- Audio CD (14 Nov 1988)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Virgin
- ASIN: B0000072MN
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 155,498 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. To Cry About |
| 2. Year In Song |
| 3. Body's In Trouble |
| 4. Dear Darling |
| 5. A New Day |
| 6. When You Know Why You're Happy |
| 7. My Friends Have |
| 8. Help Me Lift You Up |
| 9. Keeping You In Mind |
| 10. Not Be Alright |
| 11. You Will Be Loved Again |
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
At times bewildering, at others bewitching, Miss America remains stunning nearly 15 years on from its initial release. There's nothing else quite like it, so perhaps it's appropriate (if frustrating and mysterious) that MMoH never recorded another album (unless you count the soundtrack to 2002 Canadian movie Apartment Hunting). Trying to describe this record is almost impossible, words like 'singing' and 'vocals' don't come anywhere near capturing the effect of Mary's soaring impressionistic voice, floating and swooping from a whisper to croak and demanding to be listened to. Come on... buy it. And then buy the best stereo in the world and a faultless pair of headphones, switch off the lights, lie back and know, forever, that you will be loved again.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was given this album as a present when it was first released, and my initial reaction was "what is this woman on?" It takes a few listens to get used to O'Hara's idiosyncratic style, but it gradually works its magic.
From the beautiful "You will be loved again" and "Let me lift you up" through the quirkier "When you know why you're happy" and "What my friends got" to the downright bonkers "Not be all right" every song has a magic of its own.
Standout track for me is "Body's in trouble" - I'm not sure what it's about but I could listen to it all day. Thirteen years after I first heard this album I still love it - get out there and buy it.
And Mary Margaret - if you're reading this, do me a favour and release a new album.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Her first ( and only ) full length solo recording. Original and eccentric, but not, on first listen, for every taste; a jazzy country mixture of Bjork, Patti Smith and Buffy Sainte-Marie. As often seems to happen in Canada, Ms. O'Hara was blessed with a beautifully idiosyncratic voice; thankfully the guitarist/producer Michael Brook gave the artist room to experiment on her debut. Melodies and lyrics veer from joyous abandon to venomous anger, often in the same song. She spits, stutters and snarls through 'Year in Song' and 'Not Be Allright', but the atmospheric weepers 'To Cry About' and 'You Will Be Loved Again', like Jane Siberry and Cowboy Junkies, can bring tears to the eyes of grown-ups. Check the double meaning of the album title, and search for her later guest appearances on releases by Gary Lucas, This Mortal Coil, and Morrissey; after hearing this you will need more. Mary Margaret O'Hara is the sister of comedian Catherine O'Hara of Home Alone, Best of Show, and A Mighty Wind.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
What a waste
When Mary Margaret O'Hara appeared on the Andy Kershaw BIG WORLD show she wore an incredible dress.A proper knee length one which billowed out and I was on her side. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Richard
Enchanting and Mesmerizing!
I re-bought this CD when I heard that Mary Margaret would be performing nearby, which is a rarity in and of itself...I owned the album years ago but it got lost in many moves.. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sue Donym
An outstanding achievement
Mary Margaret O'Hara is one of the greatest singer songwriters of all-time. Her masterpiece, Miss America (1988), took four years to materialize but it was worth the wait. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Daniel Margrain
"A thing of such beauty that must be called love,"
The staggeringly wonderful Mary Margaret O `Hara has only ever released one album an E.P.Christmas and a soundtrack albumApartment Hunting that considering her other recorded... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2010 by russell clarke
miss america review
Brilliant response, very speedy. Listening to the album took me back to being at university, twenty years ago - it felt like yesterday, thankyou
Published on 25 May 2009 by Mrs. S. E. Richardson-cornish
Mary Margaret Unique
Sometimes you risk buying music because you've read something and you find yourself intrigued. I did, in the late eighties. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2009 by holdall
Miss America
CD very good. Never heard of the artist until she gave a radio interview. Unfortunately the product arrived post rather than pre Christmas.
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by P. J. Reynolds
Strange & enchanting
Miss America is an inspiring collection of haunting songs delivered in a breathtaking variety of styles without sacrificing cohesion. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2008 by Pieter
One of the truly great albums
What was she on when this was recorded? I want some of it!
I don't know the answer to the question I pose, but this album is simply an amazing tour de force. Read more
I don't know the answer to the question I pose, but this album is simply an amazing tour de force. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by Big G
Enchanting and atmospheric
Miss America is an inspiring collection of haunting songs delivered in a breathtaking variety of styles without sacrificing cohesion. Read more
Published on 5 July 2007 by Pieter
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