My Soul

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Album: My Soul
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Lonely Album Version	More Info...	3:49
2)	I Give, You Take Album Version	More Info...	4:38
3)	My Soul Album Version	More Info...	4:14
4)	Nowadays Album Version	More Info...	4:15
5)	Coffee In Bed Album Version	More Info...	3:52
6)	You, Me And She Album Version	More Info...	4:24
7)	Interlude (Dreams From The Hills) Album Version	More Info...	1:16
8)	Intoxicated Album Version	More Info...	4:34
9)	Weakness Album Version	More Info...	4:51
10)	Always Album Version	More Info...	5:15
11)	Simplified Album Version	More Info...	3:49
12)	Hate To Love You Album Version	More Info...	4:27
13)	Miss You Album Version	More Info...	3:27

Album: My Soul
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Lonely Album Version	More Info...	3:49
2)	I Give, You Take Album Version	More Info...	4:38
3)	My Soul Album Version	More Info...	4:14
4)	Nowadays Album Version	More Info...	4:15
5)	Coffee In Bed Album Version	More Info...	3:52
6)	You, Me And She Album Version	More Info...	4:24
7)	Interlude (Dreams From The Hills) Album Version	More Info...	1:16
8)	Intoxicated Album Version	More Info...	4:34
9)	Weakness Album Version	More Info...	4:51
10)	Always Album Version	More Info...	5:15
11)	Simplified Album Version	More Info...	3:49
12)	Hate To Love You Album Version	More Info...	4:27
13)	Miss You Album Version	More Info...	3:27

Performer Notes

Personnel: Maria (vocals); Dean Parks, Eric Jackson, Deeral (guitar);
Patrick Warren (chamberlain); Sean Hurley, Don Ferrone (bass).
Producers: Soulshock, Biker, Karlin, Justin Stanley.
Personnel: Tim Pierce (guitar, mandolin); Dean Parks, Deeral Aldridge, Eric D. Jackson (guitar); John Wittenberg, Michele Richards, Joel Derouin, Peter Kent, Margaret Wooten, Darius Campo, Susan Chatman, Berj Garabedian (violin); Evan Wilson, Denyse Buffum (viola); Larry Corbett, Dan Smith (cello); Patrick Warren (chamberlin).
Audio Mixers: Soulshock ; Bill Malina.
Recording information: Chalice Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Extasy Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Melody Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark; Soulpower Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Stella Sound, Los Angeles, CA; The Barn Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Anthony Mandler.
Unknown Contributor Role: Joel Derouin.
Even if you didn't know that Maria hails from Denmark, her debut release contains enough clues to let you know she's "not from around here," at least as far as the rigid formats of urban music are concerned. Produced by hitmaking countrymen Soulshock and Karlin (who've worked with Monica, Whitney Houston, and Toni Braxton, among other big-name divas), the R&B on My Soul is very moody and very European, a quality that cuts both ways. On the one hand, the busy electronics and Maria's wispy vocals sometimes suggest nostalgia for late-'90s trip-hop, a predilection that can make the album sound dangerously dated. On the other, there's something appealing about the young singer's fragility; in an age where it seems almost every urban artist of the fair sex is a strong, strong woman ready to show you her ba-dum-pa-dum-dum at a moment's notice, the vulnerability and loneliness (as well as the PG-rated innuendo; "Coffee in Bed" is about as racy as this disc gets) on display here are almost refreshing. And the capper is "I Give, You Take," an ace left-field success that crystallizes Maria's outsider appeal. Something like Brandy cooing atop Coldplay's atmospherics, it's an heir to similarly adventurous singles like Dionne Farris' "I Know" and RES' "They Say Vision," which proved modern R&B females could rock out too. Whether Maria will follow those artists into (apparent) one-hit wonderdom is hard to tell, but the sound of her soul on My Soul is intriguing, at least. ~ Dan LeRoy

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