CD: Zee Avi - Ghostbird

Ghostbird is the second album from singer Zee Avi that released in 2011.

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The album's first single "The Book of Morris Johnson" was released on iTunes on 28 June 2011.

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Zee Avi’s self-titled 2009 debut. While interesting—and flush with Avi’s lovely voice—the songs ventured at times into a cloying cuteness. The listener was tempted to wish for a more mature, jazzier version of Avi. Luckily, 2011 gives us Ghostbird, an 11-song meditation that only gets better upon replay.

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One part island breeze and one part classic jazz, Ghostbird sounds like a record you would find in your grandmother’s attic, the work of some jazz age ingénue. But, no, you’re listening to Avi, a twentysomething native of Malaysia in possession of an old-soul voice. It would be easy to dismiss this music as easy listening, one more Jack Johnson-style veg-out disc, but the sheer beauty of her floaty alto voice and shimmering arrangements help it stand out and stand up to repeat listens.
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Track listing:

01. "Swell Window"  3:52

02. "Anchor"  3:23

03. "31 Days"  3:53

04. "Milestone Moon"  3:40

05. "Siboh Kitak Nangis"  2:20

06. "The Book of Morris Johnson" 3:15

07. "Madness"  2:28

08. "Bag of Gold"  2:39

09. "Concrete Wall"  3:35

10. "Roll Your Head In the Sun"  2:55

11. "Stay In the Clouds"  3:30

12. "Swell Window (Live from the Solar Powered Plastic Plant)" 4:16
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CD: Zee Avi - Self Titled

Zee Avi is the self-titled debut album from singer Zee Avi. Released in 2009, the album is most notable for Avi's single "Bitter Heart".

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Zee Avi peaked at number 130 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in 2009. The album sold 6,000 copies in the United States in its first two weeks of release according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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The debut single "Bitter Heart" entered the Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles chart at number 82 and peaked at number 63 for two weeks. To date, the album has sold over 300,000 units and been certified Gold in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The Associated Press named Zee Avi one of the top 10 albums of 2009, taking the No. 9 spot.

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Track listing:

01. "Bitter Heart"  2:37

02. "Poppy"  3:09

03. "Honey Bee"  3:08

04. "Just You and Me"  2:57

05. "Is This the End"  3:50

06. "Monte" (Bam) 3:33

07. "Kantoi"  1:46

08. "I Am Me Once More"  2:37

09. "First of the Gang to Die" (Morrissey cover) 3:57

10. "Darlin' It Ain't Easy"  2:44

11. "The Story"  2:53

12. "Let Me In"  4:25 

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