Song #7 Civil War

Civil War was a song that I wrote with Jason Sever and Will Doughty.  Both great song writers. This was the first song that we wrote together. I was nervous.  But I was excited because I had an idea.  The phrase ‘Civil War’  had been rolling around in my head for days.  I didn’t know how I was gonna write it, but I knew I wanted it based on a relationship that has been through the ringer.

Jason and Will write together a lot.  They kinda have their own language. I had to just jump in with both feet!  So I told them the idea, Will started playing the piano part and Jason and I started brainstorming the lyric.  I knew the minute that we began that we were gonna finish it that day. There was a specialness to it. The song wanted to be written.  It came easily. It made me sad to write it.  The lyric is so heavy .  The characters were fictional, but I felt it. I knew these people. I hurt for them.  It would suck to be in that situation….where you have just gone through fight after fight after fight till you don’t even know the person you are fighting with anymore.   It’s not how you started out. But somewhere along the way something changed.  You know it is irreversible.  sad, right? I know.

The good part is that the music and melody is so cool ! When we were in the studio we kept joking that   the video would have cannons and army tents, guys in uniform….you know a whole war scene…  but then…we are not right… :)  funny though!

 

 

 

Song #6

Damage is Done. Sounds so final right? I mean…it is done. over. finished. I wish it were that simple.  Most of us are taught to bend and bend and bend and that is a good thing…  I mean…we are strong.  we don’t just crumble at the first hint of pressure. we dont just snap. but SOMEtimes…we bend too much. We take too much. We keep giving and giving and giving. THEN…it’s done. The damage is done and there is no recovery.

Jack (Sizemore…aka…the hubs) and I wrote this song. It is one of my favorites. I love to sing it so I play it everytime I play out. When we began writing the song we had no hook. all we had was a sketch of the first verse. It was one of those weird days where he started noodling around on guitar and I started spitting out lyrics… as if we were talking, but not. ya know? It is a weird songwriter language !!

I absolutely love Sara Barreilles. I was deep into listening to her Little Voice album when we wrote and recorded this. I tried very hard to channel her on the bridge. Maybe that only happens in my mind. and That is fine. that happens to me a lot.  haha

Now you now the back story.

 

What are you doing on March 27th, 2012?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2012   AMY DALLEY TO RELEASE ALBUM ON MARCH 27, 2012   Nashville-based country singer/songwriter Amy Dalley is set to release her new album, Coming Out Of The Pain, via Rock Ridge Music on March 27, 2012.  Coming Out Of The Pain is Dalley’s second full-length and combines classic pop-country with the edge of heartland rock, as well as Dalley’s intimate lyrics and dulcet vocals.  The album was produced by Dalley and husband/engineer/writing partner Jack Sizemore (also a member of Jason Aldean’s band), along with New Voice Entertainment.   On Coming Out Of The Pain, Dalley showcases her considerable songwriting chops, opting to pen her own compositions rather than rely on the prevalent Nashville practice of tapping professional writers. The results are immeasurable; there’s an honesty and depth to the songs—from the witty breakup tale of “Peace Sign,” to the dark and powerful “Civil War,” to the mother’s love that permeates “Bottle It Up”—that couldn’t possibly have emanated from anyone other than the artist herself.   “This album is just a natural evolution of my own maturity and growth. I think it sounds very me, yet edgier. I really love the songs,” says Dalley. “In my musical career, I feel happy now. I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing and what I should have been doing all along. That means taking the reins and being in control of my future in music.”   A performer throughout her childhood in Kingsport, TN, Dalley got her pro start entertaining at the Dollywood amusement park. In 1994 she relocated to Nashville and formed national touring act the Hillbilly Gypsies, then later landed a publishing deal with Hamstein Music, landing her song “Dream Too Small” on an episode of the TV show Dawson’s Creek. In 2003 Dalley signed with Curb Records, which released a series of successful singles: “Love’s Got an Attitude (It Is What It Is)” debuted in 2003, peaking at #27 on the country charts; “I Think You’re Beautiful” came next; then her highest-charting single, “Men Don’t Change,” at #23.  In 2005, Dalley charted again with the Reba McEntire single “My Sister,” which she co-wrote with Bonnie Baker and Roxie Dean.  Four more singles were released between 2005 and 2007.  Curb never released the full-length, and in 2008 Dalley left the label and went out on her own, self-releasing the grassroots success It’s Time on her Madjack Records imprint in 2009.   Dalley plans to tour actively in 2012 in support of Coming Out Of The Pain.   www.amydalley.com/ www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Dalley/218727491507845 www.twitter.com/amydalley1   For more information, please contact: Krista Mettler, Skye Media & Rock Ridge Music

sparkley fan reviews that I love

Having an album out is awesome and scary and horrible and fun and exciting. all of that rolled into one big ball of stress… But some of the BEST parts is hearing what people think about it. (yes, that could be scary too…but luckily people are being very very nice )
here are a few examples of shiny happy reviews of COMING OUT OF THE PAIN:

She-Paisley

author: SLA

I wish Amy got more radio play, she’s really talented, and her songs are reminiscent of Brad Paisley’s (the female version). “One finger short of a Peace sign” could very well be her motto to the record execs that won’t promote her album. She’s worthy of so much more recognition, not because she needs to be popular to be relevant, but because she deserves the compensation for which artists need to produce more great albums!

As close to perfect as I’ve heard in a while.

author: John G.

Amy Dalley is one of the reasons I’m a fan of the Internet being used to promote new artists, and not always a fan of major label acts.

She sings with heart, writes with style and grace, and is an all-around performer.

You go, girl…I’ll be behind you all the way.

Amy shines.

author: Jonathan

From the first song, “Peace Sign”, the listener gets a feel of the raw talent of Amy Dalley. She shines above all others with true country soul. Her unique southern voice pours out her emotions with every song. You will be drawn in to her from the start and she’ll leaving you wanting more.

Out of the pain, into perfection

author: Kelly

Amy Dalley rocks! There truly is no better word that that. She has had her hard times, she has risen above the ashes and has created a masterpiece, all on her own time and ime. After struggling for years with Nashville bureaucracy, Amy triumphed with “It’s About Time” and has continued the trend with “Coming Out of the Pain”. Strong lyrics, strong melodies, strong album!!
Spread the word – Amy is here to stay, now let’s get her to the top and prove the big-wigs wrong!
Buy this album! I dare ya!

(I especially like the She-Paisley one!!! wow HUGE compliment!!! THANK YOU!!))

come on…tell me what you think of the album….even the mean stuff….I can take it… www.cdbaby.com/amydalley2 Doit :))

amyd

Song #4 Saturday Night Situation

Haven’t we all had those? It starts out totally innocent! Then all of the sudden, BAM! T.R.O.U.B.L.E!!!  Haha Jack and I wrote this song with my good friend, fellow Kingsportian, and awesome artist, Susanne Mumpower…otherwise known as IODINE.  We have written several songs together. I just love her. When we first got together to write I had no idea she was from Kingsport. We sat down and started talking…I found out that her dad aka…”MR. Mumpower”   was my 7th grade science teacher…isn’t that WEIRD?!?!?! ( I remember one time he had us do handstands against the wall and eat an apple. ) He was one of my favorites!

When I am around her I feel right at home. We talk the same, although she remembers and uses  East Tennessee words that I have forgotten…. (oh you want an example? The other day she said “…man that firewater will hurt ya”  ) I haven’t heard or used the word “firewater”, meaning alcohol, in a million years… I think I’m gonna start tho….I love that about her.  (Check out her website Iodine.com)

This song began because I had been wanting and had been trying to write a song about “crazy katie” for a long time.  I had a bunch of things written down about her. but I could NOT make it work. Then Jack said how bout Saturday Night Situation…and HELLO there it was!  He also coined  the phrase “country crunkin” which I will go on record right here and now and say that is genius.  haha I love that.

We started the song by talking about the PROCESS of when you (or your friends…) go out and one thing keeps leading to the next  thing… I like this kind of song. For me, personally…I never go “out”  so I had to really REMEMBER what MIGHT have happened … not to worry though…i got a good imagination….

“Somebody started riding that bull, that’s what set the pace. Shot slammin led to booty dancin with every loser in that place. We all got a little fearless, then the band got loud. It was all thump thump so Katie got up started working the crowd. Was a flirtin with trouble, losing their minds, country crunkin, hellagood time, Saturday Night Situation”

I can tell you that girls everywhere LOVE this song! We have all had that one ring leader friend. Maybe we have BEEN the ring leader friend…but We know how the story goes!!! This song is fun and it makes me laugh! When I sing it it is almost like a video in my head :))

oh and just remember. If your daughter goes on a school trip and brings back her brother a little box of shark teeth. He WILL get them out and leave them in the floor and you WILL step on them in the middle of the night. It’s a given that it hurts like  a…well you can imagine.  hey, just looking out for ya.

Amyd

Song #3 SOMEBODY SAID IT RAINED

Bonnie Baker is one of the best songwriters in this town.  That is a strong statement, right? It is totally true. Bonnie was one of the first people that “believed” in me as an artist. She helped me learn how to write songs. I mean…I have always  written stuff…songs…stories.. but there is an art to songwriting. I hate to use the word, but a craft. The figuring out how to carve it out and say it in a concise way. We would talk for hours about the music business. She was one of those writers that if I had a good, emotional idea…even something I hadn’t really figured out yet…I could bring it to her…she would figure it out. Think about it. Develop it. I love that. Sometimes everybody is is such a hurry to write songs! just get it done, check it off for the day. Bonnie cares. and wants it to be better.  I learned alot from  her. I will always be grateful! You have to have those people in your life when you are starting out. and heck, even now I want those people in my life!

 

We wrote Somebody Said it Rained a long time ago.  I went to her office around 10 in the morning. She had this cool room that was in an old house at the time. We drank alot of coffee. I had an idea. just one line. and I had tried to write it earlier in the week with 2 of the biggest songwriters in town (Tom Shipiro and  Tony Martin ) They didn’t get it.  I remember saying I have this Idea..blah blah blah  Somebody said it rained… I explained it… they still were not into it. We moved on and wrote something else. But I was bummed! I mean…I really thought there was a lot of meat to the idea…you could go a million places with it.  but they were not down.  So that morning writing with Bon, I wanted her to like it…but I gotta admit I felt a litte insecure about it.  but I bucked up and threw it out there. She totally got it.  we fought it. wrestled it.  Then she said  ’we needed that vacation…’ and we went from there. It has always been one of my favorites!

I remember when we demo’d it  there was a line in the first verse that wasn’t sitting right. Bonnie happened to be driving back from Texas that morning…. she kept calling me with…what about this? try to make this work….  till we got to “the brochure promised beaches…”

When we started looking for songs for the album. I had tons of songs! I had too many really! But I had been listening to old songs one day and Jack said, yeah we should totally cut that. We talked about how to make it better how to make it different. But really it was all there. For the album we added a drum loop , some crunchy guitars and then just stayed out of the way of the song.

I think a lot of people have been there. The rise and the fall of the circle of a relationship. It’s good to know you still got it….or can at least go get it when it starts to drift away  :)  life gets in the way, but it is so much better when you feel connected to somebody who wants nothing more than to love you and to be loved back.

Both Breakin it Down and Somebody Said it Rained are from old catalogues of mine. But some songs are like that. they haunt you till they find the right place to live. I am so glad COMING OUT OF THE PAIN is their home!

Song #2 BREAKIN IT DOWN

Yes, I said BREAKIN’ not BREAKING. There was much talk about this when we were doing the album artwork.  BREAKIN is slang…or southern….or not good english…. But BREAKING just sounded way to proper. ya know?  and I like to type the way that I write…so it feels like you are talking to me. anyway….let me take you back about 10 years.

I had just started writing at a  Hamstein publishing company. This was actually my second pub deal but I had a  long hiatus in between deals (more about that later) …so this seemed like my first. I was still as green as I could possibly be about cowriting and demo’ing and producing and everything else that is involved in the whole songwriting /publishing process. I mean I have always written songs. But not like this. I had always sung melodies in my head, but never to strangers AS they popped into my brain. It was very foreign, but VERY exciting and so very creative. I really feel like I found myself during my time at Hamstein. It set me on the path that I am on. There were some WONDERFUL people there. Nurturing, supportive, encouraging. It was a season of growth and discovery for me….anyway….I digress…

I wrote Breakin it Down with James Leblanc. a wonderfully talented guy who sings and plays and writes amazing songs. I had never met him when I walked into the room. Now that I think about it…it was more like 11 years ago when we wrote this…anyway. We hit it off right away. In that weird way where you don’t “talk” alot you just get right down to writing the song. I was nervous because I felt very unprepared. Usually I like to have an idea…some nugget of something that I want to write about. It can be one simple word, or a hundred words scribbled on a page that make no sense and don’t seem to go together, but somehow you have a feeling that they do. this day I had nothing but nerves! but I also had the willingness to just see what might happen.

When we got in the room James started playing  guitar. He likes to play in DADGAD tuning which makes everything sound cooler…. and he is amazing at melodies. and all of the sudden words just started spilling out.  I started scribbling like a mad woman letting my mind be free not caring if it made sense at the time. trying my best to turn my self editor off and just let it come.  we weren’t talking. he was playing  and kind of mumbling and I had my head down writing. and writing and writing.  FINALLY he said, “well, what do you think”  so I half read, half sang him my scribbles.  after that I think we high fived and the energy went up about a milion degrees.

It was one of those feelings  that you KNOW you are on to something that you are gonna like. It really was one of the first “best writing days ever”  for me. I have had alot since then, but at the time I SOOO wanted to please the people I was working with. I knew they were cheering me on. I wanted to prove I could do it.  It was a remarkable day.

BREAKIN IT DOWN has always been a song that I  loved not only because I carried around that high kind of I DID IT feeling about it, but because I LOVED singing it.  I was also going through a very tumultuous relationship at the time and it was exactly what I wanted to say over and over and over. It made me feel  powerful to sing it.  It helped me to claw my way out.  During some of the hardest times I would get in my car and sing the chorus. As loud and as hard as I could till I believed it again.

JoDee Messina and Martina Mcbride also both cut BREAKIN IT DOWN but it never made their albums. bummer for me!!! but that also helped me to believe I was on the right path!

When we cut it for  the album COMING OUT OF THE PAIN we kept it pretty much the same as the demo. If anything the album version is a little more organic, but a little more edgy. I still love it just as much as I did 10 or 11 years ago. and EVERYtime I sing it , random memories float through my head about that season of my life. kind of where my life in this town began… where my freedom was found..where I started to believe in me.  That doesn’t happen with just any song.  This song is special. I KNEW it would be on my album one day. Thankfully, that day has come!

“cause I feel like, you  outta know that I need more thatn I been getting out of you. I’m tired of excuses, this is useless, so now…I’m Breakin it down”

 

song #1

An idea came to me the other day.  Most of my thoughts these days revolve around figuring out ow to sell the album.  (in case you haven’t heard by my repeated requests…I have a new albun that came out on August 30th, 2011. It is called COMING OUT OF THE PAIN…go get it… I have kids to feed…oh wait, that was too much…sorry…)  anyway. I was trying to pinpoint what makes ME want to buy an album.  SOMEtimes it is because I hear someones voice on the radio or on itunes or youtube and I am DRAWN to them. I begin to search them out. most times, for me it is a lyric that tangles into my brain and won’t leave until I go find the song and repeat it over and over. THEN I want to know more about the SONG. the singer. the story.  So my idea was that I would blog about  each song on the album. ya know, the play by play of how it was written, what it means to me and probably (knowing me) why I think you should like it :) Will that help me SELL?? maybe not, but I feel compelled so I will do it :)

Song #1   PEACE SIGN:

I went to the office of Big Loud Shirt that day to write with  a girl named Tyler Hayes.  She is a great writer and I always have fun with her. When I got there she had a writer friend with her and said that he was gonna write with us. No biggie. I didn’t know him and he didn’t know me but we laughed all day.  he kept playing a riff over and over while Tyler was talking about one of her jacked up relationship sagas… she is very funny, so it was really entertaining. I had seen something a few eeks earlier that I had joted down…”one finger shy of the peace sign” so after she was done and  we had all laughed, then laughed some more, I said that sounds like this idea I have…and the song was born in about 2 hours.  Immediately,  I loved it.  I wanted to demo it, so I did.

When we recorded it for the album. we tweaked the arrangement. the lead  break also became the intro and turn around.  I love signing it live. people GET this one without alot of preamble. I mean really, who hasn’t either shot the peace sign or the bird? ha

Do you ever talk to yourself in the car? rehearsing what you are gonna say? or what you wish you would have said?  oh…well maybe that is just me… BUT if you did…PEACE SIGN is what you would say.  I mean who doesn’t want to say… “I’m not comin undone,I got nothin but love,  you put the F U in fun, but it’s all good”   In reality you would probably just stare at your computer screen or slam it closed if you got a break up email from your sig other…or maybe (whoa) send a pissed off text…but you prob wouldn’t SAY “I’m not trying to fight, I m not wasting my time, Im just saying goodbye, one finger shy of the peace sign”

ok well maybe you would. maybe I would. Maybe I just WISH I woulda.  but maybe next time you can just    P L A Y   PEACE SIGN really loud and sing it  and sign it with all the conviction you can muster :) Do it, it feels good…

Yoga and CD’s and gigs oh my!

Man has it ever been a good week! I can’t really tell you how bad I been needin that!  I am pleased with the physical sales of the CD…especially when I know that most people download from itunes (or wherever) ! I can’t wait to see how we are doing digitally… !!!

Thank you so much for spending your hard earned money on me! I hope you are ROCKING loud!!  If I could ask one more thing of you… IF you are wondering to yourself, ‘hey what else could I do to help launch my good friend Amy’s career into the stratosphere’ (um…yeah…imagine me  using funny voices saying things you would never say ! haha) well here is what you COULD do…if you are so inclined…:)

1. Write a “review”  or your thoughts on the album…how it makes you feel, what it reminds you of… and submit it to  www.cdbaby.com/amydalley2 (just scroll down till it asks you to submit you review.  OR review it on itunes, amazon, rhapsody. The more people reading and talking about COMING OUT OF THE PAIN the better!!!

2. Tell a few people about it. I mean, heck, it sounds simple, but Im strictly grassroots here people and I could use all the word of mouth help I can get!!! I would personally rather get a recommendation from a friend  than I would a list of whats popular …not to say I don’t want to get on the most popular lists…cause I totally DOOOOOO!!!! ha  TWEET IT! FB it! WHISPER IT!!!! SCREAM IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS ON YOUR LUNCHBREAK! SING IT FROM YOUR CAR AT A RED LIGHT SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR!!! too much? haha

Those are a couple of things that will carry me thru the next couple of weeks!!! and I appreciate it!

YOGA:) ahhhh my bliss! I am starting to teach a class again! I am really happy about it. I am nervous that I will do not enough or too much and nobody will wanna return…but I have a feeling it will be all good! It is amazing how it can improve your focus and your mood!!

GIGS: I played a VERY fun house party in Florida over Labor Day Weekend. I have played alot of gigs. big and small. and again, dont get me wrong…I LOVE big lights and sound and a screaming (and I DO mean SCREAMING) crowd, but there really is something special about actually seeing people share the experience of have somebody (like me) sing and play for you…in a comfortable setting…relaxed atmosphere. It is cool. I had a wonderful time and made some really good new friends. SUCH good friends in fact, that they are helping book us at a few more gigs! YAY   and gigging makes mama very very happy!!

well I will check in again soon. THANKS YA’ll!!!

love, amyd

 

Coming Out of the Pain critics REVIEW

Nashville’s Amy Dalley Follows Her Heart To A Wonderful New Record With “Coming Out Of The Pain”

Several years ago I received an email from Amy Dalley asking if I would help her brighten the holiday season for a family dealing with a life-threatening health issue. I don’t recall all the details, but I’m pretty sure the man of the house was physically unable to work, they were in jeopardy of losing their home and there definitely would be no Christmas gifts for the kids if the family didn’t get some help from someone . . . someone like Amy. I didn’t know the family at all, and I really didn’t know Amy as a close personal friend. But I had interviewed her several times, we got along well and I definitely liked her, as a performer, a songwriter and a person. When I got the request to help out the family in need, it confirmed what I had believed about Amy all along—the woman has a big heart. And she needed a big, strong heart during her five years as a Curb artist when seven singles—yes, I said SEVEN—were released, including the Top 30 “Men Don’t Change,” without ever having her album see the light of day. Quite a marketing strategy—produce an album, then get fans to like it by putting out a bunch of singles, then put the CD in the witness protection program. Fortunately, Amy’s strong heart didn’t break during what she describes as that very frustrating period. And that heart is on full display with the release this week of Amy’s latest—and best—CD, Coming Out of the Pain. The album is her second independent project (the outstandingIt’s Time in 2008 was the first) and showcases an artist who’s at the top of her game, having co-written all of the CD’s 10 tracks and given vocal performances full of the signature attitude, sensuality, humor, heartache, joy and strength her fans have come to expect from Amy.
The record begins with “Peace Sign,” a rockin’, take-no-crap tune that’s quintessential Amy as she responds to her man’s cowardly emailed breakup letter by telling him he put the F-U in fun and that she’s not trying to fight . . . just saying goodbye one finger shy of the peace sign. At least one of them in the relationship had some stones. The strong woman, strong vibe continues in “Breakin’ It Down,” a great tune where Amy lays it on the line to her man, telling him she’s tired of excuses, this is uselessand that she doesn’t believe him when he tells her—again—he’ll be a better man. What a concept, a strong woman telling her man she needed him to be strong, too.
The production in both of the first two tracks is impeccable (as it is throughout the entire record), all the more impressive since Amy sang all the vocals at her house, “barefoot and usually in pajamas with about a thousand candles burning down to the wax” as she says in the CD’s liner notes. Her husband, Jack Sizemore, engineered as she sang, then Amy “would fall asleep listening to Jack add guitar parts or sing the background parts as they floated up through the vents from downstairs.” And the guitar parts are spectacular, indeed. Edgy, yet tasteful and always prominent, while never drawing attention from Amy and what the songs are communicating. Very nicely done.
With “Somebody Said It Rained,” Amy showcases a different, more vulnerable and romantic side as she sings about two young lovers who need a vacation to find each other again and recapture the old magic in their relationship. While the brochure may have promised gorgeous beaches and long walks in the moonlight, the lovers never made it that far as they stayed wrapped up in a blanket for three days andgot lost in conversation while the world outside just disappeared. It’s a simply gorgeous tune with great imagery and a wonderful, heartfelt vocal from Amy.
“Saturday Night Situation” turns the attitude up to 11 as some rowdy girls hit the honky tonk for a little bull ridin’, shot slammin’, booty dancin’ and all that comes with it . . . including blue lights flashin’ and officers with badges. All in all, the perfect put-the-top-down and crank it up tune.
In “Damage Is Done,” Amy sings with simple resignation of a relationship that occasionally has encouraging moments, but far too often simply lets her down. It’s a heartbreaking look at a place most of us past age 25 have been at least once—even though a relationship may not be technically over, it’s irretrievably lost. And what a sad realization that can be.
With each new track on the record, Amy confirms that she is an artist in every sense of the word. Without exception her lyrics are intelligent, well-chosen, honest and full of wonderful imagery, without ever resorting to contrivance. That’s especially true in the powerfully haunting “Civil War,” about a couple who don’t know how they got to a place of such vitriol in their relationship, where there arebroken promises and poison words, where we prove a point and we make it hurt. A great, great song.
While the record definitely has more than a little heartbreak and different takes on relationships gone bad, the final two tracks—“Bottle It Up” and “Coming Out Of The Pain”—are nothing less than joyous anthems to how wondrous love can be when it’s totally right, totally good. Written with husband Jack, “Pain” is a testament to refusing to stay down when you’re knocked down, as well as to the healing power of love when it’s given by the perfect person at just the perfect moment. The production is, once again, impeccable, as are lyrics like every sound from your mouth fills the spaces where the hurt poured out. Just beautiful.
It’s obvious Amy has, indeed, put her whole heart into this new project, and I know she’s rightfully very proud of it. She should be, but not just because she’s created a record where her writing, her singing, her passion and her talents are all displayed at their absolute best. She’s done it on her own, her way, without any input from record label executives or marketing focus groups. And she deserves to be rewarded for creating such a wonderful piece of art on her own terms. I hope she will be.
I started this review on a very personal note concerning Amy, and it seems appropriate to end with another one. The day I received Amy’s CD, I was heading out the door to see my parents, an hour away. It seemed liked the perfect time to take a first listen to Amy’s record, so I popped it into the CD player and listened from top to bottom, thoroughly enjoying every tune. Later, when I got home, I pushed the eject button and nothing happened. The CD was stuck and, in spite of my best efforts with screwdrivers, needle-nosed pliers and fists, remains so several days later. However, I have since listened to the record multiple additional times, and continue to discover new things to like about it. If a CD had to get stuck in my car—apparently forever—thank God it’s Amy’s. Go to AmyDalley.com and buy it.—David Scarlett

Track List

1.    Peace Sign
2.    Breakin’ It Down
3.    Somebody Said It Rained
4.    Saturday Night Situation
5.    Damage Is Done
6.    I May Love You Now
7.    Civil War
8.    Round And Round
9.    Bottle It Up
10.    Coming Out Of The Pain