Actress/singer Mandy Moore posts her third-highest peaking album on the Billboard 200, as "Amanda Leigh" (her first and middle names) opens at No. 25. Moore, who wed singer/songwriter Ryan Adams in March, previously ranked higher only with "I Wanna Be With You" (No. 21, 2000) and "Coverage" (No. 14, 2003). The new set is her sixth to reach the top 40 on the Billboard 200 dating to her first, "So Real," in 2000. This decade, only six female artists have sent more albums to such heights: Celine Dion (eight), Mariah Carey, Diana Krall, Madonna, Britney Spears and Barbra Streisand (seven each). Christina Aguilera, Tori Amos, Jennifer Lopez, LeAnn Rimes and Jessica Simpson have also each peaked at No. 40 or higher with six albums this decade ...

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MORE MANDY?

Hi Gary,

With Mandy Moore back on the Billboard 200, as mentioned in the latest Chart Beat, how many albums has she sold in her career? Also, is she going to tour in support of her new release, "Amanda Leigh"?

Thanks in advance,

Miguel Nuñez
Buenos Aires, Argentina


Hi Miguel,

Here is a recap of the sales of Mandy Moore's albums, according to Nielsen SoundScan:

950,000, "So Real," 1999
805,000, "I Wanna Be With You," 2000
464,000, "Mandy Moore, 2001
294,000, "Coverage," 2003
109,000, "Wild Hope," 2007
104,000, "The Best of Mandy Moore," 2004
16,000, "Amanda Leigh," 2009

Overall, Moore has sold 2,742,000 albums to date.

According to representatives at RED Strategic Marketing, which is handling radio promotion for the first single from "Amanda Leigh," "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week," Moore has not yet announced tour dates. She has, however, made appearances to herald the new album's release on "The Tonight Show" (then with Jay Leno) May 20 and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" May 26. She's set to appear tonight (June 5) on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" and Tuesday (June 9) on "The View." \

 Source 

http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1353821

Those were actually the unweighted numbers.

"Amanda Leigh" debuts at # 25 having sold 15,600 copies in its first week of
release.

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> "Amanda Leigh" will debut on the Billboard 200 Album Chart tommorow at a
lacklustre #35, having sold 12,670 copies in its first week of release.
>

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http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Music/2009/06/02/9646486-sun.html

By JANE STEVENSON


Mandy Moore is all grown up. Not only is the 25-year-old singer-actress
continuing to leave her bubble-gum pop beginnings behind with a '70s
singer-songwriter- inspired album, Amanda Leigh -- in stores Tuesday -- but she
surprised many with a recent marriage to critically acclaimed alt-country rocker
Ryan Adams, 34, in a low-key ceremony in Savannah, Ga., in March.

"I'm the luckiest girl and I'm married to my best friend and life is wonderful
and I never could have imagined it would turn out this lovely," said Moore,
dressed casually in a blue blazer, white T-shirt, jeans and ballet flats. "But I
was a happy girl before, too. I would never want it to sort of come across as,
'Well, now my life is complete.'

"Certainly it takes on a whole other definition and again, something greater
than I could have imagined. But life was really good before I met him.

"It's just better now."

In fact, one of the new songs on Amanda Leigh is called Bug, after her husband's
nickname for her.

The couple lives in L.A. and she describes Adams as the home decorator -- "he's
got a great aesthetic and style" -- and is "a really great, messy cook," while
Moore says she likes to do laundry, clean up and take out the garbage.

She say they're in no rush to have children but it's definitely on her wish list
for the future.

"I would definitely see in the next couple of years that would be what would
happen, I hope. I mean if that's what's meant to be," said Moore, who has two
brothers. "But that's always been a huge thing for me. I love family."

As for any future musical collaborations with Adams, Moore isn't ruling it out
despite the obvious differences in their musical genres.

"I think potentially down the road it'd be silly to say that wouldn't
necessarily happen but I think there are quite a few people who would probably
be really confused by the melding of those two worlds," Moore said.

"I love his music and I think he's the best at what he does but I would never
put myself under that kind of pressure to have a career like his. I can't
imagine what that would feel like. And I'm certainly not trying for it with this
record or anything that I would continue to do. But I can't imagine having to go
toe-to-toe in that sense. And although I'm sure it could be really wonderful and
exciting to share that with one another, to have to share that with everyone,
the analysis or attention or just putting it out there. I would never want
anything to get in the way of my relationship. It's the most important thing to
me."

Amanda Leigh, meanwhile, advances Moore's transformation from a girl who came of
age musically during the '90s teenpop explosion right alongside, if not as
successfully, as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

She started her adult makeover with her 2003 album Coverage, which saw her
covering songs by the likes of her beloved Joni Mitchell (she named her rescue
terrier Joni), Carly Simon and Carole King, (even if Epic ended up dropping her
due to poor sales) and continued it with 2007's Wild Hope on EMI.

For the new disc, distributed by Sony, Moore hooked up with Boston-area
singer-songwriterproducer- arranger Mike Viola (of Candy Butchers fame), who she
met through Inara George (of The Bird and The Bee) and they wound up recording
the album together in his friend and engineer Ducky Carlisle's basement studio
outside Beantown.

"I felt like a kid at summer camp in the middle of winter in this house in
Boston," she said. "(It was) unbelievably educational and kind of like that
moment in time that you're like, 'Oh, I don't want it to end.' "

http://www.theweekender.com/music/Mandy_Moore_branches_out_06-02-2009.html

Mandy Moore always seemed awkward amongst her teen-queen peers. While Britney
flashed her crotch and Christina got Dirrty while waving her hand and cramming
57 notes into one syllable, Moore sang her nice-girl disposable pop with an eye
cast towards more independent, mature music

Moore, 25, makes the final break from the Mouseketeer set with "Amanda Leigh,"
an attempt at serious singer/songwriter fare. The results are a mixed bag —
which you should expect when an artist enters new waters — but at their best,
the "Amanda Leigh" tracks have a stunning, innocent beauty, falling somewhere
between the lily-white harmonies of Nickel Creek and the smoky come-ons of Norah
Jones. It's the sound of a singer and songwriter — and a young woman, recently
married to batshit singer Ryan Adams — growing up, and it points to a promising
future. The present, however, could use some work.

First, the good stuff. Moore, who is not blessed (or is it cursed?) with an
octave-shattering Mariah Carey-esque voice, sings within her range, and it
matches these songs. The instrumentation — besides an odd infatuation with the
harpsichord — is fresh yet rooted, as well. At their sparsest, the arrangements
work.

"Everblue" is a remarkable, mournful song, with Moore singing confidently and
emotively over warm organ and tom-toms. Moore waits until the second verse to
use some vocal flourishes, like a little turn on the word "colors." "Love to
Love Me Back" is another keeper, with pedal steel and chiming 12-string guitar
working together, backing Moore's whispery vocals. The jangly "Bug," the closer,
could be favorably compared to Jewel's earlier material.

The bad stuff comes when Moore attempts to play roles not suited to her, like
the temptress in the hand-clap-happy uptempto "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day
of the Week." It's not a bad song, but it all comes off as warmed over or tossed
off, better suited to someone like Jessica Simpson. Also, the harmony vocals of
Moore's collaborating writer Mike Viola throughout the album tend towards
flamboyance — you can almost see jazz hands — and add an unwelcome saccharine
Broadway flair. The songs demand a grittier treatment, and Moore seems up to the
task without the help.

Rating: W W W

"Amanda Leigh" will debut on the Billboard 200 Album Chart tommorow at a
lacklustre #35, having sold 12,670 copies in its first week of release.

http://thedartmouth.com/2009/06/02/arts/moore/

By Rebecca Wall, The Dartmouth Staff

From appearing in well-received films such as "A Walk to Remember" (2002) and
"Saved!" (2004), to releasing her sixth studio album, "Amanda Leigh" (2009), on
May 26, Mandy Moore has had a storied career — and she's still only 25. Over the
years, however, Moore has distanced herself from the sweet, power-pop image that
first made her famous. Never has this been more apparent than with "Amanda
Leigh."

The title — a reference to the artist's first and middle names — reflects the
charmingly pared-back nature of the album. Rather than relying on over-produced
studio effects and synthesizer magic, Moore puts her voice and lyrics front and
center. The softer, almost-country tone brings to light her personality, which,
as with her latter-day equivalent Miley Cyrus, was smothered when she was a
teenage pop star.

Strangely, her most heavily promoted track, "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of
the Week," is perhaps the song that most retains the tacky pop trappings of her
past. The tune is catchy, and Moore's voice is strident, clear and strong. Yet
the use of clapping sound effects (think "Cha-Cha Slide") and lyrics such as
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday" make the song a little cheesy, and on the
whole, flat.

Fortunately, there is much more depth to the album, as with the track "Pocket
Philosopher." The opening keyboard chords and whimsical vibe evoke Sara
Bareilles' "Love Song" (2007).

The opening track, "Merrimack River," is one of the strongest. The song, a duet
with songwriter Mike Viola, with whom Moore co-wrote much of the album, is soft,
harmonious, and jaw-droppingly gorgeous. With a softly plucked guitar and other
stringed instruments backing the lyrics, the romantic tune is neither serious
nor frivolous, but rather a light song that improves with repeated listening.

In short, Moore has crafted a restrained, charming album, one that is more adult
than her previous efforts.

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http://www.q-notes.com/2594/under-the-influences/

Read any press release promoting a new album and you'll find a paragraph crowing
that the collection was influenced by this legendary artist or by that classic
album. It's a simple, effective way to hook the media and create buzz among
taste-making record buyers. After getting burned a few times, though, you
understand that it's hype and hyperbole that's rarely evident in the work.

When I read the promo packets that arrived with Mandy Moore's new album, "Amanda
Leigh," and Diane Birch's debut, "Bible Belt," I couldn't stifle an eye-roll for
the youthful artists' temerity. The former name-checked all-time greats like
CSNY, Joni Mitchell and Todd Rundgren, while the latter listed giants Laura Nyro
and Carole King as guiding spirits. Mm-hm, riiight.

Well, imagine the stunned look on my face when I played the discs through in one
enthralling listening session and found the fingerprints of those respective
masters all over the two releases.

Rundgren is a particular touchstone for Mandy Moore's set. The shimmering pop
melodies that buoy "Amanda Leigh" (Storefront Recordings) — the 25-year-old's
actual first and middle names — recall the beauty of "Something/Anything?,"
Rundgren's double-album masterpiece from '72.

Opening "Amanda" stunner "Merrimack River" declares right up front that Moore is
soaring through the rare air of "I Saw The Light," "Hello It's Me" and "The
Night The Carousel Burned Down," heavenly highlights from "S/A?."

The secret of Moore's success is Mike Viola, her producer and co-writer and the
album's chief instrumentalist. He confidently guides the singer to full artistic
adulthood, helping her shed the last coquettish vestiges of her former teen
stardom.

Whether she's singing an aching ballad ("Everblue") or a playful pop romp ("I
Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week"), Moore responds with one assured
vocal performance after the next, ably supported by Viola's sterling harmonies
and backgrounds.

Thankfully, the project is never constrained by the pair's overt, potentially
staid preoccupation with artistic growth. Running just below the surface is a
quirkiness ("hahaha, lalala" refrains, farting Farfisa organs, clavinet
punctuations) that imbues the set with life and invention. "Amanda Leigh" is a
winner from top to bottom.

http://www.redmusic.com/mandymoore/

Here is all the info you need to know!

- Buy Mandy's new album "Amanda Leigh" at a New York City Metro Area
Best Buy or BestBuy.com and use your receipt or online order confirmation for
admission (you and a guest) to the special performance.

- The show is Tuesday June 2nd, 8PM at The Highline Ballroom
431 W. 16th St. (b/t 9th and 10th Ave), New York, NY 10011
Doors open at 7PM

- Must be 18 or older with valid ID to attend the performance.

- Space in the venue is limited and admittance will be granted on a first come
first served basis. Venue capacity is 700. Proof of purchase does not guarantee
entry.

http://www.bestbuy.com/mandymoore

Below is the list of participating stores!
Manalapan NJ (Store 388)
15 Us Highway 9
Manalapan, NJ  07726
Phone: 732-761-8445

East Brunswick NJ (Store 598)
300 State Route 18
Suite 4
East Brunswick, NJ  08816-1912
Phone: 732-257-5293

South Brunswick NJ (Store 1154)
4180 Us Hwy 1
Ste 400c
Monmouth Jct, NJ  08852-1904
Phone: 732-438-5790

Woodbridge NJ (Store 456)
675 Us Highway 1 S
Iselin, NJ  08830
Phone: 732-596-1220

Bridgewater NJ (Store 544)
300 Commons Way
Bridgewater, NJ  08807-2803
Phone: 908-429-9339

Union NJ (Store 472)
2391 Us Highway 22 W
Union, NJ  07083-8517
Phone: 908-810-2150

Vauxhall NJ (Store 1506)
2255 Springfield Ave
Vauxhall, NJ  07088-1100
Phone: 908-206-9720


Holmdel NJ (Store 400)
2130 State Route 35
At Laurel Ave
Holmdel, NJ  07733-2770
Phone: 732-671-7123

Paramus NJ (Store 344)
Route 17 N
Fashion Center Mall
Paramus, NJ  07652-2913
Phone: 201-652-5794

Paramus NJ (Store 887)
Garden State Plaza Route 17 S
Paramus, NJ  07652
Phone: 201-556-1321

W Paterson NJ (Store 468)
30 Andrews Dr
West Paterson, NJ  07424-2640
Phone: 973-812-9430

Secaucus NJ (Store 474)
925 Patterson Plank Rd
Secaucus, NJ  07094-2721
Phone: 201-325-2277

E Hanover NJ (Store 473)
410 State Route 10
East Hanover, NJ  07936-3552

Rockaway NJ (Store 457)
301 Mount Hope Ave
Ste 1001
Rockaway, NJ  07866-2143
Phone: 973-659-0911


Bdwy N Of Houston NY (Store 609)
622 Broadway
New York, NY  10012
Phone: 212-673-4067


23rd And 6th NY (Store 482)
60 W 23rd St
New York, NY  10010-5201
Phone: 212-366-1373

44th And 5th NY (Store 1028)
529 5th Ave
New York, NY  10017-4608
Phone: 212-808-0309

62nd And Broadway NY (Store 1448)
1880 Broadway
New York, NY  10023-7500
Phone: 212-246-9734

86th And Lexingtn NY (Store 835)
1280 Lexington Ave
New York, NY  10028-2109
Phone: 917-492-8870

Long Island City NY (Store 478)
5001 Northern Blvd
Long Island City, NY  11101-1003
Phone: 718-626-7585

Rego Park NY (Store 483)
8801 Queens Blvd
Elmhurst, NY  11373
Phone: 718-393-2690

Brooklyn NY (Store 599)
8923 Bay Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY  11214-6400
Phone: 718-265-6950

Fordham Rd NY (Store 1891)
402 E Fordham Rd
Bronx, NY  10458-5039
Phone: 718-329-8788

Staten Island NY (Store 469)
2795 Richmond Ave
Staten Island, NY  10314-5807
Phone: 718-698-7546

Yonkers NY (Store 374)
2478 Central Park Ave
Yonkers, NY  10710
Phone: 914-337-4077

Hartsdale NY (Store 822)
299 N Central Ave
Hartsdale, NY  10530-1803
Phone: 914-946-0707

W Nyack NY (Store 455)
1240 Palisades Center Dr
West Nyack, NY  10994-6200
Phone: 845-358-3989

Mount Vernon NY (Store 471)
555 E Sandford Blvd
Mount Vernon, NY  10550-4736
Phone: 914-664-4425

Huntingtn Station NY (Store 345)
148 Walt Whitman Rd
Huntington Station, NY  11746-4128
Phone: 631-427-5161

Commack NY (Store 200)
3124 Jericho Tpke
East Northport, NY  11731
Phone: 631-462-1256

Levittown NY (Store 467)
3601 Hempstead Tpke
Nassau Mall
Levittown, NY  11756-1315
Phone: 516-796-8095

Westbury NY (Store 454)
1100 Old Country Rd
Westbury, NY  11590-5625
Phone: 516-357-9025

Baldwin NY (Store 1467)
660 Sunrise Hwy
Baldwin, NY  11510-3136
Phone: 516-379-0760

Valley Stream NY (Store 950)
6 West Circle Dr
Valley Stream, NY  11581-1517
Phone: 516-561-7213

Lawrence NY (Store 1069)
345 Rockaway Tpke
Lawrence, NY  11559-1030
Phone: 516-239-5358

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/must-list-2.html

Yesterday was an epic day for indie music releases. Both Phoenix's Wolfgang
Amadeus Phoenix and Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest dropped. Don't let the indie
label frighten you, however. Phoenix's "1901" is a summery bundle of joy, and
both Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks" and "Cheerleader" are Beach Boys-esque slow jams
that can be appreciated by all.

But, there was a third indie release that tops our Must List this week: Mandy
Moore. Yes, I'm actually considering Mrs. Ryan Adams -- a.k.a. the one-time
"Candy"-maker, A Walk to Remember alum -- as an indie artist. Her sixth studio
album (wow, six already?), Amanda Leigh, definitively proves the starlet is all
grown up. Better yet, she's grown up to be a confident folk/pop musician who,
above all, has great taste in her collaborators. She cowrote the bulk of Amanda
Leigh with musician Mike Viola, who among many accomplishments helped produce
the titular song from Tom Hanks' beloved (by me, at least) '90s flick That Thing
You Do! The result is an impressive 11-track collection of '70s-inspired folk
pop. Standout songs include the lovely "Everblue" and the lullaby-like
"Merrimack River.

http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/2009/05/27/mandymoore/

Mandy Moore released her new album Amanda Leigh yesterday, and if I hadn't
happened to notice it being advertised on the iTunes homepage, I would have had
no idea it existed.

And that got me thinking… why isn't Mandy Moore more popular? She's proven
herself as both an actress and musician, yet despite kicking around for ten
years, she's never broken through to superstardom. She's an HBO talent with, at
best, a Style Channel profile.

Does anyone have theories on this? Is it because she's not a freak? I know we
Westerners often like our young female stars to be damaged, so we can experience
both horror and delight as they subvert of our unfair standards of feminine
propriety. Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Amy Winehouse… they're all
trainwrecks, so we scold and gawk and go crazy for them.

Mandy Moore, meanwhile, has never spazzed out. In fact, I don't know anything
about her, except that she seems polite, hard-working, and talented. Maybe she's
a little conservative, sure,but not so conservative that she won't star in an
awesome movie like Saved!.

In other words, Moore's the kind of celebrity I prefer, because she's not up in
my face. But maybe that's what's keeping her from becoming a bigger star.

Yet even as I espouse that theory, I can contradict it. For every Winehouse
flameout, there's a Kate Winslet or Carrie Underwood success story that lets us
focus on a young female artist's talent more than her personal life.

So again… why the lack of Mandy Moore love, especially since she's demonstrated
awesomeness in two media? As an actress, she's reasonably good in bad movies (A
Walk to Remember, Because I Said So) and very good in good ones (Saved!), and
that's just her sideline career.

It's her music that merits the most enthusiasm.

Before I begin, try to forget Mandy Moore's roots as an anonymous teen-pop
singer. For several years now, she's been repositioning herself as a folk-rock
singer-songwriter, collaborating with brilliant artists like country
heartbreaker Lori McKenna and Candy Butchers` Mike Viola. Her music is
thoughtful and pretty and tinged with enough rock to give it a spine.

And look, I know this isn't going to be everyone's ultimate jam, but surely
there are people out there who would love this music if they only knew about it.
So I ask for the final time: Why don't they know about it?

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20281010,00.html

She's come a long way from her days belting out bubblegum hits like "Candy,"
touring with the Backstreet Boys and dating Wilmer Valderrama. But sometimes
even Mandy Moore can't believe she's all grown-up!

"Marriage is such a mark of adulthood in my mind," Moore, 25, tells PEOPLE. "It
still feels not entirely real. Things are wonderful, and there's such a peaceful
settledness about it. But sometimes I can't wrap my head around it. It seems
bizarre but really cool at the same time, like, 'Wow – I did that!' "

Moore married singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, 34, on March 10 in Savannah, Ga., in
a top-secret, low-key ceremony that she calls "quirky and random."

"I'm enjoying life, but I was enjoying it before [marriage] too," Moore says.
"It's not like, 'Oh, my life is complete now.' I just have this extra incredible
bonus of my best friend in the whole world, getting to spend every day with
him."


Making The Album
Moore has another reason to celebrate: the May 26 release of her eighth album,
Amanda Leigh. Recorded with vintage instruments and inspired by artists
including the Paul McCartney and Fleetwood Mac, the album's '70s vibe took shape
in less-than-glam conditions.

"We were in a drafty house near Boston in the dead of winter, eating bagels
three meals a day," says Moore's producer and co-writer Mike Viola. "When people
meet her, they go, 'Aww, she's super nice.' And she is. But she's tough as
nails."

Moore, who's walked her share of red carpets, says she wouldn't have wanted it
any other way: "I didn't have to wear make-up. I would stay in my PJs all day
and just make music. It was awesome."


Her Early Years
Moore has worked steadily in music and film (starring in hits like 2007's
License to Wed and the HBO series Entourage) ever since her debut album, So
Real, put her on the map in 1999. Her early songs, she admits, still make her
cringe.

"Anyone would be embarrassed of what they did at 15 or 16," she says. "I listen
back to that first record and I'm like, 'Compared to what my contemporaries were
doing, it was crappy.' You listen to an early Britney Spears or Christina
Aguilera song, and they are great pop songs. I just don't feel like on that
first record I got anywhere near anything great. But it was a fun place to
start."

Growing up in the spotlight, Moore managed to stay grounded and avoid the
pitfalls of fame. She credits a support system that included family, friends and
her longtime professional team.

"I feel like it's a choice you make," she says of the fame game. "I was happy to
kind of always scoot under the radar. That stuff never dazzled me."


Life with Ryan
These days Moore is content to make music (she's learning to play the bass
guitar), walk her beloved Terrier mix Joni, nest at home in L.A. with Adams, and
enjoy life's simple pleasures. "Jetlag haze+ garden walk+ chocolate shake+ love=
perfection," she recently Tweeted.

"The unknown used to be really scary, just that fear of what's next? What if I'm
not prepared?" she says. "I just don't feel that way anymore. I feel like the
best is yet to come."

http://blogs.tampabay.com/popmusic/2009/05/album-review-mandy-moore-amanda-leigh\
.html

Mandy Moore

Album: Amanda Leigh (Storefront)

In stores: Today

Why we care: I was going to ignore the new Mandy Moore album, but my colleague
Steph Hayes is a big fan of the minor-league Britney. So I asked her why bother?
"She's funny, sweet and doesn't dress like a $3 prostitute. She's gorgeous, but
has a real body with arms that aren't the size of Red Vines." Oh Steph, you had
me at "prostitute."

Why we like it: A few years ago, Moore was stuck in Class A Fluffville. But the
25-year-old, whose voice is stronger, sweeter without polish, dropped the pop
and married space-case y'alt boy Ryan Adams. Mandy has since switched sounds a
few times, now opting for a deceptively jaunty, woozy Elton-John-in-the-'70s
vibe. The keyboards are glammy, the harmonies soar -- and she credits Todd
Rundgren for being a groovy guiding light.

Reminds us of: Mandy and the Jets

Download this: I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week

Grade: B





Posted by Sean Daly at 06:00:00 AM on May 26, 2009

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-mandy-moore-cd-review.artmay26,0,1\
752669.story

CD RELEASE OF THE WEEK

By ERIC R. DANTON | The Hartford Courant

Her last album proved she's more than a teen-pop also-ran. Now Mandy Moore faces
the same challenge any other singer-songwriter does: delivering songs that are
consistently compelling.

She does a decent job of it on "Amanda Leigh" (Storefront Recordings), her sixth
studio album. It's a low-key pop record in the vein of its predecessor, "Wild
Hope," with one key difference: That album was the product of some serious
emotional turbulence, coming as it did on the heels of her breakup with actor
Zach Braff ("Scrubs").

This time, Moore broadens her approach with songs searching for a sense of
belonging ("Song About Home"), reminiscing about a bygone place and time
("Indian Summer") or simply musing over the vagaries of life ("Pocket
Philosopher").

No topic makes for an aching adult-pop song like love, though, and Moore
obliges, demanding reciprocity on "Love To Love Me Back" as steel guitar keens
over whirring organ, or spinning hypotheticals about a closed-off would-be love
on the moody "Everblue" (co-written with Lori McKenna).

Moore, who is now married to alt-country singer Ryan Adams, of all people,
co-wrote each of the 11 songs on the album, working mostly with former Candy
Butchers front man Mike Viola. They make a compatible team, particularly on "I
Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week." Moore shows flashes of saucy
attitude on the upbeat, organ-based song, cautioning a lover that she's no
pushover. "Those calendar girls, yeah they've got nothing on me," she sings, and
her tone — playful but firm — brooks no argument.

Essential download: "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week"

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfuxzt0ldje

Amanda Leigh is Mandy Moore's full given name, so it stands to reason that this,
her sixth album, finds the pop starlet turned singer/songwriter getting real --
not necessarily confessional, but intimate, a record that follows the form and
feel of her AAA makeover, Wild Hope. Amanda Leigh improves on that mannered,
earnest record not by abandoning or heavily reworking the template (one that has
essentially been in place ever since Mandy discovered '70s singer/songwriters on
her 2003 covers album, Coverage), but by strengthening its foundation through
working with sympathetic collaborators, chiefly Mike Viola, the
singer/songwriter behind the Candy Butchers who has also written period-specific
pastiches for the films Walk Hard and That Thing You Do. Viola works on all but
one song here -- Lori McKenna, a Wild Hope veteran, is responsible for "Every
Blue" -- and Inara George, half of the Bird and the Bee, contributes to three
tunes, and their work helps steer Moore toward the neo-classicist pop she's been
striving to create for the better part of a decade now. Echoes of her oft-cited
'70s pop inspirations abound -- particularly Joni Mitchell, but also Harry
Nilsson on the tinkling pianos of "Pocket Philosopher" and Todd Rundgren, whose
influence reverberates on "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week," the
liveliest thing here -- but emphasizing these influences too strongly is
misleading, suggesting Amanda Leigh is a funky hippie throwback when it's very
much a product of its upscale tasteful times, a clean, classy collection of AAA
pop recalling a user-friendly Fiona Apple or friendlier Jenny Lewis as much, if
not more, than a '70s canyon lady. Everything about Amanda Leigh is just a shade
too precise -- the production too transparent, the singing too on the nose, the
mood too subdued -- to achieve the homespun quality Moore so cherishes, but a
large part of Mandy's appeal is her good taste and her clean way with a song,
something that is readily apparent and often winning on Amanda Leigh. She'll
never be a child of nature or a pop auteur -- she's still too much a showbiz kid
for that -- but she has successfully dropped all the tacky accoutrements of her
past and turned into a sweet, classy singer/songwriter whose charms are readily
apparent here, her best adult pop record yet.

3 1/2 stars out of 5.

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Pop star Mandy Moore is baffled by her religious reputation and fears goody
goody movie roles and her scandal-free career has given people the wrong idea.

The recently married singer/actress has even had to clear up her 'beliefs' on
first dates.

She explains, "I don't actually think of myself as a religious person, per se.
Spiritual, yes. I think I was cast in a role of being religious because of
(films like) Walk To Remember... People were like, 'You keep playing these
Christian characters.' I grew up Catholic but not even a good Catholic. I don't
think religion really factored in.

"I always thought it was funny; I remember dating someone once and when we first
were starting to get to know each other, he was like, 'You're really Christian,
like, you're really religious, aren't you?' And I was like, 'No, not at all,
actually'.

"I think it was just the media. I think it was just this perception of me
because I had done those film roles and I guess I was kind of quiet and there
wasn't anything too scandalous about me and I was a pretty modest dresser."

And Moore, who releases her latest album of summer pop tunes, Amanda Leigh, next
week, is now having to deal with question about her new husband Ryan Adams'
reputation as a wild guy.

She adds, "I always think there's more than to people than what meets the eye. I
feel lucky because outside the little things - like some people see me as
potentially religious - I think it's pretty accurate. Who I am and the reality
is fairly close but I know that's not the case with everyone.

"I think that's the category that he (Adams) falls under, so I think, if
anything, it further instills in me that what you see is not always what you
get... He's wonderful. Hopefully, in due time, if people have an unkind idea of
who he is, maybe one day that will sort of shift.

"I feel like an incredibly lucky girl because I get to spend my days with my
best friend and he's a wonderful person and I really feel lucky that I get to
learn and grow with him."

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Mandy Moore is hoping her forthcoming sixth studio album, "Amanda Leigh,"
continues the gradual process of transitioning from teen hitmaker ("Candy") to
greater acceptance as a bona fide musical artist.

"I find it silly that there would be any sort of apprehension, as if it's really
hard to believe that people grow up and evolve and change," Moore, who married
singer-songwriter Ryan Adams in March, tells Billboard.com. "I mean, it was 10
years ago; I don't think anyone wants what they did when they were 14 or 15 to
follow them around.

"I was proud of the work I was doing back then, but I was really just a kid. I'm
going to continue to grow, and my musical tastes will change and hopefully I'll
only get better and better and work harder and harder and study more. I'm not
desperately seeking out credibility as an artist. I just love music. This is
what I'm most passionate about."

Unlike 2007's "Wild Hope," which Moore calls "a big kind of studio album,"
"Amanda Leigh" -- which comes out May 26 -- was recorded with producer and
co-writer Mike Viola, mostly at engineer Ducky Carlisle's basement studio near
Boston. "I enjoyed breaking it down even more from 'Wild Hope,' where we were in
a beautiful, huge state-of-the-art studio and you had a bunch of people there
for, like six weeks," says Moore, who also co-wrote songs for "Amanda Leigh"
with Inara George and Lori McKenna.

"This was the more acoustic form of that, I guess. This was ideal and, like, the
ultimate learning experience for me. I felt like I was the kid sister and the
assistant in terms of learning about the production and engineering side of
things, just being present for absolutely everything. That's a lot different
from being 14 and 15 yeas old and just being brought into the studio song by
song with a different songwriting team or production team."

Moore has "no solidified plans as of yet" to tour in support of "Amanda Leigh,"
but she predicts that "we'll be doing our fair share of little things here and
there." And while her acting career has taken second-fiddle to music the past
couple of years, Moore says that she plans to put some focus on that during the
second half of 2009.

"I'm ready. I'm excited," she notes. "I want to be challenged in the way that
I've been challenged with music. I felt like for awhile there so much of my
energy was put on...the acting and film stuff that the music had to sort of
match. Now the film stuff has to make sense, too, and match up to the music."

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If one could really cook emotion into food (or "stir in the love," as Carla of
Top Chef would say), the ball of cheese Mandy Moore is rolling in her hands
would become one timid, self-doubting sheep's-milk ricotta gnudi. "I can make
eggs. I can slice off the cookie dough and make cookies. But beyond that, I've
been petrified of knives," says Moore, explaining her limitations to Spotted Pig
chefs Peter Cho and Nate Smith, who have offered to teach her how to cook—and
specifically their signature dish for butter addicts. (Moore is pals with the
restaurant's owner.)



It is a big year for the 25-year-old—a quiet wedding to alt-country singer Ryan
Adams in March after a monthlong engagement, and a new album, Amanda Leigh (out
May 26), the second she's written on her own, after years of indentured
servitude to bubblegum-pop producers. Now she's determined to add "ace cook" to
her list of accomplishments. But just a few moments of watching Moore's
painfully tentative approach to a saucepan and stove indicate that she's going
to need a hell of a pep talk before her first dinner party. Then again, she
employed a hypnotist to calm her nerves before a recent gig to preview her new
CD in Los Angeles—and she's been in the biz since she was 15. Maybe petrifying
anxiety is part of the package.



Mandy Moore was born Amanda Leigh, and the heartwarming story of her career goes
like this: She saw Guys and Dolls at age 6 and knew she wanted to sing. When she
was a teenager, it was her idea—not her parents'—to record a demo, which
(unbelievable as it sounds) a FedEx guy heard and passed along to Epic Records.
"There was a sense of someone almost too young to have such a realistic vision
of who she was, especially compared to her peers—Britney [Spears], Christina
[Aguilera], and Jessica [Simpson]," says Jon Leshay, who has managed Moore for
her entire career. "It was clear to me there was a very mature person there,
regardless of her age. She already understood she was a different breed."



Moore never knew her fellow nineties pop princesses. "We got grouped together
for obvious reasons, but I was slightly younger than all of them, and I felt
like the nerdy outcast, the little sister, if you will," she says. "Like, 'N
Sync and the Backstreet Boys—I got to open up for them. But still, I was a kid.
I went from watching them on TRL to six months later being on the road opening
up for them in front of, you know, tens of thousands of people. I doubt they
even remember I was on the road with them, seriously!"



Moore and Leshay talk about those early years—when she hosted a giggly eponymous
MTV talk show, starred as a pastor's daughter in the gooey film A Walk to
Remember, and churned out catchy, fluffy hit singles like "Candy" and "Crush"—as
necessary, incremental steps to get her in the position to make a more
ambitious, grown-up album. "I'm not trying to consciously get away from it,"
Moore says of her early work. "I'm just … it was ten years ago. I've grown up.
When I think back on that time, it's like, Ack! I was a kid. I had no say
creatively in anything that was going on. I was just happy to be along for the
ride."



Much to Epic's disappointment, Moore did grow up, some time around 2003. "I
wasn't happy, and I don't think they were particularly happy. I wasn't
interested in going into the studio and singing about shoes and boys and, you
know, dealing with whatever hot producer-of-the-week they wanted to have me work
with," she says. So she used her own money to make her next album, Coverage, a
surprising collection including versions of XTC's "Working Overtime" and Joni
Mitchell's "Help Me" (Moore's dog is named Joni). Epic put out the record, it
sold poorly, and Moore and the label amicably split. She's now the sole artist
on Storefront Records, an independent label started by Leshay.



When I briefly surveyed my friends about Moore, the responses were split between
"She's still around?" and "She was really good on Entourage!" Moore played a
version of herself on the HBO series, the girl the actor Vinny Chase can't get
over. And you could see why: She was unaffected and charming. Her role also
mirrored, not uncoincidentally, Moore's dating history, which featured an array
of L.A. scenesters: actors Wilmer Valderrama and Zach Braff, tennis star Andy
Roddick, and D.J. AM. But, if anything, her unexpected marriage to Adams has
only made her more of a tabloid curiosity, which is understandable: There's the
age difference (he's 34); her squeaky-clean image versus his recent sobriety
after a debauched stretch of doing "speedballs every day for years"; the
contrasting musical pedigrees (her factory-made pop, his critically lauded roots
rock). "I guess I can understand the interest. It's a really exciting time. I
still can't get over it," she says of Adams. "It's lovely. It's just … lovely."

If you can believe celebrity blogs and Twitter feeds, the two have a positively
idyllic relationship: Star Trek double date, long hikes, flea-market shopping,
eating peanut-butter pretzels in bed with their puppy at their house in L.A. "My
husband put so many jalapeños on his burger that he is literally sweating from a
few bites. Nerd!! :) love him," reads one of her tweets. "My wife, my
hero—halfway across the world saving lives—XOXOXO," he wrote of her recent trip
to the Sudan for child-malaria prevention.



Moore, who is now learning to play the bass, says Adams had nothing to do with
Amanda Leigh—sweet, melodic, sixties-nostalgic pop about lost love and searching
for home, laid over piano, acoustic guitar, French horn, string quartet,
harpsichord, and even Clavinet. One can see the album fitting in nicely on
college radio alongside previous collaborator Rachel Yamagata and current
writing partners Inara George of the Bird and the Bee and the album's producer,
indie rocker Mike Viola. Viola admits he had a hard time pinpointing Moore's
musical raison d'être. "I asked her the day I met her, `Why would anyone want to
buy a Mandy Moore album?' And her answer was, `I don't know,' " he says.
"As an artist, she's in flux. She's just trying things. She doesn't know where
she's going to land."



She does have the goods, however. Viola was immediately struck by her voice.
"It's not the voice on any of her recordings. She's like a soul singer. She
really has it—great pitch, great tone, real range, incredible stamina." It was
Viola's idea to use Moore's birth name as the title, "because it's almost like
starting from scratch. She's trying to make a real artistic record. Good for
her! Good for fucking her!"



In the video for the first single, a fun alt-country track called "I Could Break
Your Heart Any Day of the Week," Moore, a mixed-martial-arts fan, kicks her
friend, UFC star Chuck Liddell, in the nuts. That feisty young woman seems
worlds away from the one bustling around the Spotted Pig kitchen, apologizing
profusely. On lifting up a pan: "This is where I become uncoordinated." On
flipping the gnudi: "I'm not ready for that. I'll burn everyone!" On the
horrifying notion that the waiter is going to serve the deviled eggs she's
prepared: "Oh, no, somebody is going to have to eat this?" (They tasted fine, by
the way.) "Cooking is nerve-racking. It's very vulnerable, because it's just a
matter of people's tastes and what they like and don't like," she says after the
lesson. She might as well be talking about her music. "I'm a timid person, and
I'm also a perfectionist, so I really like to take my time with things," Moore
adds. "But sometimes you've just got to … I don't know, put yourself out there
and be a little bit uncomfortable and get over it. Even if you fall on your
face."

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18,0,2358117.story

Once known as that other blonde girl who wasn't Britney Spears, Christina
Aguilera or Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore has managed to grow up in public and
carve out a strong career for herself without finding her face splashed in the
tabloids. After releasing her debut album a decade ago, Moore won roles in such
films as "Saved!" and "A Walk to Remember." She hits the road this month to
promote her latest album, "Amanda Leigh," which will be in stores on May 26.

"I love music and that's what I'm most passionate about in terms of a career,"
says Moore, 25, who married rocker Ryan Adams this past March. "But as soon as
the record comes out and I've been out on the road for a little bit, the focus
will shift back to doing some more acting. I enjoy being creative, but I just
don't want to spread myself too thin."

Q. What is your favorite vacation destination?

Tokyo. We just got back from there. I have been there about four or five times
and I love it. I immediately love the feeling of when you land. It's just a
breath of fresh air. I know what to expect, but there's still a sense of sensory
overload. It's a bit overwhelming and wonderful at the same time.



Q. What are some of your favorite hotels and restaurants?

I love sushi, which is one of the reasons why I love going to Japan. It's my
favorite cuisine. When we go to Tokyo, I always stay at the Grand Hyatt in
Roppongi (www.tokyo.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp). I love the
aesthetics. It's so beautiful. I also eat at the hotel's Oak Door (restaurant),
which is known for their steaks and red meat. I'm usually not a big meat eater,
but they have the best steaks and really good burgers. I also love the Chambers
Hotel (www.chambersminneapolis.com) in Minneapolis and the hotel restaurant
(Chambers Kitchen) is excellent!

Q. Where are your favorite weekend getaways?

I love Big Sur (California) and would get away there every weekend if I could. I
find that the drive is one of the best parts of the trip -- equal parts
energizing and relaxing. The vibe up there is so peaceful and pitch perfect for
some quiet writing time.

Q. Have you ever been guilty of being an "ugly American"?

I really hope not! I'm a bit shy, so I tend to not blurt things out and I try to
be respectful wherever I am. I fit in pretty well in the Japanese culture
because I'm big on thank-yous and I don't feel I'm being overly polite there
because the Japanese are so polite.

Q. What is your worst vacation memory?

I went on vacation to Mexico during an extreme heat wave with my best
girlfriends a few years ago. On day one, we all got completely sunburned and
seasick from a boat ride over humongous waves. We also had food poisoning. We
were all relegated to bed for the next day or two before deciding to head home
for some real relaxation.

Q. When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?

I always overpack, but I always make room for little snacks for the plane ride.
It's comforting to have them with me.

Q. Have you always been a good traveler?

Yes. I love traveling. My dad's an airline pilot so traveling is ingrained in
the very fiber of who I am.

Pre-order Mandy's upcoming album "Amanda Leigh" featuring the single "I Could
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Welcome to the new site!
Welcome to the new site, folks! As you might have guessed, this is the new album cover art. I was lucky enough to work with one of my favorite photographers, Reed Krakoff and as usual, his vision, team, precision, etc... made for an exceptionally easy, breezy shoot. Frolicking around in fishnets isn't necessarily the most comfortable idea for me but to be honest, it was quite cool to get "done up" while maintaining that sense of self. We were all on the same page in terms of creating something that came across as classic, timeless and confident and I think we got there. I really love the whole vibe.

Anyway....so there's a bunch of new features/things on the site that, to be honest, I don't completely understand but hey--I watched the Oprah episode on Facebook last week so why not just throw myself into the game, right?? You'll be seeing a lot more to that end very soon.

We're also in the process of putting a band together for some shows, TV appearances, online "things" and what have you... I am just beyond ready to for this record to find it's way out in the world. Viola and I will be doing some acoustic gigs in the coming weeks but the band is definitely going to be the focus, with a plan to hopefully tour late summer.

The song, "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week" is coming out tomorrow (March 17) on iTunes. It's definitely a pop-ditty but more in vein of Todd Rundgren or Harry Nilsson than the typical fare the word "pop" tends to conjure up . Later this week, we're making what we hope will be a pretty amazing video with my ever-creative friend David Schlussel. He came up with the crazy concept and will be at the helm of all of the chaos (thank goodness....i've wanted to work with him for a long time). I'll be sure to keep you updated once it's in the can.

That's all for now!!
Enjoy :).....

xo
MM

http://www.mandymoore.com/

  

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e-interview

Out of the spotlight for a couple of years, easy-to-love Mandy Moore is back —
with a new album, new plan, and, yes, a fiancé.

Tucked into a corner booth at an elite, recession-proof West Village restaurant,
Mandy Moore and I are talking music and movies while sharing pancakes. All
around us, toxically tanned Euros and Europhiles are sipping frothy drinks,
bitching about the service in St. Bart's. Outside, snowflakes are filling the
sky, and it's starting to feel as if we're sealed inside a very expensive snow
globe.

Moore, sitting to my right, is like an antidote. Implausibly polite,
refreshingly sincere, and serially apologetic — Sorry it's so noisy in here ...
Sorry I'm such a Chatty Cathy ... Sorry for taking up so much of your time...
(and later, via text, when she declines to answer questions about her engagement
to Ryan Adams, Sorry Howie!! I hope you're not mad...) — she epitomizes the kind
of goodness people mistrust, believing it must be a ruse. She's 5'10" and gives
off a dermatological glow that calls to mind her origins as a teen pop
sensation, known for straight-from-the-diary ballads and faux-sexualized
middle-school dance tracks about candy. But Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson
she is not. You simply don't see Mandy Moore, almost 25, shaving her head, then
attacking the paparazzi with an umbrella, dirty dancing with the tabloid media,
or defibrillating her career with the soul-stealing contrivances of reality TV.

Instead, you see her mixing it up on the cred-conferring Entourage, holding her
own opposite Diane Keaton in Because I Said So, and looking reasonably at home
in edgy indies like Dedication, Southland Tales, and, most notably, as a
wonderfully creepy queen bee in Saved! Not that any of it came easily. "I feel
like I keep coming up against the same thing: They think I'm very cute and so
sweet," Moore says, tucking her down parka around her lap like a blanket. "But
that won't cut it anymore. I don't want to be a wallflower. I don't want to be
shy. Give me the opportunity to get in the room and have a conversation as to
why I know I can do this. It's okay that you see me as this person, but I'm an
actress, and I'll work my ass off to play the part."

And yet... "It has to be right," Moore quickly adds. "I've had the opportunity
to play the drug dealer who gets gang-raped, and I'm like, For what reason?
Doing it just to do it? To just show people that I can be sexy or dark? I don't
want to do something just to make that point. It needs to happen organically,
and I'm really confident it will. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'll wait
until we find the right stuff."

The struggle to determine her own image has been just as intense with her music.
After famously being discovered at 14 by a FedEx guy who connected Moore with
someone he knew in the business, Epic Records signed her and set about packaging
her as a bright-eyed, button-nosed pop princess. Six years later, her growing
pains forced a split with the label. (She wanted to cover Todd Rundgren; they
wanted Top 40.) Now she's the flagship artist at Storefront Recordings, an
independent label launched by her longtime manager, Jon Leshay, to coincide with
her latest album, Amanda Leigh.

It's her first since 2007's Wild Hope. "I knew that record was my last chance,"
says Moore — a reference to faltering record sales as she struggled to bust out
of the bubblegum pack. "So I pushed and made it the way I wanted" — channeling
Patti Griffin and Paula Cole and Joni Mitchell in gutsy torch songs like
"Ladies' Choice" and "Gardenia." She made the album far away from a sterile
studio, in a big house on a mountaintop; for Amanda Leigh she secluded herself
in a sound engineer's basement studio in Medford, MA, recording by candlelight
as the beer cans and coffee cups piled up. "We were down in the wormhole," says
Moore, who declined producer Mike Viola's suggestion to stay in a comfortable
hotel nearby. "This was the full-on artistic experience," says Viola, "where you
sleep in a drafty room and don't shower for days. But you also come out of it
having made the best record of your life. Mandy got to a place with her vocals
that she's never been. And I know some people think, Mandy Moore, whatever, but
I swear, what she's doing is unequivocal. I don't think people will need to be
convinced of anything once they hear it."

For the rest of this interview and to find out what happened when fiancé Ryan
Adams showed up at Mandy's Marie Claire cover shoot, check out the April issue
of Marie Claire — on newsstands now.

http://mandymoore.typepad.com/

Welcome to the new site!
Welcome to the new site, folks!  As you might have guessed, this is the new
album cover art. I was lucky enough to work with one of my favorite
photographers, Reed Krakoff and as usual,  his vision, team, precision, etc...
made for an exceptionally easy, breezy shoot. Frolicking around in fishnets
isn't necessarily the most comfortable idea for me but to be honest, it was 
quite cool to get "done up" while maintaining that sense of self. We were all on
the same page in terms of creating something that came across as classic,
timeless and confident and I think we got there. I really love the whole vibe.

Anyway....so there's a bunch of new features/things on the site that, to be
honest, I don't completely understand but hey--I watched the Oprah episode on
Facebook last week so why not just throw myself into the game, right?? You'll be
seeing a lot more to that end very soon.

We're also in the process of putting a band together for some shows, TV
appearances, online "things" and what have you...  I am just beyond ready to for
this record to find it's way out in the world. Viola and I will be doing some
acoustic gigs in the coming weeks but the band is definitely going to be the
focus, with a plan to hopefully tour late summer.

The song, "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week" is coming out tomorrow
(March 17) on iTunes.  It's definitely a pop-ditty but more in vein of Todd
Rundgren or  Harry Nilsson than the typical fare the word "pop" tends to conjure
up . Later this week, we're making what we hope will be a pretty amazing video
with my ever-creative friend David Schlussel. He came up with the crazy concept
and will be at the helm of all of the chaos (thank goodness....i've wanted to
work with him for a long time). I'll be sure to keep you updated once it's in
the can.

That's all for now!!
Enjoy :).....

xo
MM

http://www.mandymoore.com/