Maia Sharp is a 2002 album by American singer-songwriter Maia Sharp

Maia Sharp

Maia Sharp is an American singer and songwriter. In addition to her solo career, she has written songs for and collaborated with several country and pop musicians including Cher, Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Edwin McCain, and Art Garfunkel.-Early life:...

. It was released on the Concord Jazz

Concord Jazz

Concord Jazz is a subsidiary of Concord Records, owned by Concord Music Group.-Dozens of albums:*Charlie Byrd*Ruby Braff*Dave McKenna*Marian McPartland*Rosemary Clooney*Scott Hamilton*Tito Puente*George Shearing*Gene Harris*Mel Tormé*Monty Alexander...

 label and produced by Sharp, her father Randy Sharp

Randy Sharp

Randy Sharp is a country songwriter who has written songs for Clay Walker, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, and the Dixie Chicks. He is also the father of Country singer-songwriter Maia Sharp. In 2002, Sharp released an album titled The Connection....

, and Mark Addison. Randy Sharp co-wrote the track "Crimes of the Witness".

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. gave the album four stars out of five. He praised the songs' "strong sense of melody" as well as the album's musical arrangements and lyrics. He cited the track "One Good Reason" as a highlight, calling it "achingly beautiful". He called the album as a whole "a fine batch of songs, [...] fresh and pleasing."

Track listing

1. "Crimes of the Witness" (Sharp, Sharp) — 3:15
2. "Willing to Burn" (December, James, Sharp) — 3:55
3. "Long Way Home" (Sharp) — 4:32
4. "Sinners" (Georges, Sharp) — 4:08
5. "Crooked Crown" (Batteau, Sharp) — 3:53
6. "Lightning" (Rose, Sharp) — 4:23
7. "One Good Reason" (Ashton, Sharp) — 4:00
8. "Happiness" (Robin, Sharp) — 3:36
9. "Understudies" (Mondlock, Sharp) — 3:43
10. "Your Own Justice" (Sharp) — 4:13
11. "You Can't Lose Them All" (Richey, Sharp, Thorn) — 3:44
12. "Ghosts" (Sharp, Sharp) — 0:52