Laura Warshauer (2008)

* Standart
* Advance

## Singles

1. *Sweet 17*
Released: September of 2008

**Laura Warshauer** is the first extended-play (EP) by singer-songwriter Gigi Rowe, released under her birth name. It was released on September 23, 2008 through Island Records, Fontana Records and Pink Chariot Music, being her first and currently only release on a major record label.

## Background

On September of 2008, it was announced that Gigi Rowe, under her real name Laura Warshauer, was signed to the record label Island Records which would release what was labeled as a self-titled album on September 23, 2008, along with Fontana Records and the self-made label Pink Chariot Music. The songs were written durring the sessions of her cancelled second studio album (billed as her debut album) **Such a Lovely Place**, which was planned to be released on 2009, but this never happend for unknown reasons. In 2009, in a interview, Rowe said what she learned about recording this EP.

*"I learned about feeling and being free to create and see where it takes me. The possibilities are limitless, and it is empowering to embrace that reality and run with it."*

The album, according to interviews and reviews articles, is an EP, this can be specially noticed on how the tracks uses the label "EP Version" on streaming services, which is only used for tracks in extended-plays released by Universal Music Group (owners of Island Records). However, the fact that it was promoted as an album instead of a EP leaves the actual type of release ambiguous.

On a unknown date before 2016, the EP was removed from streaming services for unknown reasons.

## Description

Most of the websites mentioning or selling the EP describe it as the following:

*The songs on Laura Warshauer's 2008 self-titled, debut album may seem filled with a sense of longing, regret and loss, an attempt to hold onto happy memories and let go of painful ones, but they are also shot through with an overriding hopeful spirit at their core. The 24-year-old native of the North Jersey town of Fair Haven has been writing songs since she was 14. She began hanging out at the now-defunct Sony Music Studios with Rich Keller (DMX, Lyfe Jennings) , who took the fledgling singer-songwriter under his wing after hearing her play and ended up producing her debut album. After an early acoustic indie release, Warshauer's major label bow includes such flourishes as her own electric guitar as well synthesizers, swelling strings and vocal choirs, but maintains its focus on a voice that evokes such story-tellers and lyricists as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks and Tori Amos.*
## Singles

According to various sources, "*Sweet 17*" was released as a single on September of 2008. A music video was released on October 7, 2008 and was later uploaded on December 20, 2009 on the LauraWarshauerVEVO account. Rowe performed the song at 90.5 KSJS, days before the release of the EP.

## Credits

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

* Aaron Gagnon - Audio Engineer, Assistant Engineer
* Alonzo Vargas - Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer
* Andy VanDette - Mastering
* Arden Altino - Keyboards, Main Personnel
* Dominic Gallucci - Guitar, Main Personnel
* Johnny Levine - Drums, Main Personnel
* Kenny Lloyd - Audio Engineer
* Laura Warshauer - Guitar, Performer, Primary Artist
* Rich Keller - Assembly, Audio Production, Bass Instrument, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Main Personnel, Mixing, Producer
* Shalik Berry - A&R
* TaVon Sampson - Art Direction, Design
* Travis Stefl - Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer

## Trivia

* This is the second release by Gigi Rowe named after her real name, preceeded by her 2003 album, and followed by her Album Sampler and her 2022 album.

## Gallery

Back coverBooklet (1/3)Booklet (2/3)Booklet (3/3)CD DesignBack cover of the Advance CDCredits of the Advance CDAdvance CD DesignBanner used on her old MySpace profile to promote the albumPromotional gif for both the album and the "Laura Warshauer Street Team"
## Videos

Laura Warshauer (2008 EP) -Media Five Entertainment Video-Promotional video from Media Five Entertainment website
## References

1. ↑ https://skopemag.com/2008/09/03/laura-warshauer-signs-with-island-audio-streams
2. ↑ https://www.sonicbids.com/band/laurawarshauer2/discography/
3. ↑ https://www.iconvsicon.com/2012/04/04/laura-warshauer-discusses-her-music-career-and-creative-evolution/
4. ↑ https://skopemag.com/2008/10/07/new-video-from-new-jersey-native-laura-warshauer
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2N7L5Fpow
6. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/laura-warshauer-2008-mw0000799635/credits