We got a sneak preview of this 20-yr old on CBS' Joan of Arcadia, which is special to Anna as she was born in Arcadia! You'll hear the influences of Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Blind Melon, and maybe even some favorite jazz standards. An all-star guest list, including Eric Rosse, who has produced cd's for Tori Amos.

Wreck of the Day is the debut album by singer-songwriter Anna Nalick, first released in the United States on April 19, 2005 by Columbia Records. It was produced by ex-Blind Melon members Brad Smith and Christopher Thorn at their own Studio Wishbone.

In 2006, an expanded version of the album was released to stores. This expanded version included a rearranged version of the title track, three added demo songs, and new cover art. As of August 2, 2006, the album has sold 623,668 copies.

Critical reception

The album was generally well received by music critics, earning a 3/5 star rating from Rolling Stone.

Chart performance

Wreck of the Day debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200. After 27 weeks, it fell off the charts with sales earning it a gold certification. The album recharted for two weeks in March 2006 though and then again for three weeks in July and August, bringing its chart run to 33 weeks.

Production

*Produced & Recorded By Eric Rosse, Christopher Thorn & Bras Smith

*Mixed By Mark Endert

*Mastered By Steve Marcussen

Personnel

*Anna Nalick: Acoustic Guitars, All Vocals

*Christopher Thorn, Stuart Mathis, Lyle Workman: Guitars

*Brad Smith: Bass & Percussion

*Zak Rae, Eric Rosse: Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Harmonium

*Joey Waronker, Matt Chamberlain: Drums

*Cello: Cameron Stone

*String Arrangements: Eric Rosse & Cameron Stone

References

*Anna Nalick; "Wreck Of The Day" CD Liner Notes. 2005, Columbia Records.

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Artist/Band Information

Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, "Breathe (2 AM)," was released on April 19, 2005. Nalick left her label under Sony in 2009 after a falling out surrounding the release of her long-anticipated second album. On March 2, 2011, Nalick announced her new album "Broken Doll and Odds and Ends" to be released on March 30.

Biography

Nalick describes her ethnic background as "1/2 Russian, 1/2 5th generation Californian."

According to Nalick's official biography, posted at her Facebook profile, she started rewriting the lyrics to popular songs and adding her own melody to them when she was in the fifth grade. In particular, a key memory of her childhood is the fifth grade math class where she would stop paying attention and instead rewrite the lyrics to a Cranberries song. She grew up in a family where two of the grandparents had performed on Broadway, and where her parents exposed her to a number of different artists, including Elvis Presley and Led Zeppelin. Nalick also considers Billie Holiday, Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, U2, and Fiona Apple to be some of her early influences and inspirations. She also cited other influences as Tori Amos, Blind Melon, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, in a 2005 interview.

In another interview, Nalick recalls showing off her talents to her third grade teacher, who then remarked that she'd end up "one day on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Nalick did perform in 2005 on the Tonight Show, making sure to invite the teacher to the audience.

Currently Nalick names many other influences and inspirations on her Facebook profile, including the Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, Foo Fighters, the Killers, the Velvet Underground, Oasis, Radiohead, the Cure, Aimee Mann, and John Lennon.

In high school, Nalick performed with a Rush cover band called Brisket, developing experience as a live performer, though her true passion remained writing her own original, personal material.

Nalick initially decided to go to college before pursuing her dream of music, continuing to record her songs on a Rainbow Brite cassette recorder. But she soon met a photography professor, who had a student with parents in the music business. Nalick agreed to pass along a low-fidelity six song demo tape, and soon enough, was introduced to Christopher Thorn and Brad Smith, the founding members of Blind Melon now turned production team, as well as Eric Rosse, best known for his production work for Tori Amos. Putting her college plans on hold, in October, 2003 she signed on with Columbia Records. Nalick went into the studio with Thorn, Smith and Rosse as producers, together with mix-engineer Mark Endert (Fiona Apple, Maroon 5, and Gavin DeGraw). She recorded with a group of musicians that included Smith on bass, Thorn on guitar, Rosse and Zak Rae on keyboards, Lyle Workman and Stuart Mathis on guitar, Joey Waronker and Matt Chamberlain on drums. The result was her album Wreck of the Day, released two years later.

2004-2006: Wreck of the Day

Anna Nalick's first single from her Wreck of the Day album was "Breathe (2 AM)", which peaked at #45 U.S. and went 3x Platinum on the Billboard Hot 100, and went huge on Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40. It was heavily played on AAA and Hot AC stations across the U.S., along with light airplay on Pop stations, and Nalick became one of 2005's biggest newcomers. Her video for the track got very heavy airplay on VH1 and some MTV airplay as well. At the time of the writing, Wreck of the Day has sold over 615,000 copies with a gold certification from the RIAA, and a #20 peak on the Billboard 200. In New Zealand, Wreck of The Day reached the Top 15 albums on the Top 40 Albums Chart.

In the fall of 2005, Nalick released "In the Rough". The single was moderately successful, charting on the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks at #15. Her album sales only slightly increased after the release of "In the Rough", perhaps because the previous single had been released almost a full year before.

Her first single from Wreck of the Day, "Breathe (2 AM)", experienced a resurgence on worldwide charts following a highly prominent appearance in a Grey's Anatomy episode (As We Know It), aired February 16, 2006. Other episodes of the show have featured the acoustic songs 'Catalyst' and 'Wreck of the Day' from the same album. The title track has also been featured on the show One Tree Hill.

In 2006, the album was re-released with three new songs and re-recording of the title track that was released as the album's third and final single. With little promotion and no video, the song only managed to chart on the Adult Top 40 spending two weeks at number 39 and one week at number 40 before falling off the chart.

In a September 2006 Q magazine interview, Britney Spears said she wished she had written Nalick's "Breathe (2 AM)". Two months later, Nalick took honors as "AC Female Artist of the Year" at the New Music Awards, beating out Sheryl Crow. According to her official website, Nalick was so convinced that Crow would win the award that she kicked back and relaxed, removing her shoes. When her name was called, she ran to the stage shoeless to make sure that she was able to have enough time for her acceptance speech.

A clip from the single, "Satellite" from Wreck of the Day is often played on the Satellite Sisters radio show. Wreck of the Day was also featured during Season 2, Episode 20 of the television show Joan of Arcadia.

2007-current: Shine - EP, Interruption, Comeback, Broken Doll and Odds and Ends

AnnaNalickMusicMuse.JPGthumbAnna Nalick performing at Hotel Cafe, Hollywood, California, USA on 5 October 2010

On May 11, 2007, the first indication of Nalick writing her second album appeared on her website. Few updates were given after that.http The only other song to be released during this "era" was a track on the Desperate Housewives compilation CD entitled "Band of Gold".

On January 28, 2008, Nalick premiered her first single off the new album, "Shine", on AOL music's page. The EP "Shine" was released March 25, 2008. It featured the title single, a cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "Breaking the Girl", and acoustic renditions of Nalick's best-known tracks.

On July 12, 2008, it was reported that Broken Doll was to be the title of Nalick's second album. The album was originally scheduled for release in the summer of 2008; however, a falling out with Epic Records resulted in the album being scrapped. Little was heard from Nalick until the summer of 2010.

In August 2010, Nalick made a comeback announcement on her Facebook profile, accompanied by new photographs revealing a bold new look; it was revealed that she had left Sony in 2009 to be a free agent. She is currently independently making a record with producer Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift, Jewel), with an expected release date in 2011. On August 25, 2010, Nalick premiered a new song, "The Lullaby Singer", on her official website. Jeremy Cowart is Nalick's photographer, and released a preview of the photoshoot for her new album on September 24, 2010 on his Tumblr site. Nalick held five live performances - Hotel Café in Hollywood, California, for August 31, September 21, September 28, and October 5, 2010, and 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville, Tennessee, for September 9, 2010 - to accompany the comeback announcement.

Nalick continues to announce new shows and further developments of her new album, via her Facebook and Twitter feeds. She previewed two additional songs on her website as well: "Words" in November 2010, and "Break Me Open" on January 5, 2011.

On March 2, Nalick announced on her Facebook page the official name for her forthcoming album, a little variation from the one she announced before. To be released on March 30, 2011, the new album title is Broken Doll and Odds and Ends.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

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