Everybody's Got a Story [Import]

1. Everybodys Got A Story

2. The Voice Inside

3. The Gypsy

4. Colleen (I Saw Him First)

5. Double Agent

6. Red Magic Marker

7. Sunday Morning After

8. Love Is My Witness

9. Dizzy

10. Brand New Neau

11. Marry Me

12. Inside The Tornado

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
After two fairly straight-ahead (and platinum-selling) rock records, Amanda Marshall lets down her not inconsiderable hair on Everybody's Got a Story. Working with producer Peter Asher (Linda Ronstadt), songwriter Billy Mann, and young beat-master Molecules, the Toronto-raised Marshall has come up with a groove-oriented pop record combining acoustic guitar, hip-hop beats, strings, and the true star of the show--the singer's own multi-octave, Joplin-esque voice. At times the new, more boho clothes fit--the title track is ideal radio fodder, the party tune "Sunday Morning After" is a hoot, and "Red Magic Marker" is hooky pop. At other times the combination sounds forced and synthetic, especially when in service to uninspired melodies like those of "The Gypsy," "Brand New Beau," and "The Voice Inside." The biggest surprise may be "Marry Me," a soft ballad written by Marshall with her bassist and paramour Rob Misener. More than any other track, "Marry Me" demonstrates the singer has learned to tone down her often overpowering vocals when necessary--making her story a lot more interesting. --Shawn Conner

Product Description
Import edition of the Canadian adult alternative artist's third album. 12 tracks, including the first hit single & title track, 'Everybody's Got A Story', 'The Voice Inside', 'The Gypsy' & 'Colleen (I Saw Her First)'. 2001.

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Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001)

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Wow!
Everyone Should Whistle
An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master
Beautiful, moving concert
... and I love Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001)

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ASIN: B000059LFF
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Everybody Says Don't
I Wonder What Became of Me?
The Eagle and Me
I Had Myself a True Love
Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Happiness
Loving You
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

Buds Won't Bud
I Got Lost in His Arms
West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
Ice Cream
Send in the Clowns
The Trolley Song
Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

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Absolute garbage?
What The F**k Happened?
Tales From The Fish- "Everybody's Got A Story" Album Review
Awsome CD
When did very listenable become a 4 Letter Word?

Everybody's Got A Story
Amanda Marshall
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tuesday's Child
Amanda Marshall
Intermission
Happy?
Under These Rocks and Stones

ASIN: B000065V1X
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

Everybody's Got A Story
The Voice Inside
The Gypsy
Colleen (I Saw Him First)
Double Agent
Red Magic Marker
Sunday Morning After
Love Is My Witness
Dizzy
Brand New Beau
Marry Me
Inside The Tornado

Amazon.com

Toronto is hardly a hotbed of soul, blue-eyed or otherwise. But geographic roots inform little of Amanda Marshall's third album. As the title suggests, her lively songs play out against a more personal landscape of first- and third-person perspectives and narratives. While Marshall's husky, expressive voice sometimes lapses into contemporary R&B shadings, it's often a shrewd vehicle to deliver genre-blending songs whose viewpoints and rich, telling details are anything but mundane.

Part confessional, part personal challenge, the album's songs are largely rooted in autobiography. "Double Agent" explores Marshall's bicultural roots (Canadian-Trinidadian). "Colleen (I Saw Him First)" offers up a romantic rivalry steeped in tragedy. "The Voice Inside" acknowledges the foibles of ambitions of all stripes. Marshall's songwriting collaborator-producers--Peter Asher (the onetime Beatles associate who's midwifed careers from James Taylor's to 10,000 Maniacs'), Billy Mann (Diana King, Art Garfunkel), and NYC DJ Molecules--wrap her voice in an intoxicating cocktail of orchestral flourishes, hip-hop beats, crunchy samples, and crystalline acoustic guitar that inform, tease, and cajole Marshall's spunky groove musings and solid pop instincts ("Dizzy," "Crystal Ball," "Gypsy," the title track) to new heights. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Absolute garbage?.......2006-05-31

I usually try to avoid reviewing an item unless I have something positive to say about it, but in this case I'm making an exception to warn others. While I can't say for sure that you'll find this CD to be as bad as I think it is, please understand that I am an Amanda Marshall fan. I think her two other albums are excellent, but this CD is so bad that after just a few plays I think it will end up in the trash can. I was hoping some of the tunes would catch on after a few listenings, but it didn't work. Save your money for something with better potential for a positive outcome.

What The F**k Happened?.......2006-04-10

I loved Amanda's first two albums. But this? Some of the dumbest lyrics I've ever heard. This cd totally sucks. Buy her first 2
cd's, but don't touch this one!! I love her, but this cd is rotten to the core.

Tales From The Fish- "Everybody's Got A Story" Album Review.......2006-03-23

I purchased this album as a fan of Amanda Marshall. I bought her first album and it was awesome. I have her first three studio released albums.

Now this cover of the album is not the one I have. It is totally different. I think it is a re-release unless I am mistaken because I have never seen this cover before.

Now for those that are Amanda Marshall fans might or might not like this album. She mixes a blend of pop rock, soft rock, hip-hop beats, and strings in this album. I personally think it's cool that she is experimenting with different sounds. Sure you may think she moving away from what she has normally done. But I think it's cool that she want experiment with such sounds. It's good to be progressive.

She has an excellent voice and she shows it off on this album. She can hit some low notes and the song "Marry Me" proves it.

Sure this isn't your "typical" Amanada Marshall album and I like the fact that it isn't. Sure, it's good to stay true to your original sound. But I have said before that experimenting is good.

If you have heard Amanda Marshall's other works then of course you will know that this is vastly different. But I dig all of her works regardless if they are not all the same.

I rate this album five stars. Or an 8 on a scale of one to ten.

Awsome CD.......2006-03-11

nice change from usually angry girl groups of the indie rock persuasion. give it a listen.

When did very listenable become a 4 Letter Word?.......2005-10-08

When did very listenable become a FOUR Letter Word called P0P?

1st let me say I have never felt compelled to write a review before, but I just had to after reading the slams given by some regarding this album.

It may be considered Pop, but Amanda is certainly way out of Britney's league. She has much better musical and vocal talents.

This was my first introduction to Amanda Marshall's music. I was board to tears with the same 10 songs all the radio stations seemed to be playing over the summer when I came across this CD at a yard sale (not cast off junk, but extras from a radio station promo). I thought well for a few bucks, I'll give it a shot, even though I'd never heard of her. I ended up listening to it over & over the rest of the summer and all fall, never tiring of it. The more I listened the more I caught the catchy lyrics and was amused by them.

I love Sunday Morning after, I have never been in that situation, but let's face it we All have known someone like that & it just cracks me up. It makes me laugh & remember even when times are tough there is always someone worse off.

I find this album very listenable from the very first playing and I can't say that about many. I found it very enjoyable and hope you will give her a chance.

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Third album
hey DJ! jack the volume i love this cd!!!
Serendipity... it definitely IS !!!
Another stellar Marshall CD!!
This is her story.

Everybody's Got a Story
Amanda Marshall
Manufacturer: Sony
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Tuesday's Child

ASIN: B00005UBN7
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

Everybody's Got a Story
Voice Inside
Gypsy
Colleen (I Saw Him First)
Double Agent
Red Magic Marker
Sunday Morning After
Love Is My Witness
Dizzy
Brand New Beau
Marry Me
Inside the Tornado

Amazon.com

After two fairly straight-ahead (and platinum-selling) rock records, Amanda Marshall lets down her not inconsiderable hair on Everybody's Got a Story. Working with producer Peter Asher (Linda Ronstadt), songwriter Billy Mann, and young beat-master Molecules, the Toronto-raised Marshall has come up with a groove-oriented pop record combining acoustic guitar, hip-hop beats, strings, and the true star of the show--the singer's own multi-octave, Joplin-esque voice. At times the new, more boho clothes fit--the title track is ideal radio fodder, the party tune "Sunday Morning After" is a hoot, and "Red Magic Marker" is hooky pop. At other times the combination sounds forced and synthetic, especially when in service to uninspired melodies like those of "The Gypsy," "Brand New Beau," and "The Voice Inside." The biggest surprise may be "Marry Me," a soft ballad written by Marshall with her bassist and paramour Rob Misener. More than any other track, "Marry Me" demonstrates the singer has learned to tone down her often overpowering vocals when necessary--making her story a lot more interesting. --Shawn Conner

Album Description

Import edition of the Canadian adult alternative artist's third album. 12 tracks, including the first hit single & title track, 'Everybody's Got A Story', 'The Voice Inside', 'The Gypsy' & 'Colleen (I Saw Her First)'. 2001.

Album Details

Third Album from Canadian Singer Songwriter that Isn't Your Usual Folkie Type and Whose Songs have Certain Twists to them Along with a Great Sense of Humour. Produced by Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor).

Customer Reviews:

Third album.......2005-01-15

Somewhere between her last album and the release of this one, Amanda Marshall changed her style. All of a sudden, her fashion was more a part of her image, and this album also saw a change in sound. While her earlier albums had a more pop AC friendly sound, EVERYBODY HAS A STORY aims for a more contemporary pop sound. This album luckily spun a few hits in Canada, but ultimately it was viewed as a failure. Shortly after she left her label, and is now without one. It's a shame, hopefully a label picks up her, she has too much talent to be wasted here!

A lot of the songs carry a general theme about humanity, and to not be deceived by what we see. On the title track she sings about assumptions and how we can't judge someone or think we know them by just looking at them. The song "Double Agent" takes a stab at racism. "The Voice Inside" is a song about not doubting yourself. "Colleen (I Saw Him First)" is a song about a friendship that crumbles apart over a guy.

"Sunday Morning After" is a fun song about waking up after a crazy night of partying and trying to recount the events of the night before. It was a big hit from the album and deservingly so, it's a nice pop song. Lyrically the album is a bit different too, as are the arrangements. There's definately a distinct sound to this album, you either like it or hate it. I didn't really enjoy the extra background vocals chiming in now and then on the songs.

Overall not her best, but worth a listen.

hey DJ! jack the volume i love this cd!!!.......2004-02-09

this cd is amazing!! i love it! I have all her albums and i love them! she just keeps getting better and better!

Sure this one is different from her other 2, but isn't that what makes it so great?? you can't keep doing the same thing forever.. it'll get boring after a while. So i think it's awesome that she wanted to try out something new! And she did a really great job of it! :)

There are soo many fantastic songs on here.. the voice inside, love is my witness, dizzy, double agent..etc.. And inside the tornado is really cool! it's acapella and it sounds amazing! I would love to hear more like that! :)

i was really dissapointed with all the negative reviews i read about this album! It's really not that bad.. i don't see why there were so many people that didn't like it. I think its awesome and everyone should definately get it!!

Amanda you rock!! Keep the music coming!

Serendipity... it definitely IS !!!.......2002-10-29

Just before I changed jobs late this summer, a newly met colleague was listening to some amazing singer in his office, and that was Amanda Marshall. Well, she's never been known in Europe, so the name didn't ring a bell, and I borrowed the CD with no preconceived notions of what she'd done before.

"Oh, my God!" This CD has been in my player all the time for the past three months now and will remain on my playlist for a long, long time! Amazing voice and feel, emotional yet powerful, feminine but with such boldness and command that it's hard to figure out why the lady is not an international hit... She indeniably deserves to be! Nice attitude, independent mind, sophisticated lyrics and great musical invention are a rare find in chart music these days...

The songs are varied but there is a cohesion to the whole, a perfect mix of pop, folk, rock, groove, and especially a touch of class that permeates the whole album. The kind of record which feels like you've been punched right in the face and you're asking for more! I will not go over each track here, but suffice it to say, they're nearly all great (a couple of them, such as "Red Magic Marker" are at best redundant in my opinion, but that doesn't mean they're lousy). Obviously, the title track is an absolute blockbuster, and so is "Sunday Morning After", which my 2-year-old son just loves, though he's better-off not understanding its lyrics for a while...

I've become a huge fan of that Canadian artist overnight, and this doesn't happen quite often, so take my advice, give that record a chance, it's bound to become one of your favorite !

Another stellar Marshall CD!!.......2002-09-08

Living close to the Canadaian border I occasionally pick up their radio stations, which is how I got hooked on Amanda Marshall's music in the first place. I also have the luxury of getting her CD when they are first released instead of waiting for the US versions. I was so excited to but this CD and have not been disappointed! It's cool to see an artist who is so versatile and does her thing damn the consequences!

The CD runs the gamut of emotion from the romantic "Marry Me" to the borderline trite "Sunday Morning After" (which in my opinion should have never been a single to the radio). There is some great string work in "The Gypsy" and a really funky-bluesy trumpet in the intro to "Brand New Beau". Amanda is not afraid to experiment with funky beats, spoken word and (maybe too much) synth work. My favorite songs are the title track and "Double Agent".

I have been listening to this CD a lot hte past year or so and am not even close to tired of it yet! Buy this CD - Amanda is an amazing artist.

This is her story........2002-08-21

Amanda Marshall has a style very different from many other artists. When she reformed her style for this CD, many people gave her a hard time. But if you ask me, it's an improvement!!! This is the first CD of hers I bought (not the last) and it was far from a disappointment.

It's hard for me to choose my favourite songs because I like every single one. But I'd have to say "Colleen" is definitely up there. It doesn't strike you at first because it's slower, but the lyrics are honest and engaging. Another favourite is "Double Agent", which is quicker and fun to sing along with. Amanda has added some pop flavour to her style without overpowering her voice and detracting from her charm and the honesty of her lyrics. If you want my advice, don't hesitate to buy this CD. It just gets better every time you listen.

Everybody's Got a Story
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Everybody's Got a Story
Amanda Marshall
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000068TOF
Release Date: 2002-07-02