The more you are listening to this cd the better it gets - just great
author: Harald Reutin
This is one of the CDs in my collection which will have a special place. I can only give it 5 stars because it very good. And it gets better the more you listen to it. This one`s for real.
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Intimately Beautiful
author: Chris Thompson
Breathing Underwater is a great CD. Ali Handal has such an Angelic voice and puts her heart and soul into every song she's ever written, played, and sang. This CD shows Ali's more sensitive side after she showed the world that she could rock-out with her previous release, "Dirty Little Secret." Any music collection is incomplete without these two CD's. I give both "Breathing Underwater" and "Dirty Little Secret" 5 STARS! I love Ali's versatility -- the way she purrs through a sensitive ballad on her acoustic guitar, and then belts out a real rocker while making her Les Paul scream.
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A more sentimental side of this rockin' artist.
author: M. Marsted
Ali Handal has put together a beautiful group of songs written straight from the heart. She exhibits the outstanding guitar work on her first CD and has added a new depth to her lyrics and voice. These mostly sentimental pieces in this outstanding CD reveal the softer side of Ali.
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Ali Handal delivers a four-star performance
author: Greg Tutweiler, Singer Magazine
"I first met Ali in July 2002 when she played our first ever Indie Artist Showcase in Nashville. I was taken by the contrast of her stage performance with her soft-spoken, subtle nature off stage. maybe it's the line from the song "Soft in the Middle," from her new CD, "Breathing Underwater," that best describes Ali, "I don't act like a girl who you need to protect, 'cause I hang with the boys and I earn their respect."
It's been fun watching Ali mature as an artist when comparing this new CD with her debut, Dirty Little Secret. Ali Handal delivers a four-star performance with this new project. Her introspective lyrics elevated by her passion to sing, her vibrant vocals, and her exploration of the inner battle between fearless independence and the longing for companionship are what makes "Breathing Underwater" so captivating.
She lives out her self-ascribed pseudonym of "funky sexy guitar girl" through her music, but the true Ali lies behind the song, and bleeds through between the lines. She's a genuine musician with enough spirit to take her wherever she wants to go.
Listening to "Breathing Underwater," it's hard not to find yourself hiding out somewhere in one of her songs. My favorite cuts include "I Miss You," "You Mean That Much to Me," and the title track, "Breathing Underwater."
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