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Dayna Manning, Vol. 1
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Dayna Manning, Vol. 1
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by Dayna Manning
Sales Rank: 487220
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List Price: $20.99
$20.99
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on 10-2-2008.
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1. Half the Man
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2. My Addiction
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3. Under the Hill
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4. And That Was Done
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5. My Kind
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6. Hippy Song
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7. Walk on the Moon
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8. Gold The Fire Song
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9. I Want
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10. End of the Game
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11. Coincidence?
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12. Simple Plan
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I fell in love with Dayna Manning when I first saw her playing in a campus bar that she wouldn't have been allowed in if she wasn't performing. She simply wowed the gathered crowd to the point that the headline act (I think it was Wide Mouth Mason) paled in comparison. Where Mason has gone on to considerable success, "Volume 1" remains the pinnacle for Manning. This is a shame, because several of the tracks on this CD are beautiful in their complicated simple style. "Simple Plan" is an example. The lyrics are unstintingly romantic, but the arrangement (is that a cello?) is deliciously precise. I loved "I Want" throughout for both the fact that it's a good listen and for its good humour. Lyrics like "I want to be of age to get into the bar" and "I want to be friends with Tom Petty" show a self-identifying mocking sense of humour that is rare in its insightfulness for one so young. The only difficulties with this CD are when Manning tries to pick it up a bit. Perhaps she needs to do so in order to avoid monotony, but her highlights are the more balladic tracks. She's remarkablty similar to the Alaskan lass of similar genre in this particular, but I'll take Manning every time, if only so as to avoid the overblown hype and to appreciate a naive young talent. It will be truly unfortunate if this remains her only CD release.
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Dayna Manning, Vol. 1
Available from Amazon
Price: $20.99
Updated on 10-2-2008.
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