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Paula Kelley - The Trouble with Success or How You Fit in to the World

by Sally
December 2003

When was the last time you found yourself saying, "Wow, that flugelhorn really accentuates her voice!" after listening to an album?

Paula Kelley's latest musical creation, The Trouble with Success or How You Fit into the World, brilliantly features a big-band style collection of 38 musicians with instruments ranging from the obscure flugelhorn to full woodwind, brass and string sections. Although ample in size, the band plays as merely an enhancement to Kelley's exceptional vocals and lyrics without a hint of being overbearing.

After dabbling in the world of being a lead singer in several different bands, Kelley has finally embarked upon a successful solo career, blessing the indie pop world with her visionary music. Filled with provocative questions from "How many times must I say goodbye before I start believing it for sure?" in "How Many Times" to "Created for your life / Debated in your mind / Could there be another world," in the aptly named "Could There be Another World", The Trouble with Success offers one thought-provoking wonderment after another.

On top of the innovative band style and the creatively alarming lyrics, The Trouble with Success also highlights Kelley's own beautiful voice. With a tiny hint of The Cardigans shining through, Kelley's voice possesses a charming, child-like innocence that enhances the sensation of complex feelings and slight confusion, exhibited especially in "I'd Fall in Love with Anyone".

Paula Kelley's The Trouble with Success or How You Fit into the World is perfect for anyone who has dared to dream, think, ask or wonder - or if you want to hear a flugelhorn.

www.PaulaKelley.com

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