Personnel: Jann Arden (vocals, acoustic guitar), Dave Resnik (acoustic & electric guitars), Mike Lent (acoustic guitar, bass), Bob Foster (guitar), Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston (piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, B-3 organ, drum programming), Kenny Aronoff (drums, percussion), Lin Elder, Ed Cherney (background vocals).
Recorded at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California.
Personnel: Jann Arden (guitar, background vocals); Bob Foster (guitar); David Resnik (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Mike Lent (acoustic guitar); Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston (piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer, drum programming); Kenny Aronoff (drums, percussion); Lin Elder, Dillon O'Brian, Ed Cherney (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Ed Cherney.
Recording information: Groove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, CA.
Photographer: Jeth Weinrich.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Edd Kolakowski; Peggy Sandvig.
Arrangers: Dillon O'Brian; Ed Cherney; Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston; Jann Arden; Peggy Sandvig.
Here comes Jann Arden, jingling and jangling her way into your heart with a rich alto voice and a CD replete with rich, hook-laden music. Aaah, that voice. She's been compared to Heart's Ann Wilson, and it's a comparison that at once rings true, yet somehow doesn't quite do her justice. Arden, like Wilson, has power to spare. But she also has a knack for wrapping her voice around a tune, with a sensuous, subtle touch. Songs like "Demolition Love" highlight this ability. It's something you can't really learn. One moment powerful, the next little-girl lost, but always there's a sense of control, of knowing just how far to go with a melody.
Arden also has a knack with the pen, as she turns a wry line or two about physical pleasure--and its consequences--in "Insensitive." Her band on this disc is superb--there is some truly beautiful acoustic-guitar playing by Dave Resnik--and the production is immaculate.
Entertainment Weekly (3/10/95) - "...With a voice that calls to mind Ann Wilson without the squall, and a knack for hooks that take up a permanent place in your brain, Arden deserves to follow fellow countrywoman Sarah McLachlan down the road to platinum..." - Rating: A-
Q (5/95, p.99) - 3 Stars - Good - "...her songs...while lyrically a touch wobbly, are sweet-sounding, and though consistently self-centred, neatly crafted..."
Category: Rock & Pop
Release Date: 05/07/05
Originally Released: 1995
Mono / Stereo: Stereo
Discs: 1
Availability: Y
Studio / Live: Live
Area: USA
Is Import: N
Distributor: Fontana Distribution