August 29, 200915 yr the album credits and marketing info are out: Katharine McPhee, the 25 year old runner-up in the fifth season of American Idol will release her Verve Forecast debut on October 6th! On Unbroken the vocalist and actress has co-written half of the album with some of music’s biggest songwriters, including Kara DioGuardi (American Idol), Ingrid Michaelson, and Paula Cole. “Terrified” features a duet with Jason Reeves while Rachael Yamagata sings backup vocals on the song she co-wrote “Keep Drivin’.” The album is produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews Band). Track List: 0 1. It’s Not Right (Lucie Silvas/Gary Go) 02. Had It All (Kara DioGuardi/Mitch Allan/David Hodges) 03. Keep Drivin’ (Katharine McPhee/Chris Tompkins/Rachael Yamagata) 04. Last Letter (Barry Dean/Luke Laird/Katharine McPhee) 05. Surrender (Katharine McPhee/Ingrid Michelson/Marshall Altman) 06. Terrified duet with Jason Reeves (Kara DioGuardi/Jason Reeves) 07. How (Lucie Silvas/Mike Busbee/Alex James) 08. Say Goodbye (Troy Verges/Aimee Mayo/Chris Lindsey/Hillary Lindsey) 09. Faultline (Lucie Silvas/Rachel Thibodeau) 10. Anybody’s Heart (Barry Dean/Luke Laird/Katharine McPhee) 1 1. Lifetime (Boots Ottestad/Katharine McPhee) 12. Unbroken (Paula Cole/Katharine McPhee) 13. Brand New Key (Melanie Safka) Consumer Marketing: • Tools – tour poster, table tent, music video, blow-ups, EPK • Extensive nat’l advertising campaign including television (morning news, talk shows, and lifestyle cable channels), online (female oriented lifestyle sites), print (newspaper and women’s magazines), and in-theater play. • Major release event performance in NYC • January ’09 Adverting agency showcase in Chicago • Film & TV music supervisor industry showcase in LA prior to release • Servicing Film, TV and advertising music supervisors and editors with advances and finished goods Publicity: • Items and features already run: InStyle.com, AOL Style List, Just Jared.com, Nylon Blog • Assoc. Press TV, AOL Pop Eater & Music, E! TV, LATimes.com, Extra TV, Newsweek.com were on the music & video set (8/29) • TV targets: American Idol, Access, A&E Private Sessions, CBS Early Show, CBS Sunday Morning, Chelsea Lately, Colbert Report, CNN, Daily Show, Ellen, E! News, Extra, GMA, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Larry King, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Regis & Kelly, Martha Stewart, Oprah, Saturday Night Live, Today Show, Conan O’Brien, and more. • Monthly magazine targets: Allure, American Way, Angeleno, Black Book, Conde Nast Traveler, Cosmo, Elle, Esquire, Glamour, Harpers Bazaar, InStyle, Interview, Lucky, Marie Claire, Nylon, O! Magazine, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Self, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and more. • Weekly/Bi-weekly print targets include: Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Time Out NY, Time Out Chicago, New York, New Yorker, People, Parade, TV Guide, and more. • Major daily paper targets include: NY Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, SF Chronicle, USA Today, USA Weekend, Wall Street Journal, and others. • Online outlets include: people.com, ew.com, CNN.com. Billboard.com, Interview.com, Vanityfair.com, and others. Promotion: • Single: “Had It All” (Kara DioGuardi/Mitch Allan/David Hodges) • 9/15 Hot AC and mainstream AC add date • Will ship full album prior to street • Extensive terrestrial and satellite radio promo pre and post release tour • Will service music video for “Had It All” to all broadcast and online partners as well as retail video programs. Digital: • Online promotions: • Get In The Act sweepstakes: partnered with Yahoo! Music to offer a trip to the set of the music video. Ran throughout May • Make A Splash viral promotion allowing fans to create a splash page for Katharine’s site prior to relaunch. Ran May – June • MySpace Featured Play-List promoted Katharine’s play-list weekend of 8/14 • Countdown to the Single viral campaign promoting release of first single using MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks the week of August 17th. • MySpace Webisode and Single Premiere two exclusive ‘making of the album’ webisodes and premiere of new single on Katharine’s MySpace page. August 25. • AOL Music interview feature with b-roll from the music video shoot. August 25. • Yahoo! Music Video Premiere to be promoted on the Yahoo! Music Homepage, Entertainment Page and Yahoo.com homepage (tbc). September. • Servicing lifestyle websites with music and pursuing various promotional opportunities • Social networking profiles will be consistently updated throughout the campaign with video and written blogs, behind the scenes footage, updates, and more. Touring: • USO tour fall 2009 • US touring 2009~2010 Deluxe version to include: making of Unbroken, track by track video commentary, making of music video for “Had It All,” and photo album. good to see Kat co-wrote most of the tracks ^_^
August 29, 200915 yr and the last song on the album Brand New Key can be heard here > http://www.myspace.com/melaniesafkamusic
September 16, 200915 yr Bummed that her album is delayed. :( The release date for Unbroken, Katharine McPhee's debut for Verve Records, has been pushed back to Jan. 5, 2010. The album -- which includes Katharine's current single, Had It All -- initially had been scheduled for a November release. Via USA Today Source: http://www.ainow.org/index.php/tidbits/885...release-delayed
September 16, 200915 yr Author ^I was wondering how the hell they were expecting her to get on American Idol this time of year... But the pushing back the album makes sense now :(
December 23, 200915 yr downloaded this - it's a bit Jordin Sparks generic well produced ballad territory, nothing other than How and It's Not Right particularly stood out for me nothing unpleasant on there though, will listen again definitely
July 6, 201014 yr sorry to bump such an old thread but i friggin love this album!! shes so under-rated this is close to becoming my fave album of all time :o :heart: Had It All Terrified Surrender Last Letter How Say Goodbye Lifetime all 10/10 Brand New Key is only song that lets it down i think :/
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