| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Music Group | | UPC: 00602498628744 | | Release Date: 7/20/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 61013589 | | Item#: MKXLPT | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24793 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2004 Geffen Records
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| Ashlee's debut album featuring the single "Pieces of Me."
"...tight, glossy arrangements." Austin Chronicle
"Chock-full of catchy songs." Billboard
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Ashlee Simpson (vocals); John Shanks (guitar, keyboards, bass instrument, background vocals); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, organ); Patrick Warren (chamberlin); Abe Laboriel Jr., Kenny Aronoff, Jeff Rothschild (drums); John Feldmann (programming); Kara Dioguardi (background vocals). | | Recording information: Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. | | The younger sister of pop star/reality-TV icon Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson has done nothing to hide her well-documented connection. However, to assume Ashlee is a carbon copy of her superstar sibling or simply trying to ride Jessica's coattails would be plain wrong. While Jessica sings straightforward, gentle pop tunes, Ashlee's music tends towards the angst-ridden and self-analytical, and where Jessica's vocals are light and bouncy, Ashlee explodes with a teen-punk roar. | | With her debut record, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Ashlee unveils a soul-searching sound that lies somewhere between the precocious explorations of Avril Lavigne and the jaded wanderings of Alanis Morissette. The opening single "Pieces of Me" features an ever-changing musical landscape, with Ashlee's powerful voice fading in and out like the love story of the song itself. The title track boasts a sinister guitar opening and a crunching rock riff offset by a huge melodic hook. AUTOBIOGRAPHY may surprise some people, but it's simply a solid pop-rock debut by a talented artist, regardless of famous family ties. |
| | Artist Overview | | Ashlee Simpson, younger sister of singer Jessica Simpson, is one of the most fascinating pop-culture phenomena of the early 2000s. Following a stint on the squeaky-clean television drama "7th Heaven," the prefabricated sensation's singing career was launched in 2004 with the release of AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Despite an infamous lip-synching debacle on SNL, fans continued to gobble up Ashlee's pop take on alternative rock. Simpson is an intriguing study in insta-fame and, as her 2005 release I AM ME proved, a dependable source for catchy chart toppers. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/20/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 0002913 | | Label : Geffen Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602498628744 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.77)
- "Her AUTOBIOGRAPHY is packed with insidiously catchy songs..." - Grade: B-Village Voice 7 of 10
[Courtney Love's] American Sweetheart is tragic and blasted and pissed-off and pathetic and d
E! Online 7 of 10
Even as she busied herself with chasing boys and whining on her MTV reality show, Ashlee Simpson sti
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