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10 Cent Wings
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May 2025
10 Cent Wings studio Jonatha Brooke 10 Cent Wings.jpg 1997 Pop Refuge/MCAReece Doug Secrets Out https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1998-03-21_110_12/page/28 Billboard Mar 21, 1998 110 12 28 Alain Mallet Plumb 1995 Live 1999
10 Cent Wings is an album by the American musician Jonatha Brooke, released in 1997.https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jonatha-brooke-mn0000822742/biography Jonatha Brooke Biography, Songs, & Albums AllMusichttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/from-malibu-to-new-york-city/ From Malibu to New York City CBS It was her only album for MCA Records.https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/A-Label-Of-Her-Own-Jonatha-Brooke-takes-back-3193213.php A Label of Her Own / Jonatha Brooke takes back her music with Steady Pull Derk Richardson March 29, 2001 SFGate The title refers to an ad a venue once ran to promote a Brooke live show. "Crumbs" was the first single.Horak Terri Brooke finds solo 'Wings' https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1997-10-11_109_41/page/18 Billboard Oct 11, 1997 109 41 18–20
The album peaked at No. 34 on Billboard'''s Heatseekers Albums chart.https://www.billboard.com/artist/jonatha-brooke/ Jonatha Brooke Billboard Its singles were hits on adult album alternative radio stations.An Adult Alternative Radio Format That Promotes New Artists Has Tiny but Faithful Audience Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 9 Mar 1998 D1
Production
The album was produced by Brooke's husband, Alain Mallet. "Glass Half Empty" is about the deceased musician Kevin Gilbert.CD Reviews Windsor Star 22 Jan 1998 E6 Duke Levine contributed guitar parts to the album,Shuster Fred Brooke Making More 'Cents' Than Ever Los Angeles Daily News 14 Nov 1997 L23 and Bob Clearmountain served as mixing engineer.Jonatha Brooke and Bob Clearmountain Teaming Up for "Steady Pull" https://www.mixonline.com/recording/jonatha-brooke-and-bob-clearmountain-teaming-steady-pull-365342 Mix March 1, 2001 January 30, 2025
Critical reception
AllMusic 4 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/10-cent-wings-mw0000596283 10 Cent Wings AllMusic The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 5Larkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2006 MUZE 1 855 Entertainment Weekly A−https://ew.com/article/1997/11/21/10cent-wings/ 10 Cent Wings Entertainment Weekly The Indianapolis Star 3.5 4Penner Diana Jonatha Brooke '10 Cent Wings' The Indianapolis Star 1 Feb 1998 I7 Los Angeles Daily News 3.5 4Shuster Fred Sound Check Los Angeles Daily News 31 Oct 1997 L26 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide 3.5 5MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide 1999 Visible Ink Press 160 Windsor Star 4 5The Washington Post wrote that, "at times Brooke stretches her literary conceits too far, but her keyboardist-producer-arranger-husband Alain Mallet always wraps her appealing melodies in quirky, thickened chamber-pop arrangements."Jonatha Brooke '10 Cent Wings' https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/11/07/jonatha-brooke-10-cent-wings-refugemca/b0be294b-5330-4b80-a583-050be3a5206e/ The Washington Post 29 December 2021 Entertainment Weekly praised Brooke's "complex, intensely melodic tunes and her uncliched, heartfelt poetry." The New York Times concluded that Brooke "ventures further into torchy folk-pop with high literary aspirations."Holden Stephen Songs of Innocence and Experience for the Pop Fan of a Certain Age The New York Times 28 Nov 1997 E1
The Los Angeles Daily News thought that the "startlingly mature collection is eclectic and electric with Brooke supplying acoustic guitar and emotionally charged, first-rate material." The Chicago Tribune determined that, "while her strong new album ... doesn't completely sidestep the occasional cliché, the songs generally showcase a noteworthy artistry."Reger Rick The A List Chicago Tribune 14 Nov 1997 Friday 33 The Indianapolis Star stated that Brooke's "conversational style is accessible and perfectly suited for her musical tone—folky and earth-toned, with strings, horns and electronics painting some of the backdrop." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel listed the album as the sixth best of 1997.Maples Tina The best CDs of a lackluster music year Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 15 Dec 1997 Cue & Jump 1
AllMusic wrote that "Mallet pastes together various genres without meshing them, and often the verses, chorus and bridge each have a radically different style." No Depression determined that Brooke "made exactly the right record at exactly the right time—1997’s 10 Cent Wings'', released the same year Lilith Fair made her brand of classy female-centric folk-pop all the rage—and found herself bounced from the major-label ranks for her trouble."Jonatha Brooke – Back in the Circus https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/jonatha-brooke-back-in-the-circus/ No Depression 29 December 2021
Track listing
Secrets and Lies Crumbs Because I Told You So Blood from a Stone Glass Half Empty The Choice Last Innocent Year Shame on Us Genius or a Fool Ten Cent Wings Landmine Annie
References
Category:Jonatha Brooke albums
Category:1997 albums
Category:MCA Records albums