The Spirit Room - Michelle Branch

When I wrote about Vanessa Carlton a few months ago, the comments section of that opinion quickly became an advert for Michelle Branch. Having grouped Carlton together with Avril Lavigne and Norah Jones and one of a group of singer songwriters appearing from the US in recent times, I was chastised for neglecting to mention Michelle Branch. The reason for this being that I didn't really know a great deal about Michelle Branch. Hers was a name I'd heard of, and had read good things about, but hadn't taken the plunge with. But, having also been told that Michelle Branch would possibly be more to my taste, I decided to take the plunge. For no other ...  Read the complete review

I’m totally loving the new invasion of indie/pop princesses. There huge in America but when are they going to be shown the light of day in this country? My sister decided to buy me a CD by Michelle Branch. At the time I had absolutely no idea who the heck Michelle Branch was but decided to give the CD a listen and ever since I’ve been a huge fan of the talented girl. Teenage pop starlets are usually beautiful, leggy, blonde creatures who can’t really sing but are lovely to look at. Am I right or am I right? The concept of another Britney in the making has become somewhat dull and there is really no need for ANY more. Young singers such as Michelle ...  Read the complete review

I brought this album a few years ago, I'm sure I must have listened to it before, but this is the first time I've really listened to each track individually, so this review is not just to tell you whether it's a good album, it's also telling me. Here you go: ------------------------------------ Who is Michelle Branch? ------------------------------------ Michelle is an American singer/songwriter who has not only rose to stardom as a solo artist but in 2004 formed a duo called the Wreckers with her long time friend and musician Jessica Harp. The album 'The Spirit Room' was released in 2001 by Michelle and her record company ...  Read the complete review

I quite like female vocalists, I find some of their music to be fantastic. I don’t find that as far as solo artists go that male artists have the same appeal. I’m a huge fan of Anastacia, Sheryl Crow and recently I discovered a new star to add to my growing list. A friend of mine handed me a copy of this album and said I really think you’ll like Michelle Branch and I have to say he was right. Everywhere (3.35) ***************** This was apparently one of the singles and the song that lead to my friend buying the album in the first place. Throughout the verse there is a calming guitar in the background repeating the same chords whilst Michelle’s ...  Read the complete review

There are times when you buy an album not knowing what to expect, then there are times when you buy albums you expect to be brilliant that end up terrible, but then there are ones that you just don't want to give a bad review for one of many reasons - maybe you know the singer, or perhaps your lover/partner/best friend is mad about the artist or perhaps everybody but you love the album. With 'The Spirit Room' I fell into one of the above categories, luckily however I don't have to give it a bad review, not since I heard Dido's debut Solo album have I been so blown away by a female vocalist's album, the strength in the voice, the ...  Read the complete review