Some people come and go without leaving a noticeable trace. You can hear plenty of them on the radio every day. Not Lisa Miller. She is a reminder that it's not always the first moment of a song and a singer that matters but what mark is left with you afterwards.
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
An episodic and miniature world of feelings and heartfelt experiences. Version Originale truly captures the heart of the country, the soul of suburbia and an individual persona of a singer-songwriter at the height of her craft.
RHYTHMS
With Version Originale Miller's magical ability to elevate a song above its existing parts is disarming. It goes beyond the quality of her voice, which sounds more pleasant than really remarkable - until you realise your pulse is slowing and there is a thread of dribble hanging off your lip. Like all the greatest singers, it is less about pitch and timbre than her ability to make you believe she's breathing and bleeding in there...
THE AGE EG FEATURE ALBUM 4.5 stars
Version Originale has the same addictive quality of everything touched by her gossamer throat strings; the same understated, apparently effortless senses of melody and craft, with, if possible, an even more affecting emotional directness.
ROLLING STONE 4 stars
Lisa Miller is proof that a great album by a great artist can still find an audience in Australia. Her distinctive, late-night voice and heartfelt, beautifully crafted songs have already had the reviewers struggling to do justice to its sublime power.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Lisa Miller has the kind of talent that, every now and then, stuns you to a wide-eyed gasp.
INPRESS
Version Originale is, simply, natural. It is pop music with finesse and heart and wonderful soul. It is as sensitive as it is beautifully executed. Space to breathe but not to drown... That Lisa Miller has succeeded admirably in making a record to treasure is undeniable. Version Originale is as good as, if not better, than any other Australian record released this year.
THE BRAG
Sometimes you can listen to an album and just tell that everything has fallen together in the right way; right time; right place; right people. Her vocal style is pure and ingenuous.
INPRESS
credits
released January 11, 2003
All songs written by Lisa Miller and published by Mushroom Music.
Produced by Lisa Miller & Shane O'Mara.
Recorded and mixed by Shane O'Mara at Yikesville in 2003.
Mastered by Don Bartley at Studios 301.
Singing and some strumming by Lisa Miller.
Tim Rogers sings on Track 1.
Shane O'Mara played all sorts of guitars: acoutic, electric, 12-string, nylon string, dobro, lap steel, E-bow, baritone and bass. He also played 'tron flutes and arranged the strings.
Peter Jones played drums, cymbals, shakers, triangles, bongos and Optigan loops.
Sam Lemann played acoustic guitar on 1 4 10 & 11
Royce Doherty sang backing vocals on 3 7 & 10
Garret Costigan played pedal steel on 1 3 6 7 10 & 11
Bill McDonald played electric bass on 1 2 3 7 & 9
Steve Hadley played double bass on 3 6 10 & 11, also electric bass on 3
Rosie Westbrook played bowed double bass on 3 & 9
Jen Anderson played violin, viola and ambient coughing on 5 6 & 8
Natalia Mann played the harp on 1 3 & 10
Michael Barker played congas on 3
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