in there. Some barking and howling at the end! (3:31) **Slow, but some neat brass wind instruments intermittently and she show’s off her strong, almost show-tuney voice again. Another love ballad. (2:58) ***Fun and fast-paced. Defiant, girl power-esc song. Lyrics like “I get to choose which hand to hold.” Catchy. (3:19) **Funny and some good scratchy-voiced solos. She describes her father’s house, and all the rules you have to follow there. (3:12) **Some great piano scales. Another love ballad about how you need a better woman than the one you had before who treated you badly. (3:19) **Gambling song about spending a night at the bar/casino. Fun lyrics, fast paced. (3:21) ***Upbeat, high pitched and catchy love song. The title pretty much explains it. Another Walking on Sunshine or Not the Only One-esc ballad. (5:35) ***Plucky intro, more of a country Western style. Good lyrics that tell a story. Slow paced but not in a sleepy way. | ||
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