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Missy Higgins: The Ol' Razzle Dazzle

Missy Higgins 03-Falls Festival 2011
Jun 15, 2012 Updated Jan 4, 2013

Missy's comeback third album is this week's feature.

Tracklist:

01 – Set Me On Fire
02 – Hello Hello
03 – Unashamed Desire
04 – Everyone’s Waiting
05 – All In My Head
06 – Temporary Love
07 – Watering Hole
08 – Tricks
09 – If I’m Honest
10 – Cooling Of The Embers
11 – Hidden Ones
12 – Sweet Arms Of A Tune

External review:

"Missy Higgins returns with album number three, laced with the same – often painfully – honest and earnest lyrics as previous efforts, but balanced with a carefree instrumentation and almost jubilant exploration of different corners of pop. The beauty of The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle is that you get the whole journey of its inception in almost every song; its creator’s sultry resignation (as in the verses of All In My Head), the anxiety (on Hello Hello the final question – “Hello, hello, is anyone there?” – lingers and for all its bareness, a probing and raw voice alone as the instruments fade to nothing, this line seemingly larger than the rest of the song), the pressure, the catharsis of rediscovery and the bold beauty of a passion reignited".

[ Dave Drayton, themusic.com.au ]

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Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and actress. Her Australian No. 1 albums are The Sound of White (2004), On a Clear Night (2007) and The Ol' Razzle Dazzle (2012), and her most successful singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". Higgins was nominated for five ARIA Music Awards in 2004 and won 'Best Pop...

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