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Real Life (2006)
  
To Survive (2008)

Release date
  
12 June 2006

Artist
  
Joan As Police Woman

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Released
  
June 12, 2006 (UK); June 12, 2007 (US)

Recorded
  
Trout Recording, Brooklyn, NY

Length
  
38:14 Bonus disc: 15:25

Label
  
Reveal Records (United Kingdom)

Genres
  
Pop music, Indie rock, Jazz, Pop rock

Producers
  
Bryce Goggin, Joan As Police Woman

Awards
  
Independent Music Award for Best Album - Pop

Similar
  
Joan As Police Woman albums, Pop rock albums

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Real Life is the first album by Joan as Police Woman, released by Reveal Records in the UK on June 12, 2006, and a year later in the United States.

Contents

In addition to the standard jewel-case release, it was released in a limited-edition digipak with Joan Wasser art card and as a 2-disc expanded edition.

"I Defy" was co-written by the Antony and the Johnsons' singer Antony Hegarty, who also contributed vocals to the track. In September 2006, she performed a live-session at the BBC.

The album has received much critical acclaim, being variously described as "splendidly slinky", "a magical journey", and "a fine showcase". In her review in The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan described the album as "pensive and gentle; sometimes stately of tempo, sometimes slightly breathless, but always erring on the side of lovely understatement."

In early 2008, Real Life won in The 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Pop/Rock Album.

Track listing

All compositions by Joan Wasser except as indicated.

  1. "Real Life" – 4:38
  2. "Eternal Flame" – 3:39
  3. "Feed the Light" – 3:41
  4. "The Ride" – 3:09
  5. "I Defy" (Antony Hegarty, Wasser) – 3:32
  6. "Flushed Chest" – 3:55
  7. "Christobel" – 3:06
  8. "Save Me" – 3:44
  9. "Anyone" – 4:50
  10. "We Don’t Own It" – 3:55

The 2-CD edition had the additional tracks:

  1. "Show Me the Life" – 2:32
  2. "Broken Eyes" – 2:48
  3. "Sweet Thing" (David Bowie) – 3:13
  4. "Happiness Is a Violator (For Condoleezza Rice)" – 1:53
  5. "Endless Supply of Poison" – 0:52
  6. "We Don't Own It" – 4:04

Musicians

Joan As Police Woman:

  • Joan Wasser – vocals, piano, guitar, violin, viola, bass guitar, strings, wurlitzer, keyboards
  • Rainy Orteca – bass guitar, vocals
  • Ben Perowsky – drums, percussion, vocals, tambourine

    • with:

  • Jeff Hill – cello, bass guitar
  • Joseph Arthur – vocals, keyboards, piano, drums
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Doug Wieselman – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet
  • Briggan Krauss – baritone saxophone
  • Bryce Goggin – piano, keyboards
  • Charles Burnham – vocals

    • Songs

    1Real Life4:39
    2Eternal Flame3:40
    3Feed the Light3:42

    References

    Real Life (Joan as Police Woman album) Wikipedia
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