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Mandy Moore: Wild Hope

“What a great surprise...Mandy Moore has turned into a sophisticated songwriter whose new sound fits cozily alongside that of Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple and Sarah McLachlan rather than all the pop tarts she used to be compared to...this is music destined for that mood-setting montage during the last 10 minutes of Grey's Anatomy (and yes, that's a great thing).”
- Shelly Ridenour, Entertainment Editor, JANE Magazine

“Wild Hope is the gratifying sound of a singer finally finding her comfort zone. Gone is the sugary pop of Moore’s early career, replaced instead by thoughtful musings on love and life...an album full of subtle, but undeniable hooks.”
- Billboard

“Mandy Moore didn't have to take her music by the scruff of its neck; she could have kept on showing up on time, singing expensive tracks tailored for her by other people. But she knew that wasn't the way of awesomeness. So she locked into her own head and her love of artists such as the Weepies and Rachel Yamagata. This music is the successful sound of Moore's drive to supply something greater than product.”
- James Hunter, contributor to Rolling Stone

“Just when you think you have Mandy Moore's number, it turns out she gave us a fake one. Wild Hope is a surprise and a stunner!”
- Harp

“Wild Hope shows impressive range. Here's hoping Mandy Moore's voice stays with us for a long time to come.”
- Paste

“This is Mandy Moore – the sensible, smart actress and musician. The 23-year-old has reinvented herself, smartly, a half dozen times since she left her bubblegum-pop days behind, most recently reemerging as singer-songwriter with her new album, Wild Hope.”
- Tom Chiarella, Esquire

“Wild Hope shows an altogether more mature and competent Mandy Moore. And in a world where people are actually eager to fit into molds, it’s nice to see Moore breaking hers.”
- Randy Harward, Harp

“From the moment dreamy ‘Extraordinary’ opens Wild Hope with its violins and bass solo, your preconceived notions of what Moore’s music is about will go poof.”
- Crystal Meers, Nylon

“With the release of her new song ‘Extraordinary’, pop star Mandy Moore has reinvented herself as a singer-songwriter.”
- Suzanne Zuckerman, InStyle

“With more than 7 million albums sold and roles in 11 movies behind her, Moore has plenty to be grateful and joyful about”
- Dan Aquilante, New York Post

“If she’s not a pop archetype, then Moore’s fifth, largely autobiographical album, Wild Hope, asks who she is. Moore is, of course, the modern woman.”
- Alex Gartenfeld, Paper

With a record that should establish her as a writer/artist to be reckoned with, Moore’s willingness to keep chasing her music is ablaze.”
- Holly Gleason, American Songwriter

“Moore’s fifth effort is a breezy summer album that feels like a stunning declaration of independence…Moore can rest assured that the remarkably catchy Wild Hope is anything but trite or blah.”
- Jimmy Draper, Time Out New York

“The tunes are catchy and heartfelt, as Moore moves from lush ballads to acoustic folk that recalls Patty Griffin ‘It’s been good, getting to know me more’ she confesses in ‘Gardenia’, and with songs so warmly soul-searching, it’s easy to second that emotion.”
- Douglas Waterman, Spin

“Mandy Moore has finally made an album so consistently strong that even naysayers may end up acknowledging this singer-actress for the talent she is….From the potent opener, ‘Extraordinary’, to the tender closer, ‘Gardenia’, Moore’s rich, country-tinged voice holds it all together with unmistakable confidence.”
- Nicole Pensiero, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Each time we wrote, I'd be blown away by how honest and ballsy she was," says country musician Lori McKenna, who co-wrote three songs with her. Wild Hope…is her bid to join the earthy-crunchy singer-songwriters she admires, and it carries the feeling of someone coming to grips with her past.”
- Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times

“After four years, the singer returns with an album that is altogether different from anything she's ever done before. Having already attempted to break herself from the expected mold via 2003's covers album Coverage, Moore took her time to create what is easily the best work of her career with Wild Hope.”
- Absolutepunk.net

“On Wild Hope Moore leaves behind the synthesizer-laden songs about crushes and teenage lust that made up the majority of her pop music career….The album is a mature musical makeover.”
-Amy Farnsworth, Boston Globe

“Her new CD, the aptly titled Wild Hope, is a determinedly adult singer/songwriter record: strummy guitars, melancholic keyboards, gently rocking Americana drums, intense lyrics about breaking up and standing on your own two solid, womanly feet. It's well-played, well-meaning, fair-trade-only-coffeehouse music and just about as far away as Moore can get from the bubblegum that made her famous.”
-Meredith Kahn Rollins, Blender

“With [Wild] Hope, Moore is aiming to raise the stakes. The album, a collection of spare, sweetly pensive folk-pop songs produced by John Alagia, marks Moore's debut as a songwriter.”
- Elysa Gardner, USA Today

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