This Is The Life

Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life

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Artist: Amy Macdonald
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-08-19
Music Label: Decca U.S.
Soundtracks:

Mr. Rock & Roll
This Is The Life
Poison Prince
Youth Of Today
Run
Let's Start A Band
Barrowland Ballroom
L.A.
A Wish For Something More
Footballer's Wife

Description of This Is The Life

Import-only special two disc edition re-issue of her 2007 album including a bonus disc with nine additional tracks: 'This Is The Life' (Acoustic Version), 'This Much Is True', 'Somebody New', 'Footballer's Wife' (Live From Glasgow Barrowlands), 'Fairy Tale Of New York' (Live From Glasgow Barrowlands), 'Mr. Brightside' (Live From Glasgow Barrowlands), 'Mr. Rock & Roll' (Live From Glasgow Barrowlands), 'Rock Bottom' and 'The Road To Home' (plus the hidden track 'Caledonia'). At just 19, Glaswegian singer-songwriter Amy possesses a talent way beyond her years. Since signing to Vertigo, Amy has had a phenomenal career in such a short span of time. She's supported a diverse mix of artists including Travis (her childhood idols!) and fellow Scott Paolo Nutini. She's performed at Glastonbury, Hyde Park Calling, T In The Park and V Festival. She's a favorite of Elton John, too! Universal.

Amy MacDonald is that proverbial old head on young shoulders, a Scottish singer-songwriter who, despite her tender 19 years, writes songs with the grace, wisdom, and proficiency of one with a score more on the clock. As influenced by the Libertines as by any venerable old folk hand, the eleven songs on This Is the Life combine a traditional, acoustic folk-rock sound with a youthful spirit and self-assured lyrics that veer between the observational and the confessional. "Poison Prince" is a jagged guitar strut dedicated to some Doherty-like bad boy, a song every bit as pathos-laden as the Libertines at their doomed, romantic best with a closing treatise to find "An upbeat song/So we can dance the night away," while "Mr. Rock & Roll" begins as a wryly withering jibe at some perennial party animals, but by the chorus has softened into a subtle, touching tale of human coupling. MacDonald's age doesn't seem to have been an impediment--"Youth of Today," reportedly written when she was 15, is one of the better tracks here, while "Footballer's Wife" is a clear-headed attack on vapid Barbie-doll celebrity that suggests this girl is very much on the right track. "Rolling Stone, here I come, watch out everyone/I'm singing my song," she sings on "Let's Start a Band." Let that be a warning to you. --Louis Pattison

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