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Little Voice (2007)

Where the lyrics of Little Voice take you, and where it was really made.

Little Voice was Sara Bareilles' major-label debut, but six of its songs were re-recorded from her earlier album.

Key places

Capitol Studios (2007)

Recording site Capitol Studios — Charlie Paakari, credited as an assistant engineer, is listed with Capitol Studios in the album's production credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sunset Sound Recorders (2007)

Recording site Sunset Sound — Bill Mims, credited as an assistant engineer, is listed with Sunset Sound Recorders in the album's production credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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NRG Recording Studios (2007)

Recording site NRG Recording Studios (Hollywood) — Dave Colvin, credited as an assistant engineer, is listed with NRG Studios in the album's production credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Little Voice: second studio album by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, and her major-label debut
• Released 3 July 2007 on Epic Records
• Six tracks are re-recorded studio versions of songs from her previous album, Careful Confessions
• Two-disc special edition released 18 March 2008 with live acoustic tracks
• The bonus disc includes an interview with Bareilles and videos of the performances

Background

• Bareilles described her music as piano-based pop/soul
• 'Love Song' was selected as the first single and featured as the iTunes Single of the Week for June 19–25, 2007
• 'Bottle It Up' was released as the second single in 2008, with a video directed by Marcos Siega
• 'Gravity' was planned as the third US single, and its video was released online in February 2009

Recording

• Arranged, produced, recorded and mixed by Eric Rosse
• Basic tracks recorded and engineered by Howard Christopher Willing
• Assistant engineers came from NRG Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders and Capitol Studios
• The acoustic versions were recorded in 2008 as part of a live session for Stripped Music

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born December 7, 1979 in Eureka, California.
• Studied communication studies at UCLA and sang in the co-ed a cappella group Awaken a Cappella.
• Taught herself several instruments, including piano.

Career

• Self-published the debut album Careful Confessions in 2004, then signed with Epic Records in 2005.
• Breakthrough album Little Voice (2007); lead single "Love Song" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Kaleidoscope Heart (2010) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200; The Blessed Unrest (2013) earned a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
• Composed music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Waitress (2015), earning Tony and Grammy nominations.
• Known for television work, including Mary Magdalene in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) and the lead role in Girls5eva.
• Won two Grammy Awards, and was nominated for several Primetime Emmy and Tony Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Critics received the album well
• 'Love Song' was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards
• Bareilles said she listened to a lot of early soul and jazz while making the album

Records

• US Billboard 200 debut at number 45, selling 16,000 copies in its first week
• Peak at number seven on the chart dated March 8, 2008, selling 37,000 copies that week
• As of September 2010, 997,000 copies sold in the US
• RIAA gold certification in February 2008
• RIAA platinum certification on January 13, 2011 for sales of over one million copies in the US
• UK Albums Chart debut at number nine, selling 14,484 copies in its first week
• BPI silver certification on July 22, 2013 for sales of over 60,000 copies in the UK
• New Zealand debut at number 26, helped by 'Love Song' reaching number one on the radio airplay chart
• 'Love Song' is Bareilles' most successful single, charting at number four in both the US and the UK

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• 'Gravity' appears in the TV series Community, in a montage of lingering looks between Annie and Jeff that was later parodied with Abed and Pierce.
• 'Love Song' was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week for June 19–25, 2007.
• The video for 'Bottle It Up' was directed by Marcos Siega.
• Bareilles described her music as piano-based pop/soul and said she listened to a lot of early soul and jazz when making the album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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