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There’s no denying Priscilla Ahn’s voice. Crystalline and pitch-perfect, it’s the sort of classic-sounding soprano that belongs to an earlier decade, when folksingers wore flowers in their hair and sang songs about free love. Ahn is the product of a more current generation, but she fills her second album with songs that are just as timeless, from stripped-down Laurel Canyon folk tunes to lightly orchestrated chamber pop ballads. There’s plenty of acoustic guitar here, as well as soft splashes of piano, lap steel, and strings, but Ahn’s vocals are the focal point. She saturates When You Grow Up with double- and triple-tracked harmonies, and most of the songs’ instrumental hooks are sung rather than played, creating a sound that’s ornate but still intimate. She duets with Charlie Wadhams on “I Don’t Have Time to Be in Love,” tips her hat to former collaborator Benji Hughes with a slow, sexy cover of “Vibe So Hot,” and co-writes with singers like Inara George, Sia Furler, and Eleni Mandell on some of the album’s best songs. Yet despite the heavy guest list, When You Grow Up still feels more personal than Ahn’s 2008 debut, which found her dabbling in indie pop, torch songs, and Norah Jones-styled jazz. She focuses on folk this time around, consolidating her strengths while exploring every quirky corner of the genre.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
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Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Mix Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jake Blanton, Composer - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Barkley Green, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Organ, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Percussion, Mellotron, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eleni Mandell, Composer
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Benji Hughes, Composer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Percussion, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Keyboards, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Stylophone, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Percussion, Mellotron, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Calina de la Mare, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucy Wilkins, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Inara George, Composer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vicente Greene, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Rathbone, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Percussion, Mellotron, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Keyboards, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Wadhams, Composer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Harp, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Calina de la Mare, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucy Wilkins, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vicente Greene, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Rathbone, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Mix Engineer, Sound Effects, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - John Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Vocals, Sound Effects, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Percussion, Mix Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Sia Furler, Composer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Vocals, Mellotron, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Harmonica, Drum, Mellotron, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Moog Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Zither, Toy Piano, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Neary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ethan Johns, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Mix Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Stacey, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - John Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Seyffert, Engineer, Sound Effects, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Monks, Recording Engineer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Ahn, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Arnold, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
Album review
There’s no denying Priscilla Ahn’s voice. Crystalline and pitch-perfect, it’s the sort of classic-sounding soprano that belongs to an earlier decade, when folksingers wore flowers in their hair and sang songs about free love. Ahn is the product of a more current generation, but she fills her second album with songs that are just as timeless, from stripped-down Laurel Canyon folk tunes to lightly orchestrated chamber pop ballads. There’s plenty of acoustic guitar here, as well as soft splashes of piano, lap steel, and strings, but Ahn’s vocals are the focal point. She saturates When You Grow Up with double- and triple-tracked harmonies, and most of the songs’ instrumental hooks are sung rather than played, creating a sound that’s ornate but still intimate. She duets with Charlie Wadhams on “I Don’t Have Time to Be in Love,” tips her hat to former collaborator Benji Hughes with a slow, sexy cover of “Vibe So Hot,” and co-writes with singers like Inara George, Sia Furler, and Eleni Mandell on some of the album’s best songs. Yet despite the heavy guest list, When You Grow Up still feels more personal than Ahn’s 2008 debut, which found her dabbling in indie pop, torch songs, and Norah Jones-styled jazz. She focuses on folk this time around, consolidating her strengths while exploring every quirky corner of the genre.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:06
- Main artists: Priscilla Ahn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 Blue Note Records ℗ 2011 Blue Note Records
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