What's Inside: Songs from Waitress
| Sara Bareilles
What's Inside: Songs from Waitress
What's Inside: Songs from Waitress is the fifth studio album and fourth major-label album by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, released on November 6, 2015, through Epic Records. The lead single from the album, "She Used to Be Mine", was released digitally on September 25, 2015. It features songs from the musical Waitress, which featured music and lyrics by Bareilles. --Wikipedia
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This album is stunning — Bareilles vocals are unsurprisingly amazing, the instrumentation is beautiful, and the lyrics are quick and clever, even when context is lacking.
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Blog Critics
Bareilles is in wonderful voice, clear and solid, with an honest feeling and artistic integrity.
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Spectrum Culture
It feels more like an appetizer than a main course—like there’s a secret record awaiting release once this thing runs its course. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Pop Matters
Fans of Sara Bareilles will want more than a slice of her in What's Inside: Song from Waitress, a more than fair record from the talented musician.
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Est. '97
Sara’s warm vocals and elegant arrangements sound smoother than ever on this record, a sign that she’s growing as a singer along with her artistry.
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Renowned For Sound
Bareilles has done a beautiful job crafting each of the songs with an audience and a performance in mind, even without seeing the musical each of the tracks do an exquisite job of telling a simple story with the rise and fall of character development.
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Gig Soup
This album shines with everything that makes Sara Bareilles such an original artist and her heartfelt and insightful lyricism again come to the fore on another record that showcases this talented singer-songwriters’ versatility as an artist and performer.
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Atwood Magazine
She can still prove herself a powerful, elegant vocalist with every studio session
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The Daily Californian
The musical theatre elements of this record add a new quality to Bareilles’ signature sound, and ultimately, this latest album is quintessentially Sara Bareilles: a must-listen playlist of perfectly executed pop.
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All Music
Never once do the songs on What's Inside feel in mere service to a plot. Taken on their own, they're lively, clever, and bold, and further evidence of Bareilles' versatility, elegance, and wit.
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mxdwn
The albums songs are centered around Bareilles’ piano and profound vocals. The strength and dexterity of Bareilles’ voice leaves nothing to be desired.
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Star 2
Sara Bareilles serves up some really tasty tunes.
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The Boston Globe
Familiarity with the contours of the musical would no doubt enrich the experience, but it’s to Bareilles’s great credit that “What’s Inside” works on its own merits as a great pop album.
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