Melissa Etheridge Sending A 'Message' On New Album
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The Awakening will serve as Melissa Etheridge's return after a three year layoff. Between now and her last album Lucky in 2004, Etheridge has defeated breast cancer, which provides alot of inspiration and material for the new offering.
"When I was on chemotherapy, I listened to all my albums back to back," she told Billboard earlier this year. "It was therapy for me. I realized what I had been saying to myself in my music -- the things that I would put down that I wouldn't think consciously, but I would think subconsciously. When I started creating this album I asked myself, 'What [would happen] if I create from a subconscious level consciously?' There are very personal things on the album, including one of the greatest love songs I have ever written. These songs are 100% truthful about me and how I am feeling."
The lead single for the new album will be 'A Message To Myself', which will be distributed to radio stations across the country this Monday. This latest album began to take shape around the time Etheridge received an Oscar for her participation in Al Gore's documentary.
"I was recording ... in between rehearsing for the Oscars. So I would record for seven hours, go and rehearse for the Oscars, and then come back and record," she said. "When I won the Oscar, it was a huge honor. It was like a sign saying, 'You're doing the right thing.'"
The Awakening hits shelves September 25th, other songs confirmed to appear on the album include "Threesome," "The Universe Listened," "I've Loved You Before," "An Unexpected Rain" and "California."
"Billboard.com":http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003617817
"When I was on chemotherapy, I listened to all my albums back to back," she told Billboard earlier this year. "It was therapy for me. I realized what I had been saying to myself in my music -- the things that I would put down that I wouldn't think consciously, but I would think subconsciously. When I started creating this album I asked myself, 'What [would happen] if I create from a subconscious level consciously?' There are very personal things on the album, including one of the greatest love songs I have ever written. These songs are 100% truthful about me and how I am feeling."
The lead single for the new album will be 'A Message To Myself', which will be distributed to radio stations across the country this Monday. This latest album began to take shape around the time Etheridge received an Oscar for her participation in Al Gore's documentary.
"I was recording ... in between rehearsing for the Oscars. So I would record for seven hours, go and rehearse for the Oscars, and then come back and record," she said. "When I won the Oscar, it was a huge honor. It was like a sign saying, 'You're doing the right thing.'"
The Awakening hits shelves September 25th, other songs confirmed to appear on the album include "Threesome," "The Universe Listened," "I've Loved You Before," "An Unexpected Rain" and "California."
"Billboard.com":http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003617817
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