Mandy's Music Thread! Options

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Here is the Mandy's Music Thread. We can talk about anything new or old. I have been a fan of Mandy's music since Candy and I can't wait for her new cd to come out. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

New cd is titled Coverage

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I think the cover is beautiful!! (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/grin.gif)

MANDY'S NEW ALBUM COVERAGE!
Mandy's new Coverage album is finished & will be in stores October 21st! The first single from Coverage is "Have a Little Faith in Me." Mandy's already shot a video for the single and it'll be ready in the next couple weeks! Stay tuned for more details!

Here is the rollingstone article.

Mandy Takes on Elton, XTC

Dando, Rembrants add vocals to Moore's covers record

Mandy Moore has mined more than three decades of pop music for the set of cover songs that make up the aptly titled Coverage, due in September on Epic. The teen singer has completed recording and mixing her third album with producer John Fields (Andrew W.K.), with the first single due in August.

Among the Seventies chestnuts that Moore has recorded are Elton John's \"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters\" and Todd Rundgren's \"Can We Still Be Friends,\" along with an unspecified Cat Stevens cover. The Eighties are represented by XTC's \"Senses Working Overtime,\" the Waterboys' \"The Whole of the Moon\" and Joan Armatrading's \"Drop the Pilot.\"

\"Coverage is something so special to me,\" Moore said via Web post. \"Something I could not be more proud of. A project that is full of passion like I've never experienced before. It is a compilation of some of the most incredible music I have ever heard in my life, and the fact that I got to record these songs is still unimaginable to me. This is a big step for me, this record.\"

In addition to the roster of songwriters, Moore has enlisted Evan Dando, Semisonic's Dan Wilson and the Rembrandts to add vocals to the album, with the New Power Generation band providing some musical muscle. Coverage will be Moore's follow-up to her self-titled 2001 release, which posted solid, if unspectacular, sales. But with Mandy Moore, the singer chose to separate herself from the teen pop pack, eschewing its hyper-produced sound for a more varied pop palette.

Moore has placed snippets of three of the Coverage songs -- \"Can We Still Be Friends,\" \"Senses Working Overtime\" and \"Drop the Pilot\" -- on mandymoore.com for fans to preview, with the promise of additional sound clips.

As for Moore's acting career, she is about to leave for a three-month film shoot in Europe. In the meantime, she'll have a starring role in the summer release, How to Deal.

ANDREW DANSBY
(May 2, 2003)

"HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN ME" ON THE RADIO!
Mandy's first single from Coverage, "Have A Little Faith In Me," was #1 most added at CHR/POP radio this week! Make sure you listen out for it, and call your local radio station and let them know you want to hear more of it!

info from mandymoore.com

[Ellie]

Oooh, a new cd! yay!

I've become a big fan of her music. I did like candy, but her more recent stuff has really won me over, especially some of the music from AWTR, she does an incredible job and has an amazing voice.

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I agree Ellie. Her music from AWTR was amazing. I think she is just getting started too. I think this new cd is going to be super. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

[Ellie]

I'm sure it will be! You can see her growing with her music, and it's really nice to see. And I'm glad she hasn't really stuck with the whole blonde pop singer role, because she's soo much more better than just that.

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I agree. When she first changed her hair for AWTR I was really worried, but I think overall it was a great choice for her and she looks great. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

[Ellie]

Yeah, I think it was definitely a great movie for her and I guess it allowed her to grow as an artist and not be trapped in a stereotype. And for the record, I think she looks great as a brunette.

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I agree Ellie. I wish I could pull off both colors like her. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/grin.gif)

[nix]

Mandy is so stunning... (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/tongue.gif)

[HolmesFan01]

mandy is so awesome. i'm very excited for her new cd...i have a feeling it's going to do very well. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif) her new single is soo good! oh yea, congrats to andy on the win at the u.s. open. <- i thought it would be a little offf topic...but anyways, i had to say it!!

[nix]

What is her new CD going to be based on, do we know of any spoilers?

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Her new cd is a bunch of remakes, I think from the 60s and 70s. I could be wrong of the time era. I can't wait. I don't know to many of the songs yet, so that might be a good thing. Something new and different for her. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

[northernstarchik]

wow, haven't seen that new cd cover yet, thnx for postin' it

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Your welcome. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

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Okay, Mandy's site is offically back up now, and it has the track listing. The new songs on the cd are:

1 Senses Working Overtime
2 The Whole Of The Moon
3 Can We Still Be Friends
4 I Feel The Earth Move
5 Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
6 Drop The Pilot
7 Moonshadow
8 One Way Or Another
9 Breaking Us In Two
10 Anticipation
11 Help Me
12 Have A Little Faith In Me

First single to be Have A Little Faith In Me.

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Here's more info on Coverage.

MANDY MOORE:
Coverage

Music stardom. Film stardom. Will Mandy Moore please make up her mind?
Does she even have to? With three films, How To Deal, Saved, and The Untitled Mandy Moore Project set for release in 2003/2004, Mandy Moore is also exploring her musical future with heartfelt interpretations of some of the greatest songs of the past with her new album, Coverage. \"I feel like I've moved beyond this pristine bubble gum image that most of the world has had of me,\" she says. \"I know people are going to think, 'Who is Mandy Moore and what makes her think she has the right to cover Elton John and Todd Rundgren?' But I am doing it out of love for these brilliant songs and their creative lyrics and melodies.\"

Mandy Moore's Coverage includes twelve classic pop/rock anthems and ballads from the 1970s and 80s. Adding a soulfulness to Todd Rundgren's \"Can We Still Be Friends,\" putting a Nashville twang to Carly Simon's \"Anticipation,\" and rocking out on Joan Armatrading's rollicking \"Drop The Pilot,\" Moore reinvents the music and herself.

After giving herself a crash course in singer-songwriter, rock and folk music from that era, Mandy, along with producer John Fields (Andrew WK), also unearthed and updated lesser-known pop gems. XTC's \"Senses Working Overtime\" kicks off Coverage with modern DJ scratches. Departing from the current dance/pop sound, Moore's version of Elton John's \"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters\" is bolstered with countrified mandolin and lush string arrangements, while The Waterboys' \"Whole of The Moon\" achieves a symphonic splendor with a full brass section.

Certain to appeal to fans of the originals, Moore is equally eager to introduce Coverage to people her own age. \"I love what they're saying,\" she says of such artists as Joe Jackson (\"Breaking Us In Two\") and John Hiatt (\"Have A Little Faith In Me\") \"It's universal, it's timeless, it's done in a way that's not so homogenized. Back then things were a little bit more wholesome; not everything had to be out there in such an abrasive, aggressive way.\"

Over the past five years, Mandy Moore has pursued her artistic goals, achieving the kind of crossover success most performers and teenagers only dream about. She has released four best-selling albums: her 1999 platinum debut, So Real, which included the smash single, \"Candy,\" and three huge follow-ups; the 2000 Special Edition album, I Wanna Be With You; 2001's Mandy Moore and the soundtrack to her 2002 hit film A Walk To Remember. She has also hosted her own show on MTV, and after receiving the MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance in A Walk To Remember, Mandy is winning critical raves for her refreshing screen presence and impressive dramatic and comedic performances in major Hollywood productions (A Walk To Remember, How To Deal) and independent film (Saved).

She has matured from a young blonde pop singer to a sophisticated brunette with a thirst for knowledge and experience, particularly when it comes to her work. \"Acting has brought emotional depth to my singing and my voice has gotten deeper, even from six months ago,\" she says, and there is evidence of that in her intonations on Blondie's \"One Way Or Another.\"

\"My tastes are changing,\" Mandy says. \"I've just grown up, and I think that's reflected in every aspect of my life, as an artist and as a person.\" Discovering the songs for Coverage, Mandy says, \"I felt so privy to this knowledge of what the music world was like when singer-songwriters completely dominated the scene. It seemed so much more magical then than it does now. It's cool to break it down and get back to a time when it was about the music, not the videos, publicity shoots, and what tests better at radio.\"

Though she has begun to write her own songs, \"it's a hard job and it's something I completely and utterly respect,\" Mandy says. \"As a result of doing Coverage, I have a much broader appreciation for singer-songwriters then and now and I hope to be a part of the club one day.\"

Right now, however, Mandy Moore is working overtime. Currently in Europe filming a romantic comedy about the daughter of the U.S. President (The Untitled Mandy Moore Project), Mandy is preparing for a busy summer and fall. This July sees the release of How To Deal, a film in which she plays a high school girl who has gone sour on love and in early fall, there's Coverage and the Michael Stipe (Being John Malkovich, Velvet Goldmine)-produced black comedy Saved, in which Mandy plays \"the perfect Christian girl who uses her personal relationship with Jesus to take advantage of everyone.\"

And after that? \"My plan is that I have no plan,\" Mandy admits. \"I want to get back on the road, especially with this music. Emphasizing that Coverage \"an album with real musicians playing real instruments,\" is very much a progression in her career as a recording artist, Mandy Moore is confident about the next stage of her musical development. \"I just want to be on stage, connecting with an audience, and continue to test my boundaries,\" she says with a smile.

The more I hear these clips on her site, I want to run out and buy her cd. To bad I have to wait a bit longer. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/sad.gif)

[eM_au]

been listen to the previews on her site, lovely covers!

loved her AWTR songs too!!!

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Me too Em. She has an amazing voice. (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

I was chatting with Angela the other day and I mentioned that i'd love to hear a Christmas album from her. I would love to hear her sing "Silent Night". (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/grin.gif)

[JOIE, here]

"Silent Nite"? Yeah, that would be nice.

[ephramyfan]

Yeah, the cd sounds really great (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif) Can't wait to get the official version! I like her diversion away from popish kind of music.

[~*Nikki*~]

Where are you guys getting advance copies at? (IMG:style_emoticons/mediablvd/smile.gif)

I adore her version of "Have A Little Faith In Me", it's really beautiful. I've heard it on the radio a few times so far, I think it's doing well though.