''Hyperdramatic'' is the second studio album by Canadian singer

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, released in 2000 (see

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) on

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, four years after her debut album, '' Shadows Wake Me''. The album was produced by Dave Hodge. Doyle spent three years developing her songwriting skills and working on material for the album. Much of the material came from her personal journal entries that initially she had not intended to be lyrics. Mersereau, Bob (February 12, 2000). "Damhnait Doyle isn't 18 anymore: The Newfoundland singer is poised to make a comeback", ''

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''. In contrast to her previous album, in which she co-wrote most of the lyrics but not the music, on ''Hyperdramatic'' she co-wrote all of the music as well. Songwriting collaborators included the album's producer, Dave Hodge, as well as

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'''s album review called Doyle "moodier, more experienced, more focussed" compared to her first album, and said that "her voice soothes, slices, soars, all the while quaking with feeling."

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'' praised the title track as well as Doyle's "nicely sharp-edged voice", but said that on the whole the album is "hampered by generic songwriting and dutifully stylized overproduction that's trying hard not to sound equally generic." Similarly, a review in the ''

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'' called the album "beautiful but creatively boring". According to EMI, this album represented the first time a Canadian musician on a major label offered free

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of the album (for a limited time).Sperounes, Sandra (March 4, 2000). "Release me: Damhnait Doyle wins first prize", ''

'', p. C3.

Track listing

#"Maybe It's You" #"So Well" #"Hyperdramatic" #"Tattooed" #"Learn to Crawl" #"Lie to You" #"Never Too Late" #"Elusive Drug" #"(Because I) Love Myself" #"Sleep Past You" #"Maybe a Son"

References

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