Erika Jayne – Pretty Mess – Album Review

Erika Jayne – Pretty Mess – Album Review

For those of you, who are unfamiliar with this dance music diva, get to know her! Erika Jayne has been churning out dance anthems for a few years now, and is finally releasing her debut album “Pretty Mess”. Currently the single “Give You Everything” is #4 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club chart and could be #1 any week now. She has had her tracks remixed by some of the greatest DJ’s in Dance Music including: Dave Aude, DJ Escape, Johnny Vicious, Moto Blanco, Mike Rizzo to name a few. Three of the singles from the album have already been remixed a ton, and those three singles are: “Give You Everything”, “Stars” and “Roller Coaster”, with “Stars” spawning an amazing 16 different remixes that have been released commercially to date. The bulk of the album features upbeat progressive beats, which definitely showcase the artists amazing voice. However there are tracks including: “Beautiful”, “Lose Myself” and “One More Time”, which aren’t as upbeat and showcase great versatility within dance music. One of the most impressive things about the album is how un-repetitive the beats are (Which I rarely see in Dance-Pop albums these days). This can probably be explained by the great list of producers she has on the album, and you can read more about them on the press release below. Hopefully more artists in The U.S.A. get into this style of music, because of the global appeal that Dance-Pop has.  Overall, it’s an excellent debut album and I can see at least two more singles being released shortly ( “Without You” and “Pretty Mess” ) with “Everybody Wants Some” as the possible dark house single. William Karow

Overall Grade: A-

Release Date: August 11th 2009

Links:

http://www.erikajayne.com
http://www.myspace.com/erikajaynemusic
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Erika-Jayne/10083851922
http://twitter.com/erikajayne
Amazon – Erika Jayne -Pretty Mess

Track Listing:
1 – Stars
2 – Just A Phaze
3 – Everyone Wants Some
4 – Give You Everything
5 – Pretty Mess
6 – Beautiful
7 – Roller Coaster
8 – Time To Realize
9 – Run Along
10 – Sex Shooter
11 – Without You
12 –Love Forever
13 – Lose Myself
14 – One More Time

Press Release:
DANCE MUSIC SENSATION ERIKA JAYNE READIES RELEASE OF NEW SINGLE “GIVE YOU EVERYTHING”
Highly Anticipated Debut Album Pretty Mess Scheduled for August 11th Release

Dance music sensation Erika Jayne will bring her third single, “Give You Everything,” to iTunes on Tuesday, April 7. The surefire hit follows the heat from smash singles “Roller Coaster” and “Stars,” which both rocketed Jayne to 1 on the Billboard Dance charts and made her a favorite on dance floors across the world. The iTunes launch will also feature a package of remixes from DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious, Moto Blanco, Mike Rizzo and Dave Audé. To follow up the release, “Give You Everything” will hit radio stations nationwide on April 13th.

“Give You Everything,” along with Jayne’s previous hit singles, will be included on her highly anticipated debut Pretty Mess, which is scheduled for a August 11th release through E1 Music. The album highlights her talent as both a singer and songwriter and shows multiple sides of Jayne by bringing together a fusion of Rhythmic Pop, Dance and chill Electronic ballads. “I’m excited for my fans to hear Pretty Mess,” says Jayne. “When I was working on the album, I wanted to create a collection of songs that would make people want to dance and enjoy themselves – something that they could put on and have a good time.”

Production on Pretty Mess by heavy hitters Peter Rafelson (Madonna, Britney Spears, Stevie Nicks) and Eric Kupper (Shakira, Destiny’s Child, Kylie Minogue) is complemented perfectly with stellar guest production by Esthero and Jahi Lake (Chris Brown), under the name Pinklake, and Ike Dirty (Lil’ Scrappy Ying Yang Twinz), son of the legendary Isaac Hayes. Jayne also receives help from celebrated percussionist Sheila E on the track “Time to Realize;” and includes an ode to her influence Prince with a cover of his protégé Apollonia’s hit “Sex Shooter.”

The single release for “Give You Everything” will be accompanied by a video that paired Jayne with Grammy-nominated music video director Marty Thomas and choreographer Mikey Minden (The Pussycat Dolls). Set as Jayne auditions for a starring stage role that leads to a magnetic connection, the video showcases Jayne not only as a singer, but a true dancer and fashion icon. Jayne has already achieved success ahead of her album release that is not often seen by debut artists. Her 1 singles “Roller Coaster” and “Stars” have ranked her on the Billboard Year-to-End Dance charts two years in a row with “Roller Coaster” at 9 in 2007 and “Stars” at 20 on the Dance Club Play Chart and 15 on the Dance Tracks Chart for 2008. The “Stars” video was a fan favorite on the Click List, LOGO’s music video show, and remained ranked amongst the program’s most popular videos for months. Jayne has also already seen her music make the leap to the big screen with cuts from Pretty Mess being featured in both current and upcoming movie releases.