Melissa Talon joins the piano-pop market at a tough time. It seems that every girl who grew up with a piano in the living room has decided to make an album. But there is a slightly darker edge to Melissa's music and despite the fact that contributing factors to that mood involve a dark and sad past, it probably is the key to her success. In fact, on brighter tracks like Dreaming she fails to make a dint while on the autobiographical 21 Melissa uses painful memories to capture her audience. I'm not sure what marketing angle her label is going for, but it seems they're keen to sell Melissa as a darker Delta or more depressed Tori, but there is a beautiful voice here and with a more edgy presentation, musically and visually, Melissa might attract the desired attention.

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Tracklisting
1 Dancing Girl
2 21
3 Dreaming
4 Delores
5 Time Of The Year
6 Wintry Feeling
7 If I Had
8 Little Girl
9 Only Love
10 Open My Eyes
11 Take Me To My Freedom
12 Sunday
13 Stuck In The Middle
14 If He's The One

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