Search - Michelle Branch :: Broken Bracelet

Acoustic bliss!

M. J. King | Bristol, UK | 08/22/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Finally coming across this album was an interesting experience for a loyal Michelle fan like myself. The first time you hear it it'll sound somewhat alien as there's a few songs here that you'll recognise from her later album but they are stripped back and don't have the big production sound of her Spirit Room album. It's almost as if Michelle has acoustically revisited the songs. 'Paper pieces' is just a different sounding song altogether that I've heard from her, very rock band sounding. Carrying on the cd you get into beautiful melodic songs such as 'Stewart's Coat', 'I'll always be right there' and 'Leap of faith' the guitar is prominent and vocals from Michelle are superb. I just feel this CD is very relevant now and doesn't sound out of place at all with the newly released EP 'Everything comes and goes'. 'Broken bracelet' sounds like it was released now not ten years ago. After listening to this CD over and over I adore it, it's a beautiful sounding and interesting CD for Michelle fans and well worth owning."