Amanda Marshall has a bizarre story, too. Marshall’s first CD, Amanda Marshall (1995), was terrific. Marshall’s next CD, Tuesday’s Child (1999), was very good, too. But my favorite Amanda Marshall album is Everybody’s Got a Story (2001). It includes “Double Agent,” one of my favorite songs. But after this CD, Amanda Marshall got into a long and bitter fight with her record company. No more original albums were released. Amanda Marshall’s career was over. For a brief time, she produced some enjoyable music. Then, it just stopped.
TRACK LIST:
1.”Everybody’s Got a Story” (Marshall, Mann, Molecules) – 4:11
2.”The Voice Inside” (Marshall, Mann, Molecules) – 3:01
3.”The Gypsy” (Marshall, Mann, Molecules) – 4:30
4.”Colleen (I Saw Him First)” (Marshall, Mann, Molecules) – 5:10
5.”Double Agent” (Marshall, Mann, Asher, Molecules) – 4:41
6.”Red Magic Marker” (Marshall, Mann, Asher, Molecules) – 3:26
7.”Sunday Morning After” (Marshall, Mann, Asher, Molecules) – 4:44
8.”Love Is My Witness” (Marshall, Mann) – 3:21
9.”Dizzy” (Marshall, Mann, Molecules) – 4:02
10.”Brand New Beau” (Marshall, Mann, Asher, Molecules) – 4:24
11.”Marry Me” (Marshall, Misener) – 3:51
12.”Inside the Tornado” (Amanda Marshall, Billy Mann) – 1:43
I guess it shows who really makes the records. I’m surprised, if she is in fact a good artist, that another company didn’t pick her up.
Rick, when you’re under contract with one record company, no other company will touch you.
So they aren’t letting her make albums, but keeping her under contract? That seems odd.
Rick, a contract is a contract.
I don’t know her.
I guess the message is, don’t mess with your record company unless and until you are big enough to set your own terms.
Jeff, record companies can ruin a career as well as make one.
Willie Nile-a guy from your neck of the woods put out a well praised album around the early 80’s but his career was derailed by conflicts with his record company. He has put out a number of albums in the last ten years on small labels and tours a lot now.
Steve, I’ve heard variations of that story about a number of artists. In today’s Internet world, plenty of artists are just marketing their own work, but that’s risky.