The debut album from 2011 American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart, 2012's Listen Up! features the singer framed in slick, retro-influenced pop and R&B productions.
Working with a handful of pop songwriting and production wizards including Busbee (Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry), Mike Elizondo (Nelly Furtado, Natasha Bedingfield), Rob Kleiner, MoZella, and others, Reinhart has delivered a solid set of catchy, dance-oriented cuts that maximize her sexy, playful persona and come off a lot hipper than you'd expect from a major label AmIdol release.
Vocally, Reinhart has a cherubically gutsy, deeply resonant vocal sound perfectly suited for these boomy, '60s pop-influenced productions.
In that sense, tracks like the punchy leadoff cut "Oh My!," the sultry lil'-diva single "Free," and the equally as swaggering and funky "Liar" are catchy, post-Amy Winehouse dance-soul productions that mix scratchy vinyl-sounding beats, blurty horn sections, driving piano lines, and some sassy backing vocal parts.
Elsewhere, we get the pumping Motown-esque "Wasted Tears," the similarly engaging disco anthem "Now That You're Here," and the swoony girl group meets soft rock number "Wonderland." Definitely an ear-grabber, Listen Up! ultimately posits Reinhart as a kind of old-school pinup, a mini-Mariah Carey if she'd grown up listening to a mix of Dusty Springfield, Lisa Stansfield, and En Vogue.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh My! | Haley Reinhart | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | FreeBusbee | Haley Reinhart | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | LiarS. Watters | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | Wasted TearsBusbee | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | Undone | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 6 | Now That You're HereS. Watters | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | Wonderland | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | Keep Coming BackS. McEwan | Haley Reinhart | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | Hit the Ground Runnin'T. Lawrence Jr. | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Walking on HeavenT. Lawrence Jr. | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 11 | Follow Me (I'm Right Behind You) | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 12 | Spiderweb | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 13 | What You Don't Know | Haley Reinhart | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 14 | Let's Run Away | Haley Reinhart | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 48 mins | 112 MB | |||||
| 48 mins | 338 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masooma Ali | Project Coordinator |
| 2 | Brian Alvarez | Music Business Affairs |
| 3 | Neal Avron | Mixing |
| 4 | Jeff Babko | Keyboards |
| 5 | Tunji Balogun | A&R |
| 6 | Jonathan Martin Berry | Guitar |
| 7 | B.o.B | Featured Artist |
| 8 | Busbee | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Programming |
| 9 | David Calderly | Art Direction |
| 10 | Fiona Dearing | Marketing |
| 11 | Chris DeStefano | Arranger, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background) |
| 12 | DJ Mormile | A&R |
| 13 | Steve Dresser | Editing |
| 14 | Jonathan Flaugher | Double Bass |
| 15 | Brian Gardner | Mastering |
| 16 | Charlie Gillingham | Hammond B3, Strings |
| 17 | Ainslie Grosser | Mixing |
| 18 | Seth Atkins Horan | Engineer |
| 19 | Victor Indrizzo | Drums |
| 20 | Sam Johnson | Trumpet |
| 21 | Gloria Kaba | Assistant Engineer |
| 22 | James King | Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor) |
| 23 | Rob Kleiner | Engineer, Producer |
| 24 | T. Lawrence Jr. | Composer |
| 25 | Myles Lewis | A&R |
| 26 | Ryan Lipman | Assistant, Mixing Assistant |
| 27 | Steve Lu | Strings |
| 28 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 29 | S. McEwan | Composer |
| 30 | Iain Pirie | A&R |
| 31 | Ginger Ramsey | Marketing |
| 32 | Haley Reinhart | Primary Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 33 | Harry Reinhart | Guitar |
| 34 | Curt Schneider | Bass |
| 35 | Les Scurry | Producer |
| 36 | Chris Seefried | Bass, Electronics, Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion, Producer |
| 37 | David E. Smith | Saxophone |
| 38 | Harper Smith | Photography |
| 39 | Manny Smith | A&R |
| 40 | Chris Soper | Engineer |
| 41 | Chris Steffen | Drum Engineering |
| 42 | Aaron Sterling | Drums |
| 43 | TheRealJonSmith | Drums, Engineer |
| 44 | Calvin Turner | Bass |
| 45 | S. Watters | Composer |
| 46 | Rune Westberg | Instrumentation, Producer |
| 47 | Ed Woolley | Engineer |
| 48 | Joe Zook | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |