Leftover Wine - MELANIE***

Close To It All/Uptown & Down/Mama Mama/The Saddest Thing/Beautiful People/Animal Crackers/I Don't Eat Animals/Happy Birthday/Tuning My Guitar/Psychotherapy/Peace Will Come

The live album Leftover Wine reveals singer-songwriter Melanie in full flower child mode, accompanied just by guitar in front of a sympathetic and enthusiastic audience. (US:33 UK:22)

“Leftover Wine may be the best of Melanie's early recordings because it drops the sometimes overdone arrangements and focuses squarely on Melanie's greatest strength - her amazing, impassioned singing. Uptown & Down and Mama Mama are killer performances of great songs that are far better than the studio versions. There are also the audience favourites, Animal Crackers and Psychotherapy.”

“This is Melanie at her best. Without the overblown orchestral backgrounds of her studio albums, the power and emotion of her voice are allowed to shine. A prolific songwriter, her simple but poetic words testify to the pain and loneliness common to us all. This live album, with no back-up musicians, enhances the starkness and intimacy.”

“Melanie and her guitar make a gift to her audience of her voice and her experiences. The audience is a full participant, often singing along with the hilariously ironic Psychotherapy. Tuning My Guitar and Leftover Wine are poignant laments of her life spent on stage.”

”Simply just her and a guitar. Melanie without the wall of sound, with us through deep poetry and joy. The crowd is so enthusiastic, and in the end they come up on stage and share in the party. Such sweetness filled with intense power through voice and vibration.”

“This live album from Melanie is sweet, funny, and thoroughly enjoyable. Melanie is very much the `Flower Child' in this recording and for those who love that era and style, this is the album to get.”

“Leftover Wine gives an intimate insight into Melanie's ground breaking live performances. If you have attended one of these, you will never forget her power, her affection and her humility.”

“Her voice and emotional delivery of Tuning My Guitar is a standout. The guitar playing is, at best, basic, but it adds to the simple mood of the album.”