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Expected debut date: December 23, 2008

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IWill Be There For You
Album: Heart Shaped World
Director: Brent Hedgecock
Songwriters: Shapiro/Bowles/Leo

U Go First
Album: Heart Shaped World
Director: Trey Fanjoy
Songwriters: Chater/Chater/Rawson

Unbreakable Heart
Album: Heart Shaped World
Director: David Hogan
Songwriter: Benmont Tench

Who I Am
Album: Who I Am
Songwriters: James/ Verges

Helplessly, Hopelessly
Album: Who I Am
Songwriters: James/Verges

Karma
Album: Who I Am
Songwriters: Green/Mayo

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Album: None - MWL Performance

More To Me Than You
Album: Now
Songwriters: Andrews/Slater/Chagnon

More To Me Than You (Highway Ballad)
Album: Now
Songwriters: Andrews/Slater/Chagnon

More To Me Than You (Garden)
Album: Now
Songwriters: Andrews/Slater/Chagnon

Good Time
Album: Now
Songwriters: Andrews/Bramien/Ropoll

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Heart Shaped World Review

Jessica Andrews - Heart Shaped World
Jessica Andrews' star started shining fairly quickly after her first single and video was released, and since then it has only gotten brighter. She was discovered at the early age of twelve by her producer, Byron Gallimore. He encouraged her to take her time on her first album, instead of rushing to get it, and that must be why Heart Shaped World sounded so different from everything else at that time.

The first single, "I Will Be There For You," was on Heart Shaped World as well as the Prince of Egypt Soundtrack, and was a great song to introduce us to Jessica. This Billboard Top 20 song showcased her vocal range and grabbed your attention. "You Go First," was her second single and was widely popular on television's CMT network. Other single releases were a cover of Carlene Carter's song "Unbreakable Heart" and another slow tune, "I Do Now."

All of the songs on Heart Shaped World feature a seventeen year old whose talent is just beginning to bloom. She knows what she wants and she released an album that was just to her liking, and Byron Gallimore was happy to assist in the production. Instead of comparing this to the teens that released albums at about the same time as Jessica, we should compare it to established artist's album because this collection is almost as good as it gets.

Reviewed by Jennifer Webb

Who I Am Review

Jessica Andrews was arguably the most vocally talented of the last wave of Nashville teens, with a mature voice that retained youthful wonder without pandering to teenage tastes. No one expects Andrews to chuck the pop superhighway for the safe - and less profitable - country road. But this is "Faith Lite" as Byron Gallimore has replaced bouncy enthusiasm with calculation and high gloss.

"Helplessly, Hopelessly, Recklessly" sounds like none of the above, just very slick and uninspired. "These Wings" finds the youngster comparing herself to a butterfly; it isn't hard to imagine a video utilizing "This Kiss" outtakes. On the plus side, the title track is an engaging single; "Wishing Well" is another solid song from Phil Vassar, working in tandem with Annie Roboff; and "Good Friend to Me," written by Andrews, Roboff and Bekka Bramlett, features a welcome R&B groove and doesn't attempt to make her sound more mature.

There may be hits here, but "hit records" and "quality music" are not synonymous. This is not up to the standards of her debut; even more importantly, it isn't up to the level of her talent.
Reviewed by Mike Clark

Now Review

Facing 20, Jessica Andrews decides to open her music on her third album, Now. Her hold to country was always a little tentative, particularly because it seemed like she was signed partially because she was a teenage girl who could really sing during the height of LeAnn Rimes' popularity. Like Rimes, Andrews wants to leave strict country behind as she leaves her adolescence, but unlike LeAnn, Jessica sounds in control, having a clear idea of who she is musically and where she wants to go. Now is grounded in country, along with other American roots music, but it's held together with an inclusive pop sensibility and a polished, professional production that nevertheless retains its identity and keeps the focus on Andrews, whose voice sounds stronger and better than ever. If initial comparisons to Rimes did not fall to her favor, she now sounds more versatile and assured than her peer, but she goes even further with Now, crafting an album that straddles the country-pop and adult-pop line as alluringly as the best of Faith Hill, whose Cry pales in comparison to this record. Why? Because this is never stifled by diva ambitions. Because this has up-tempo and mid-tempo songs with character and color, along with catchy hooks. Because the ballads, while slick, still have substance. Ultimately, because Andrews is a hell of singer, finding her own distinctive voice and coming into her own, somewhere between Faith Hill and Sheryl Crow. If the production ever so slightly is a little too mature, a little older than her years, it's only appropriate because her voice sounds older than her years. But even if this does have an adult-pop bent, it's still done better than nearly any other adult-pop in 2003, and the times that Now does loosen up offer tantalizing possibilities of where Andrews could go next. And, no matter which way you cut it, as of this writing Now is one of the best mainstream pop albums of 2003, with only Kelly Clarkson's Thankful rivaling it in consistency and quality. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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#1. James Dean in Tennessee
#2. You Go First
#3. Riverside
#4. Whatever
#5. Unbreakable Heart
#6. Hungry Love
#7. Heart Shaped World
#8. I'll Take Your Heart
#9. I Do Now
#10. I've Been Waiting
#11. Ruby Shoes
#12. I Will Be There For You
Album // Heart Shaped World
Released // March 23, 1999
Purchase // Amazon, iTunes


Single // I Will Be There For You
Album // Heart Shaped World
Purchase // Amazon


Single // You Go First
Album // Heart Shaped World


Single // Unbreakable Heart
Album // Heart Shaped World
Purchase // Amazon


Single // I Do Now
Album // Heart Shaped World


#1. Now I Know
#2. Every Time
#3. I Don't Like Anyone
#4. Karma
#5. Helplessly, Hopelessly
#6. Who I Am
#7. These Wings
#8. Never Had It So Good
#9. Make Me Love You
#10. Wishing Well
#11. Good Friend To Me
#12. Show Me Heaven
Album // Who I Am
Released // Feb 27, 2001
Purchase // Amazon, iTunes


Single // Who I Am
Album // Who I Am


Single // Helplessly, Hopelessly
Album // Who I Am


Single // Karma
Album // Who I Am

#1. There's More To Me
#2. When Gentry Plays Guitar
#3. I Wish for You
#4. To Love You Once
#5. I Bring it to You
#6. Never Be Forgotten
#7. They Are The Roses
#8. Sunshine and Love
#9. You're The Man
#10. Cowboy Guarantee
#11. Now
#12. Second Sunday
#13. Windows On A Train
#14. God Don't Give Up On Us
#15. Good Time
#16. Hidden Track
Album // Now
Released // April 15, 2003
Purchase // Amazon, iTunes


Single // Good Time
Album // Now

1. Ain't That Life
2. Ain't That Something
3. Bad Girl Blues
4. How Much I Loved You
5. Forever To Go
6. I Need A Man
7. I'm Going Back
8. The Marrying Kind
9. Me
10. Poison's In The Sugar
11. Sing This City Home
12. Straight To The Bone
13. Summer Girl
14. Walking Out That Door
15. When We Get There
16. That's Who I Was
Album // Ain't that Life
Released // Unreleased

 


Single // Marrying Kind
Album // Ain't that Life


Single // Summer Girl
Album // Ain't That Life
Purchase // iTunes


Single // Everything
Album // Untitled
Purchase // None

Chart Information

Year Title US Hot 100 Us Country Album
1999 "You Go First" - #25 Heart Shaped
1999 "I Will Be There For You" - #28 Heart Shaped
1999 "Unbreakable Heart" - #24 Heart Shaped
2001 "Who I Am" #28 #1 Who I Am
2001 "Helplessly, Hopelessly" - #31 Who I Am
2002 "Karma" - #47 Who I Am
2003 "There's More To Me" - #17 Now
2003 "Good Time" - #49 Now
2005 "Marrying Kind" - - Ain't That Life
2005 "Summer Girl" - #46 Ain't That Life

Facts

First Kiss: Josh
Covers: Mariah Carry, Whitney Houston
Pets: One dog, Rocco
Boyfriend: Marcel
Favorite Video (of hers): Unbreakable Heart
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
Wishes: She were a carrot
First Record: "The Bodyguard"
Influence: Reba MacEntire & Whitney Houston
Favorite Concert: Ricky Martin
First Concert: Travis Tritt & Charlie Daniels
Love to Sing With: Sting
Favorite HSW song: Unbreakable Heart
Favorite WIA song: Every Time
School: Has no dances @ school
Acting: May want to act some day
First #1 Song: Who I Am
Hometown: Nashville
First Tour: =29 w/ Billy Gilman

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Source: JessicaAndrews.com

The turning point in Jessica Andrews' return to the national spotlight came at a recording session. She had just laid down a vocal for a song demo in a studio owned by Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus, who was sitting in the control room. He had met Jessica when both their careers were getting started, but he hadn't heard her sing in several years. When she finished, he pushed the talk-back button.

"Jessica," he said, "Wow! I didn't know you sang like this or how mature your voice was now." As they talked, he told her he had begun producing other artists and would love the chance to work with her.

With that conversation in the fall of 2006, the young woman who had her first Top 40 hit at the age of 15, and who took the music world by storm with her chart-topping 2001 single "Who I Am" at 17, set in motion a re-emergence that has led to her first record in three years.

Jessica's new music displays a vocal and songwriting maturity that is testament to the hard work she put in following the demise of her former record label, Dreamworks, a period in which she focused single-mindedly on her craft.

"Honestly, I felt free," she says. "I didn't have ties to anyone and I knew I could make the kind of music I really wanted to make, to write and demo the songs that meant something to me. I decided, 'I'm going to do it my way until someone takes notice of what I'm doing and wants to be part of it.'"

That, of course, is exactly what happened, as DeMarcus signed on and brought his talent and enthusiasm to bear on the project.

"He loved the way my songwriting had developed and where my head was at in terms of direction," she says. "As we chose songs and tried things out in the studio, I really got the itch to jump back in to my career. Jay brought in a guitar player and the three of us laid down some scaled-down tracks that highlighted the songs and my voice. He said, 'I've got some labels in mind to pitch these to, but I have to say that Lyric Street knows we're working together and they've been telling me they want to hear what we've been doing.'"

The label quickly got on board and Jessica began work on the album.

"We had assembled a great team, we had a great compilation of songs, and Jay and I were really clicking in the studio," she says. "I knew we had something special."

Jessica's return comes via a song written by singer/songwriter Marcel who has written hits for Rascal Flatts, Josh Gracin, Leann Rimes, Big And Rich, Julianne Hough and even co-penned "There's More To Me Than You" with Andrews. Called "Everything," it was the song that propelled her return on the fast track.

"Marcel played it for me the night I got back to town after a week of shows on the road," she says. "I knew right away it was an amazing song, and I agreed to sing the demo because I wanted to see him get a major cut with it."

Her demo performance, though, was another knockout, and all eyes turned toward Jessica.

"Everyone who heard it said, 'You've got to record this, Jessica," she says. "Jay thought the same thing and the label said, 'This song was meant for you!'"

Her new single and the album to follow give Jessica the chance to share the results of her long musical journey with fans.

"As an artist," she says, "I'm drastically different now. It almost feels like the early records were a different person ago. I have a new perspective on everything now because of some of the hard knocks and the soul-searching I've done. I feel it makes me more seasoned and better all-around."

There was never any doubt about her talent. Music was a part of her life from her earliest days growing up in tiny Huntingdon, Tennessee. After winning a local talent contest singing "I Will Always Love You," she began making waves in Nashville before she was a teenager. Producer Byron Gallimore, known for his work with Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Jo Dee Messina, met with her and signed on as her original producer. After three top 40 hits from her first album, Heart Shaped World, she exploded with the release of "Who I Am" from the sophomore album of the same name. In 2000 she won the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist award and toured with Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Trisha Yearwood. At 18, she turned her creative interests passionately toward songwriting.

"I had written songs before that," she says, "but I hadn't been really serious about it. When I met Marcel, we would get together and sing or talk about song ideas, and he was the one who said, 'Girl, you've got to get serious about your songwriting. You've really got something here.'"

As she wrote more and began moving toward artistic maturity, she released her third album, which came out as the second Gulf War erupted and never got the attention it deserved. Her fourth album neared completion as her label folded, and conversations with other labels made her realize it was time to regroup.

"Everyone had an opinion on who I should be or what I should do, saying, 'The record is too much this or not enough that,'" she says. "That's when I made the decision to step back from it all. I decided to take a break and figure out exactly what I wanted to do, and however long that took, I didn't care."

The process brought her back to the forefront and taught her a lifetime's worth of lessons.

"At the beginning of my career," she says, "I was probably more of an act on a label than an artist. I always knew I wanted more. I was young and still figuring it all out. Living out of the spotlight has made me an 'artist.'"

The fact that she is still just 24 leaves her with no regrets about either the journey or its ruts.

"I think it took every bump along the road to get me to where I am now," she says. "I'm much more at peace with being able to do what I love artistically and musically, and now I feel like this is truly me. These are my songs and people are jumping onto my team, and that makes me feel much more fulfilled as an artist."