| Little Voice | ||||
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| Studio album by Sara Bareilles | ||||
| Released | July 3, 2007 (USA, Canada) May 9, 2008 (Europe) May 12, 2008 (UK) |
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| Genre | Pop rock, soul | |||
| Length | 49:01 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Eric Rosse | |||
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| Singles from Little Voice | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Digital Spy | [3] |
| PopMatters | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Little Voice is the debut major-label album by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, which was released on July 17, 2007. Six of the tracks are re-recorded studio versions of songs from her previous album, Careful Confessions. A two-disc special edition of Little Voice with live acoustic tracks was released on March 18, 2008. The bonus disc also includes an interview with Bareilles and accompanying videos of the performances.
The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 45, selling about 16,000 copies in its first week.[6] As of January 13, 2011, the album has been certified platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and has currently sold over one million copies in the United States.[7] The album debuted at number 26 in New Zealand, helped by "Love Song" reaching number one on the radio airplay charts.
In the UK, the album debuted at #9 with sales of 14,484.
"Love Song" was selected as the first single. It was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week from June 19 to 26. In 2008, "Bottle It Up" was released as the second single. The video was directed by Marcos Siega.[8] The third single in the U.S. was supposed to be "Gravity" with the video released on February 3, 2009, but no further information was revealed to the date of the single release.[9]
"Love Song" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards.
When asked in an interview by UK newspaper The Daily Mirror about how she would describe her music, Bareilles said "I guess I would say its piano-based Pop/Soul" and said she listened to a lot of early soul and jazz when making the album.[10]
Contents |
All songs written by Sara Bareilles; "Love on the Rocks" co-written by Javier Dunn.
All acoustic versions were recorded in 2008 as part of a live session for Stripped Music. The two-disc version also replaces the original version of "Bottle It Up" with the radio edit, which is renamed "Bottle It Up" (remix edit).
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums Chart | 49 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 46 |
| Belgian Albums Chart | 45 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 31 |
| European Top 100 Albums | 24 |
| French Albums Chart[11] | 87 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 37 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 45 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 26 |
| Mexican Albums Chart | 15 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 34 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums | 8 |
| UK Albums Chart | 9 |
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