Here I Am (Marion Raven album)
| Here I Am | ||||
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| Studio album by Marion Raven | ||||
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     June 6, 2005    June 8, 2005  10 August 2005 |
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| Recorded | 2004-05 | |||
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Pop rock Modern rock Post-grunge Hard rock Alternative rock |
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| Length | 56:56 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer |
Max Martin Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald Rami |
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| ABCNYHETER.no |   |
| The New Paper online | |
| Melodic.Net |  |
| Play.com | |
Here I Am is the debut solo album by former M2M member, Marion Raven, released in mid-2005. Raven co-wrote all of the songs, with several well-known musicians. She played both acoustic and electric guitars as well as the piano and provided background vocals on a number of songs. The album showed her transition from her past M2M pop sound to a dark hard-rock sound. Her musical transition was well received by critics internationally.
The album debuted at No. 6 in her native Norway, and No. 1 in Japan and was highly successful in countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines. Raven went on a tour of Southeast Asian countries to promote the album in late 2005. However, lack of promotion on Atlantic Records part and delays in releasing the album in the U.S. prompted Raven to leave the music company.
The album was released in the United States in 2007, with a different track listing and title, Set Me Free, incorporating new and old songs, including an acoustic version of "Let Me Introduce Myself" and the re-recorded version of "Heads Will Roll," which preceded the album in October 2006, as part of the Heads Will Roll EP.
Raven talked about "13 Days" and other songs on Here I Am in an interview in 2005,
Japan and Scandinavia release track listing
The Japanese release also has a bonus DVD with 'Break You' and 'Here I Am' music videos.
Southeast Asia and Taiwan releases track listing
Bonus tracks and B-Sides:
Tracks that did not make it into the final cut of the album were,"Forgot His Name", "Brand New Me", "Disconnected", "Have Mercy", "Bittersweet" and "Gutter". Little is known about these songs, but a track called 'Get Over Me' leaked to the web in 2006.
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