mandy moore

[somersaulter]

Maybe you wouldn't have bought a Mandy Moore record five years ago, but you might just want this one. It's grown-up and sophisticated - sure, she's no quirky cool Regina Spektor, but the new Mandy sound fits cozily alongside Leona Naess, or one of Rachael Yamagata's smart girl piano ballads. She's been collaborating with impressive artists, including Rachael herself, respected country-folk songwriter Lori McKenna, and quirky duo The Weepies, who loved the experience: "If it were a noncelebrity making this record, the buzz would be that this girl is the real deal." These songs are tailor-made for the mood-setting montage during the last 10 minutes of Grey's Anatomy, with melancholy lyrics like "I know you love me in your own way." People looking for dirt on Mandy's breakup with Mr. Braff will no doubt pick the words clean.

"The lyrics are my words," she says, shrugging and not offering any clues. "I know it's going to be a tricky road to navigate in terms of, 'Well, what's this song about?' All I can say is, you know sometimes things hit you and you want to write about them."

(ripped from her myspace)

Mandy Moore - Extraordinary
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Truth is I adore this girl. I guess in a way I grew up with her. When she was making teeny pop and dancing around with Candy, I enjoyed it. (I was 12, for God's sake. It was a phase. And yes, I bought her first CD.) And we both started to grow up, and she was making beautiful ballads on the soundtrack of A Walk to Remember, and reducing me to buckets of tears with that movie. And it's still one of my all time favorite movies. I watch it every time I need a good cry. And now my musical taste has evolved to Rachael Yamagata, Leona Naess and The Weepies and whoa, she's right there with me. I have to say the new song doesn't impress me all that much though. It's good, but it still sounds a tad like the radio friendly pop so frequently shoved in our faces nowadays. However, I am looking forward to the rest of the album. She truly has a lovely voice. Let me know what you think about the song.

EDIT: Oops! Forgot to mention. Her new album is called Wild Hope, and is scheduled to be released on May 8.

Prison Break and Heroes time! Yay!

Comments

[alwaysavingme.livejournal.com]

I heard it. But I don't know if I like the new song or not.

I know I use to really like her when her first cd came out. And I bought her first album.lol I love her in A Walk To Remember and How To Deal.

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

am snagging. I LOVE Mandy Moore so much. Thank you xxxxxx

[http://users.livejournal.com/__undeniiable/]

AWTR *sighs* Gah, so my favorite movie.

[insanityy.livejournal.com]

She's amazing ^^ And thanks for the mp3! The song is good and has a different style from other Mandy's songs =D And her voice is different too. Do you know when she'll release her new album!?

[elisangelis.livejournal.com]

the song is nice, it's easy to listen to, thank you for sharing hun :D i wonder when the new album gets out so i can get my hands on it somehow :D

[dreamerdust.livejournal.com]

I totally love Mandy. There's something so lovely and friendly about her, and she seems like such a cool person. I own a few of her albums, and I'll definitely look out for the new one :)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Me too. Maybe it'll grow on my after a few listens, who knows.

I love her in AWtR too, but I have never seen How To Deal.

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Enjoy the song. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's coming out May 8, and it's called Wild Hope. I'm looking forward to it. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Sorry, forgot to mention that. The album is called Wild Hope, and it's scheduled to be released on May 8. I'm really looking forward to hearing more of her stuff. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she seem really down to earth as compared to all the other celebrities/artistes her age. Forgot to mention this in my post, her album is called Wild Hope, and it's coming on on May 8. I'm definitely looking forward to more music from her.

[alwaysavingme.livejournal.com]

Yeah I always think a song might grow on me.heh. So who knows is right.

How to Deal isn't so bad.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__undeniiable/]

:D

[saint-renegade.livejournal.com]

Totally snagging this, I love me some Mandy Moore, her last album (the one with In My Pocket, etc) is still one of my favorites, even if I'm a little embarrassed to admit it heh.

[ilovesn.livejournal.com]

I took it

thanks :D

[charliecarly.livejournal.com]

Meh loves! Am snagging it! x

[macondo.livejournal.com]

I like Mandy Moore and am very unashamed to admit it! :D

[beautifulovexo.livejournal.com]

I adore her voice. I love the songs from AWTR that she sang, but I've never tried anything else. Oh yeah and her in Princess Diaries, that songs funny =P.

[elisangelis.livejournal.com]

lol, that's ok, the album's out on May??!! that's so far away :) after heariing this, i want to listen to more of her songs, too bad we have to wait that long..
but you're very nice to share that otherwise i don't think i could've heard of it from here at uni, they don't let us do anything here!! =)

[star-material.livejournal.com]

I refuse to be ashamed of how much I adore her. Hell, I own Chasing Liberty for christ sakes. (Although that was more for Piven sake than hers I have to say.) And I loved her on Entourage. I've liked her since Candy and In my Pocket. She's adorable.
I like the new song. Less Pop, but still accessible to those of her fans that are still in that phase. And the review is very positive so I'll definitely be giving it a listen when it comes out. Thanks for sharing!

[beachdrunk.livejournal.com]

mandy moore is adorible... 3 years ago i went through a hardcore mandy moore phase... i used to sing candy at the top of my lungs to my friends for fun. i will check out that song.

[shopfront.livejournal.com]

I... like it. I'm usually more a fan of her ballads, but I like this. It doesn't sound really radio-pop to me, but that might be a different-country/different-radio thing (to counter my opinion, I do mostly listen to rock stations). Thanks loads for the upload, I probably wouldn't have seen it otherwise. :)

[heaven-eyes.livejournal.com]

I downloaded the song, thanks for sharing :) I havent listened to much of her music except the songs on the A Walk to Remember soundtrack but I loved those! The new song is ok but I agree with you about how it sounds kinda like radio friendly pop. Lol, I should listen to it more though. Sometimes, it takes me a while to love a song.

[mingc.livejournal.com]

I grew up listening to Mandy Moore too!

[santacarlagypsy.livejournal.com]

I must admit that I still have a softspot for "In my pocket". : )

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

LOL. I have that album too! =D

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Enjoy! =D

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Yay! =D

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Cool. I hope you like this song. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

LOL. I still haven't seen Chasing Liberty. Been wanting to, but never got around to it. =P

You're welcome! I'm definitely looking forward to her new songs.

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

She truly is. I hope you enjoy the new song. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

It still feels a little ordinary and safe to me... But I do still like it, and I'm looking forward to more stuff from her. She definitely has talent. =)

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Yeah, I listened to it a few more times and I'm starting to like it a bit more.

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

High five! =D

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[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

LOL. Me too! *hides*

[mellaithwen]

normally I'm not a fan but this track is reeeeally good!

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Her music style has definitely changed.

[americangrl69.livejournal.com]

I really like that song. Though I've always loved Mandy. I agree A Walk To Remember is definitely a cry fest. I love it though. It's one of my favorites too.

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

Definitely. =)

[americangrl69.livejournal.com]

I like most of Mandy's movies though. I don't think I've one that I didn't like yet. There's a few I haven't gotten around to seeing yet but I like her anyway.

[somersaulter.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it all too, but I'm working on it. I just caught Chasing Liberty the other day. It was cute. =)

[americangrl69.livejournal.com]

I wanted to see that one.