New Millenium Records
2005
Songs From The Attic
About This Album
Like many American Idol contestants, Brooke White didn't arrive at the big stage without some musical past. Taylor Hicks had many independent recordings to his credit before he auditioned for the show and, most famously, White's competitor Carly Smithson was once a major-label recording artist called Carly Hennessy, so the discovery that Brooke released an independent album called Songs from the Attic is not earth-shattering. Nor is it really earth-shattering that the album shares a title with Billy Joel's 1981 live LP, the record where he revisited gems from his '70s singer/songwriter albums, as Brooke revealed herself on Idol to be a disciple of '70s singer/songwriters. Truth be told, despite the piano flourish that opens "Free" -- a phrase that wouldn't have seemed out of place on Turnstiles or The Stranger -- Brooke doesn't have much in common with Billy; she's closer to Carole King and Carly Simon territory here, just as she is on American Idol. The difference is, through its reliance on covers and occasional stripped-down solo showcases, the show emphasizes the classicist elements of her sounds while the production on Songs from the Attic goes out of its way to have White sound relatively modern, moving her up to at least the late '90s with its meticulous polish.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8)

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