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Album Details: Departure

Release Date:07/29/2003
Label:Sony/Bmg Int'l
UPC:9399700114645

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  • All Music Guide

    New Zealand born, Sydney based Carla Werner's first album is a moody, often downbeat work that showcases her remarkable voice. Somewhat like Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval, she infuses these introspective songs with passion and integrity. No less than four producers had contributed to these eleven tracks, but Coldplay's producer Ken Nelson seems responsible for the album's direction. Layered, brooding and often hypnotic, Werner's songs are not easy listening. In fact, on initial spins, they sound deceptively alike. Unlike most major label singer/songwriters, these tunes don't have obvious hooks and none would make a logical single. Rather this is an album that needs to seep in, letting its subtle charms wash over the listener on lazy Sunday mornings. Although these tracks can be stripped down to just guitar and voice, that would lose much of their appeal. As a debut, this is an extraordinarily accomplished and complex work that grows stronger the more closely you listen. Still, the similar...ity and darkness of the ambiance gets monotonous, with the poetic “Make it Up" nearly lost in the shuffle at track number nine. Werner also goes heavy on her lyrics, and a few cuts are extended past their breaking point. But her voice is so eerily luxurious that, like Bryan Ferry's solo music, all of this is worth hearing… if you're in the mood. The closing, uncredited 40 second snippet of a five year old Werner singing in the shower is cutesy and should not have been included in this otherwise mature debut. - Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

Carla Werner

Singer/songwriter Carla Werner was born and raised in New Zealand, the daughter of a dairy farmer. Her grandfather played in a band called the Country Boys, and she was exposed to a broad range of pop music as a child. She began singing country music in competitions before her teens. Early in her teens, she moved to Australia with her mother and siblings, where the comp... Read more