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  • Audio CD (12 Jun 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Reveal
  • ASIN: B000F5GKTK
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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Long time Rufus Wainwright and Antony And The Johnsons friend and collaborator steps into the limelight with a stunning debut full length release. Limited Edition digi-pack with numbered art print.


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Joan Wasser sings her jazzy, personal love songs in a fragile, paper-thin voice that recalls both the early-21st-century performer Norah Jones and the 1960s Greenwich Village singer Karen Dalton. "Christobel" is a gothic-tinged love song incorporating a deft violin solo (Wasser has played violin with Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, and the Scissor Sisters, among others), and her duet with Antony, of Antony and the Johnsons, on "I Defy", displays a sensibility that intriguingly combines pop with the avant-garde.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Arresting Performance, 13 April 2008
By The Wolf (uk) - See all my reviews
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My first encounter with the wonderful Ms Wasser
came in 2005 when I saw her open for Rufus Wainwright
at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London.

On that occasion I felt embarrased and ashamed that the
audience movement to and from the bar resulted in so much
extraneous noise that it was almost impossible to hear her.

Her frustration was palpable, as was mine.

Through the din however it was just about possible to discern
the emergence of a powerful new talent.

A year on and the release of 'Real Life' confirms my suspicion.

Ms Wasser is indeed a songwriter and performer of the finest pedigree.

She possesses a distinctive voice of considerable range and tonal colour.

Quirky, slinky, warm and commanding.

Her notable skills as a multi-instrumentalist are also evident
throughout this collection of ten extraordinarily varied songs.

The harmonic vocal arrangements on tracks such as 'Eternal Flame';
'The Ride' and 'I Defy' ( a duet with the splendid Mr Hegarty)
manage to be both complex and soulful.

The bluesy intimacy of 'Anyone' and 'We Don't Own it' are heartwarming.

A commendable debut demonstrating that Ms Wasser is firmly
on top of her game and not about to play second fiddle to
any of her illustrious friends.

The bigtime beckons methinks.


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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore this at your peril, 28 Jul 2006
I wish the record of the year lists you usually get around Christmas were out now, this would be at the top of my list. I can't see anything else coming close. I beg you all to go out and buy this, don't let it be another undiscovered treasure that gets lost.

I bought this largely because of her collaborations, I was not sure exactly what to expect, but thought it would be worth a look. It was not an instant hit on first listen, but after the second, third....... and a few weeks later I am still under it's spell and can't stop listening to it.

The more you listen, the more you get from it, 10 tracks of pure gold, the only problem is, it's at an end before you know it.

Whenever I mention Joan as Police Woman I tend to get blank looks, this should not be! This is exceptionally good quality music, well written and performed. Her voice has a seductive depth, that lulls you into her world and keeps you there, wanting more. The haunting ghost like backing vocals are unusual and add a certain something.
She is a first rate musician as she has proved in her collaborations, but now she is proving herself in her own right. Also the live show sounds fantastic, every bit as good as the record, with the added pleasure of being in Joan Wasser's magnificent company.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!, 16 Jun 2006
By Toby Staunton "dancing mole" (Derbyshire, England) - See all my reviews
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I think that word is infact an understatment. Joan Wasser is a talent beyond most other modern singer/song writers. She has honed her skills to create an amazingly unique sound comprising energetic art pop and classical string sections. A remarkable talent at also creating soft and heart renching moods on songs such as 'I Defy' featuring Antony Hegarty (Antony and the Johnsons, on which Joan and Antony's voices combine so perfectly to create a heart renching sound.

If you are considering whether getting this album is a good idea, then you need to look no further than some of the rave reviews that she has received across the UK press, including multiple album and single of the weeks. Joan is simply a brilliantly talented individual who effortlessly wraps her listener in a multi layered cacoon of music that somehow you thought could not logically exist in this form. Yet her it is.

So if you are bored of all the chart singer/song writers or you just want something different and unique to listen to then this is a must have.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing special
I find the reviews here quite puzzling. I found this record to be very middle-of-the-road. Her voice lacks passion somehow and a lot of the songs are quite bland.
Published 11 months ago by James Twain

5.0 out of 5 stars grown up fun
Having come across JOPW's music through a friend, I was expecting something fairly decent. I was thrilled by what I found. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2007 by J. Briggs

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute delght!
Its not often I listen to BBC 6 Music, or keep up with all the hype that passes for music reviews these days, but one day, on the dial, there came on a song by Joan as... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2007 by G. V. Cherian

4.0 out of 5 stars Very talented singer-songwriter, but a little too slow paced for me
Another CD I bought after being having it continuously recommended to me by Amazon. Looking at the other reviews suggested that this was something not to be missed... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2007 by Mike J. Wheeler

4.0 out of 5 stars A well-taken risk!
Having read favourable newspaper and Amazon reviews of Joan As Police Woman, I decided to take a risk and check this album out, despite not having heard any tracks from it-I'm... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2006 by A. Pilkington

5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves to be huge !
It's astounding just how talented the current NYC mafia is ! The latest to emerge fully formed from the shadows is Joan Wasser who appears here with her debut full length album... Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2006 by S. Dinsdale

5.0 out of 5 stars Joan As Excellent Singer/Songwriter
This album is truly sublime. Joan Wasser has a beautiful voice which never sounds less than perfect. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by Mrs. G. Reffold

5.0 out of 5 stars stunning debut full length
shimmering soulful excellence... the self titled e.p. set the tone, now the full scale of joan's songwriting genius can be consumed by all on the j.a.p.w debut full-length. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by alan

5.0 out of 5 stars A Future Classic!
After playing second fiddle (well, more like first violin) for her contemporaries and peers Rufus Wainwright and Antony and the Johnsons for a little while, the time has finally... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2006 by P. Firth

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing released this year will touch this album
Anyone lucky enough to have heard this band's EP released earlier this year, will be jumping for joy at the prospect of having a whole new albums-worth of material to listen to... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2006 by The Cox

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