Lisa Mitchell - Wonder

back in the good old days of cassette tapes there used to be an interesting phenomenom known as the "cut off song" this was the song at the end of one side of the tape that got cut off half way through when the tape flipped over. the song would then return on the next side of the tape generally about 20 to 30 seconds later meaning that a fair portion of the song had been missed. i had this happen on so many of my cassettes that there were times when i heard a particular song on the radio i had no idea what it was because i had never heard that 30 second period of the song before. Then when listening to it on CD i'd be so used to the song cutting off at a particular time that i'd be prepearing for it and then shocked when it didn't actually occur. I mention this because one of the songs on this album just cuts off halfway through, and i'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that or if its a victim of the digital equivalent of "cut off song" phenomenom. It's actually quite annoying too because it's a brilliant song on an album of many brilliant songs, from this one time wannabee australian idol. Lisa Mitchell may end up being the most successful of any idol contestant (and no i don't count shannon noll or guy sebastian as successful ) because she's escaped the pre-determination and pigeon holing of a record label and her audience is far enough removed from the typical Aus idol fan that she can make an album of her own songs that doesn't have to cater to mainstream tastes. That's not to say this album is ground breaking in any sense, her voice is a mix between sarah blasko and new buffalo and her songs are layered in a silimar vein. But it's sweet, it's textured and it's damn fine to listen to. she also does a mean dire straits cover.