Colbie Caillat - Coco (Audio CD - 7/17/2007)

Sweetness rules on Colbie Caillat's debut, Coco, which is perhaps only appropriate for an album bearing that name. The record doesn't play like a toasty mug of chocolate on a winter's day, though; it's a sugary lemonade on a breezy summer afternoon. It's light and comforting, a familiar blend of sunny pop and singer/songwriter tropes that flirt with cliché but never sound hackneyed -- a lighter, brighter spin on Norah Jones that sounds like an ideal soundtrack to a few hours in a cozy coffeehouse or a montage on Grey's Anatomy, whatever comes first. If that gives the impression that Caillat is a little calculated -- and if her music-biz heritage her dad co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk gives the sense that she may have had a silver spoon, and if her celebrated MySpace popularity is also initially suspect -- then as an album Coco shows no crassness or coldness: it flows easily and, yes, sweetly, filled with gently ingratiating melodies and delivered with warmth and a casual charisma that proves to be quite endearing by the end of the record. Caillat doesn't attempt anything approaching a major statement -- the album is filled with songs about love and life -- but that's her appeal: she sings about simple, everyday things in an unassuming manner, letting her melodies and girl-next-door charm carry the day, and they do so winningly on this nicely mellow debut.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1

1 Oxygen (3:51)
2 The Little Things (3:46)
3 One Fine Wine (3:37)
4 Bubbly (3:17)
5 Feelings Show (3:10)
6 Midnight Bottle (3:41)
7 Realize (4:05)
8 Battle (4:03)
9 Tailor Made (4:30)
10 Magic (3:25)
11 Tied Down (3:07)
12 Capri (3:01)