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Real Life (2CD Special Edition) | 
| Artist: Joan As Police Woman
Label: Reveal
Category: Music
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 5367
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.4
EAN: 5060116090666
ASIN: B000RPCEI4
Release Date: July 23, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Real Life | | • | Eternal Flame | | • | Feed The Light | | • | Ride | | • | I Defy | | • | Flushed Chest | | • | Christobel | | • | Save Me | | • | We Don't Own It |
Disc 2
| • | Show Me The Life | | • | Broken Eyes | | • | Sweet Thing | | • | Happiness Is A Violator (For Condoleezza Rice) | | • | Endless Supply Of Posion | | • | We Don't Own It |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Nothing special November 30, 2008
I find the reviews here quite puzzling. I found this record to be very middle-of-the-road. Her voice lacks passion somehow and a lot of the songs are quite bland.
An Arresting Performance April 13, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My first encounter with the wonderful Ms Wasser
came in 2005 when I saw her open for Rufus Wainwright
at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London.
On that occasion I felt embarrased and ashamed that the
audience movement to and from the bar resulted in so much
extraneous noise that it was almost impossible to hear her.
Her frustration was palpable, as was mine.
Through the din however it was just about possible to discern
the emergence of a powerful new talent.
A year on and the release of 'Real Life' confirms my suspicion.
Ms Wasser is indeed a songwriter and performer of the finest pedigree.
She possesses a distinctive voice of considerable range and tonal colour.
Quirky, slinky, warm and commanding.
Her notable skills as a multi-instrumentalist are also evident
throughout this collection of ten extraordinarily varied songs.
The harmonic vocal arrangements on tracks such as 'Eternal Flame';
'The Ride' and 'I Defy' ( a duet with the splendid Mr Hegarty)
manage to be both complex and soulful.
The bluesy intimacy of 'Anyone' and 'We Don't Own it' are heartwarming.
A commendable debut demonstrating that Ms Wasser is firmly
on top of her game and not about to play second fiddle to
any of her illustrious friends.
The bigtime beckons methinks.
grown up fun November 4, 2007
Having come across JOPW's music through a friend, I was expecting something fairly decent. I was thrilled by what I found. It's grown up music with a definite edge which leaves you wanting more. The lyrics are emotive and the music that accompanies them burrows into you and leads you in a direction you weren't expecting. She is also a charismatic woman who performs well live. Don't pass her by!
An absolute delght! March 8, 2007
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Its not often I listen to BBC 6 Music, or keep up with all the hype that passes for music reviews these days, but one day, on the dial, there came on a song by Joan as Policewoman. Nice I thought but did not want to rush out and get the album. So often in these cases you do that and there's about a couple of decent songs and the rest is filler, and you regret parting with your money! Anyway a few months from then, last week in fact, I wander in to a store, and on an impulse get it finally.
And you know what- not a single duff track on it! No sooner are its 38 minutes up, and I press repeat again. So addictive, and lovely and beguiling an album! When this sort of thing happens, (and lets face it, it happens RARELY), you know you've stumbled into something special. A beautiul moment- that gets better with every listen!
 Very talented singer-songwriter, but a little too slow paced for me January 13, 2007
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Another CD I bought after being having it continuously recommended to me by Amazon. Looking at the other reviews suggested that this was something not to be missed.
So what of it? Well I'm not sure it deserves to be up there as one of the best albums of 2006 but it is good. As a debut this shows considerable accomplishment. Joan Wasser certainly has an excellent voice and the production quality on this album is sublime. Musically it's good throughout. But what about the songs? Whilst they are well written they do lack a little ... "oomph".
The opener "Real Life" is excellent but the following tracks do seem to become a little indistinguishable after a bit. Most of the songs are slow crooning affairs that owe more than a little to 80's chanteuse Sade. "Christobel" and "Save Me" are a little more upbeat and save the album from dropping into little more than something put together by a night club singer (admittedly a very good one).
Okay so I know this review won't please everyone but even though this work is very accomplished it lacks a little originality for me and suffers from being a little slow-paced. If you like good well-written albums by talented female singer-songwriters then this will suit you down to the ground. She is very talented no doubt but I hope as she progresses she tries to get a little "edgier". A good buy but not album of the year!
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