The Bridge [Melanie Fiona] [CD] [1 disc]

Melanie Fiona
1 disc

1. Give It to Me Right
2. Bang Bang
3. Monday Morning
4. Please Don't Go (Cry Baby)
5. Ay Yo
6. Walk on By
7. You Stop My Heart
8. Johnny - (mono)
9. Sad Songs
10. Priceless
11. It Kills Me
12. Teach Him
Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 001315002

Credits

Producer	Jay Brown; Bill Blast; Sidh Solanki; Andrea Martin; Peter Wade Keusch; Stanley Brown; The Stereotypes; Vada Nobles
Engineer	Rob Kinelski; Jason Agel; Saam Hashemi; Doug Fenske; Victor Mancusi; Peter Wade Keusch; Rob Fusari

Lyricist: Andrea Martin .
Personnel: Claude Kelly (vocals); Sidh Solanki (guitar, background vocals); Tom Kafafian (guitar); Stanley Brown (organ, keyboards, drums); Darren Lewis (keyboards, programming); Raymond Angry (keyboards); Iyiola Babalola (percussion, programming); Victor Mancusi (programming); Andrea Martin (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Rob Kinelski; Jason Agel; Victor Mancusi; Jimmy Douglas.
Recording information: 150 Studios, NJ; Electracraft Studios, NY; Labronze Johnson Studios, NY; Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Pulse Music, NY; The Sample Factory, UK; Westlake Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Author: Perez Hilton.
Editor: Victor Mancusi.
Photographers: Mark Squires; Randee St. Nicholas.
Melanie Fiona's debut single, "Give It to Me Right," was a perfect 2009 pop-R&B recording. The single coupled a timeless classic (the Zombies' "Time of the Season") with roof-raising vocals and infectious pop hooks that stuck like peanut butter. Fiona's single was perfect, albeit a touch formulaic. Because of this, it's no surprise that a large chunk of her debut album, THE BRIDGE, is much of the same. Like any good 2009 pop-soul recording, the album offers influences from decades of soul music. Fiona, a Kanye West protg, collaborates with about as many styles of music as she has producers and writers, who include most prominently Canadian R&B singer-songwriter Andrea Martin, Rob Fusari, Peter Wade Keusch, Sidh Solanki, Vada Nobles, Bill Blast, Future Cut, Stereotypes, Dan Strong, JK, Jay Fenix, and Affiliate. This mash-up of masterminds is a good thing; it offers the listener generous portions of put-together pop songs which color outside the lines in terms of genre. THE BRIDGE is the perfect launching pad for a solid career where she can further explore her possibilities as an artist, seeing as she appeals to the masses as well as the critics.