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Track-listing: 1. Sshhh! (Intro) 2. Black Coffee/Brown Sugar 3. Broken Wings (For Chet) 4. Don't Stop til You Get Enough 5. Thinking You Over 6. The Weekday Sun 7. Rising Up? 8. Shadows of Love (Love for Sale) 9. You're My Alter Ego/Nothing Else Matters 10. Still 11. Blackheart Blues 12. As I Sing
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Album Description: "No More Mondays" (Australian Release - 7th March 2005)

"No More Mondays" is the outstanding debut album of Australian singer-songwriter and ex-lawyer, Melissa Forbes. Self-produced, recorded in just three days, and released on Melissa's own independent record label, Kitten Kong Records, "No More Mondays" is an album which ambitiously and successfully fuses a range of genres including jazz, soul, r&b, pop, blues & folk. It includes original songs, standards & jazzified takes on popular tunes (e.g. D'Angelo, Michael Jackson, Metallica). On "No More Mondays" Melissa seamlessly integrates her conservatorium jazz training with adult contemporary grooves, producing an album of diverse and refreshingly different tracks. Eight of Melissa's own songs are featured on the album and each reflects a different aspect of Melissa's broad range of musical influences and tastes. Released independently in Australia in 2005, and spending three months in the Top 10 of the Australian Independent Jazz Chart (www.air.org.au), "No More Mondays" is available internationally via CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com) and iTunes (www.itunes.com).

Album Credits

* All music written by Melissa Forbes except 1, 2, 4 & 9

* Produced by Melissa Forbes with Ben Stewart (Brisbane, Australia, 2004)

* Recorded at Jumpstart Studios over three days: 20/9/04, 16/10/04, 27/11/04

* Engineered by Ben Stewart

* Mastered by Dave Neil at Jumpstart Studios

* Photography by Mark Turner

* Kitten Kong Logo & CD artwork by Melanie Lord

* Australian Record Label (Independent): Kitten Kong Records

* Australian Distributor (Independent): MRA Entertainment

* Year of Release (Australia): 2005

Musicians

* Melissa Forbes (vocals, synth)

* Mark Turner (guitar and bass guitar)

* Steve Newcomb (piano and keys)

* John Hoffman (trumpet)

* Myka Wallace (drums)

* Tanja Hafenstein (percussion)

* Dave McGuire (guitar)

* Paula Newcomb (violin)

* Ben Stewart (synth, vocals)