Breakthrough [Digipak]

Performer: Colbie Caillat
Artist: Jason Reeves
Engineer: Nolan Sipe; Ken Caillat; Ryan Freeland; Ghian Wright
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Audio Mixer: Michael Brauer. Photographers: Andrew Southam; Andre Canapari; Peter King ; Josh Newton; Jason Reeves. Colbie Caillat's breakthrough arrived before BREAKTHROUGH, when her debut COCO turned into a breezy surprise hit. BREAKTHROUGH isn't meant to catapult Caillat into a mainstream that already knows her, but to consolidate her success, so it's not entirely a surprise that the album bears evidence of her showbiz kid roots, a record that relies just a bit more on the studio than the song. It's a creation that's slicker and sleeker than the debut, but fortunately, it's not quite at the expense of Caillat's simple charms. The high-buff sheen on BREAKTHROUGH can mean that the songs glide down a little too smoothly, sliding down like a velvety pina colada, which is perhaps a bit too sophisticated after the everyday charms of COCO, and perhaps a little bit too polished for Colbie in general. Underneath all that gloss, Caillat remains a simple girl singing songs of love as light and crisp as a sugar cookie.

Billboard - "Like Colbie Caillat's 2007 debut album, COCO, her second album, BREAKTHROUGH, is warm and inviting..." Q (Magazine) (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Caillat's warm, knowing voice adds a certain cracked charm to the sweet 'Fallin' For You' and the lilting 'Begin Again'..."

Singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat hails from Southern California, and her mellow, sunny sound plays like an update of the classic California soft rock of the 1970s. (The fact that her father Ken Caillat produced Fleetwood Mac's RUMOURS and TUSK, and assisted on his daughter's debut, helps the association). In her mid-teens, Caillat began collaborating with Mikal Blue and Jason Reeves to develop her first songs, which she first posted on MySpace. The enormous popularity of Caillat's MySpace page led to a deal with Universal Republic, which released her debut COCO in 2007, and featured the smash hit "Bubbly." Her pepped up sound proved durable enough to make her a regular feature on the pop charts.

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