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Pretty Little Head
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Studio album by Nellie McKay
Released October 31, 2006
Recorded 2005
Genre Singer-Songwriter, Pop, Rock
Label Sony/Hungry Mouse
Producer Robin Pappas/Nellie McKay
Professional reviews
Nellie McKay chronology
Get Away from Me
(2004)		Pretty Little Head
(2006)		Obligatory Villagers
(2007)


Pretty Little Head is the second album by singer Nellie McKay. It was released October 31, 2006, on Nellie's own Hungry Mouse label. Initial reports indicated that the album would be released on the Internet in January, with a possible conventional release in February; however, this did not end up being the case. Speculation existed that the album's release would be timed to coincide with the start of The Threepenny Opera which McKay began starring in on Broadway in April, but this did not take place either.

It features duets with Cyndi Lauper ("Beecharmer") and k.d. lang ("We Had It Right"). Other songs include "Columbia Is Bleeding", "Cupcake" ("...about gay marriage..."), and "The Big One" ("...about a tenant's rights activist...").

Pretty Little Head was originally set to be released October 18, 2005. The release date was subsequently delayed until December 27, 2005 and finally January 3, 2006.

However, McKay announced on December 19, 2005, that she had left Columbia/Sony Records after a dispute over the length of the upcoming album.[1] Just over two weeks following this announcement, a New York Times article surfaced stating McKay said she had been dropped by Columbia Records.[2]

The album was being marketed and manufactured on the SpinArt Records label until the label's bankruptcy in 2007. Pretty Little Head is now being distributed by Sony in its original, 23-track 2-CD version, effectively bringing the album back to Columbia. The album packaging is the same as the SpinART version.

Track listing

Columbia's version

  1. "Cupcake" (4:44)
  2. "Pink Chandelier" (1:38)
  3. "There You Are in Me" (2:46)
  4. "The Big One" (4:02)
  5. "G.E.S." (1:42)
  6. "I Will Be There" (2:55)
  7. "The Down Low" (3:36)
  8. "Long & Lazy River" (3:47)
  9. "Beecharmer" featuring Cyndi Lauper (4:02)
  10. "Real Life" (2:49)
  11. "I Am Nothing" (1:47)
  12. "we had it right" featuring k.d. lang (2:20)
  13. "Columbia Is Bleeding" (3:41)
  14. "GLADD" (3:06)
  15. "Happy Flower" (2:27)
  16. "Tipperary" (2:56)
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Columbia's version

spinArt/Hungry Mouse version

Disc One
  1. "Cupcake" (4:44)
  2. "Pink Chandelier" (1:38)
  3. "There You Are in Me" (2:46)
  4. "Yodel" (1:36)
  5. "The Big One" (4:02)
  6. "G.E.S." (1:42)
  7. "I Will Be There" (2:55)
  8. "The Down Low" (3:36)
  9. "Long & Lazy River" (3:47)
  10. "I Am Nothing" (1:47)
  11. "Beecharmer" featuring Cyndi Lauper (4:02)
  12. "Swept Away" (1:53)


Disc Two
  1. "Real Life" (2:49)
  2. "Tipperary" (2:56)
  3. "GLADD" (3:06)
  4. "Food" (3:00)
  5. "we had it right" featuring k.d. lang (2:20)
  6. "Columbia Is Bleeding" (3:41)
  7. "Lali Est Paresseux" (2:33)
  8. "Happy Flower" (2:27)
  9. "Mama & Me" (4:11)
  10. "Pounce" (0:56)
  11. "Old Enough" (1:45)

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Billboard Heatseeker Chart10
Billboard Independent Album Chart24
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