“Georgia Peaches” – Lauren Alaina – New Song Preview!

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Lauren Alaina’s been hard at work recording her debut album for 19/Mercury Nashville/Interscope and we can confirm one of the songs that she has recorded for the album! Check out the title, credits, and a performance of the song by one of its cowriters after the jump!

Fittingly enough, the song Lauren recorded is called “Georgia Peaches.”

The song is cowritten by Blair Daly, Mallary Hope, and Rachel Proctor. Blair Daly is a mostly country/pop songwriter who has cowritten songs for and with country/pop chanteuses LeAnn Rimes and Katie Armiger. He also cowrote the title track of David Archuleta’s sophomore album: “The Other Side Of Down”. Mallary Hope is a fellow Universal Nashville singer/songwriter signed to MCA Records who has released the singles “Love Lives On” and “Blossom In The Dust”. Rachel Proctor is a country/pop singer/songwriter who is best known for her own top 20 country single “Me & Emily” and for cowriting Martina McBride’s “Where Would You Be.” She has also cowritten another album cut for Martina (“Everybody Does”) as well as the 2 songs from Kristy Lee Cook’s debut album (“Why Wait” and “Homesick”). Rachel Proctor tweeted Lauren this message:

@Lauren_Alaina your video is beautiful. Can’t wait to hear you sing Georgia Peaches ;)

Check out videos of cowriter Mallary Hope performing the sassy song, which namechecks fellow Georgia natives Jason Aldean and Alan Jackson:

P.S. I’ve been working on a new Idols Gone Country but this rated its own separate post. If you have news/tips you think belong there, please tweet me @windmillsmusic. Thanks!

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  • falafel

    I thinks she’s an excellent songwriter and a talented singer, but something about the tone of her voice leaves me cold. It’s a nice voice, but every time I listen to a song from her (which, to be fair, is a grand total of four times), I keep thinking how much better it would sound if Martina McBride were singing it. I think her voice lacks richness or something, I don’t know. I can see why she hasn’t broken through yet, though.

    It is, however, very unfair that she’s not getting more work as a songwriter. That Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson are bigger than she is is a crime against music.

  • BonnieDee

    This is perfect for Lauren. I hope they do such a great job matching her to all her other songs. This is going to be awesome.

  • windmills

    falafel: If you look at the country artists successfully crossing over right now, most of them don’t have twangy voices or can turn off the drawl..

    I tend to agree with that lately, excepting Jason Aldean though he had Kelly to do the crossover work for him. Kimberly Perry turned off her drawl for If I Die Young and they did that crappy remix anyway, and Hillary Scott’s started poppifying her voice after Lady A’s debut album.

    falafel: I’m not sure Lauren can. I haven’t watched every performance of hers, so I’m willing to be persuaded otherwise, but something about her voice sounds very “country” to me

    I thought Lauren’s audition with Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing sounded very Kelly Clarkson soulful/pop/rock so I do think she can emphasize the soulful/pop and de-countrify her voice pretty effortlessly. But I’d rather she not do that for most of her debut album.

    falafel: It’s a nice voice, but every time I listen to a song from her (which, to be fair, is a grand total of four times), I keep thinking how much better it would sound if Martina McBride were singing it.

    Actually ITA. Martina’s influence on Mallary’s really obvious in Mallary’s singles but the problem is it’s really hard to compete with Martina’s tone and Mallary doesn’t have her vocal power either. But there’s no shame in that and it doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a good voice. I see no reason she shouldn’t have at least made t20 with Blossom In The Dust especially when I look at some of the guys who’ve gotten there.

    falafel: It is, however, very unfair that she’s not getting more work as a songwriter.

    Ditto for Rachel Proctor who’s another cowriter on this song. I’m pretty sure they were both at a songwriting retreat for Carrie’s 4th album in April but they haven’t cowritten with her yet as far as I know. Kacey Musgraves and Sarah Buxton also need more chances too though they’ve had some high profile people record their work.

    lizbeth2827: I remember Carrie Underwood mentioning about all the really good singers she knows who are writing songs–but don’t get the right breaks (or something like that)

    That’s right. Carrie said she knows some songwriters who’ve tried to make it as artists and she wonders how they’re not kicking everybody’s butts but things haven’t fallen their way. I’ve always thought Hillary Lindsey is a Grade A example of that but there are unfortunately many more examples especially on the female side.

    Tera2: I actually agree with you that Like My Mother Does is not a great song (and it’s a worse recording, thanks Tricky!). I’m not saying Georgia Peaches is an amazing song but what I like about it is it suits Lauren musically and lyrically. Lauren needs songs that’ll emphasize the soulfulness of her voice and this does that. That gives me hope the label’s been looking for the right style of songs for her. I don’t think they should be going for country/rock style songs because I don’t think Lauren’s ready for those yet vocally or as a performer. But soulful/sassy/flirty stuff she’ll do just fine on. IMO Mercury needs to aim for somewhere between Kellie Pickler’s debut album and Sugarland’s 1st couple of albums in terms of the style for Lauren, not where Carrie and Miranda are.

  • Tera2

    windmills: Oh I think Lauren should show her sassy soulful-pop-country vibe, not country-rock. I like that she has a soulful tone too. I was using those songs by Carrie Underwood and KT Tunstall as examples of songs that anyone can like even if they aren’t into that particular genre. What’s important is picking good songs with good melody, and Carrie has done well with that. Lauren has potential to appeal to more than country fans like Carrie – and there is barely a country twang when she sings.

  • Lucy1234

    I agree that Lauren could easily de-countrify her voice and would sound great but I don’t want her to do too much of that because I love the twang in Lauren’s voice and the beautiful tone. Lauren has so much character to her voice that I don’t want her to lose that by trying to sound too pop. I’m excited to hear her sing Georgia Peaches. As others have said, I think it is right in Lauren lane.

  • happyhexer

    I think Lauren’s already proven that she’s a versatile singer who can emphasize either the twang/drawl end of the spectrum, or the soulful pop end. And I’m okay with either, or, better yet, both.

    I think “Georgia Peaches” is right in Lauren’s wheelhouse, and I will be interested to see what she does with this song.

    Re Mallary Hope: I love her song “Love Lives On.” Google it if you haven’t heard it. Her vocals are stellar on it. However, I wonder if she’s an artist that maybe doesn’t come across as well live as she does recorded? I agree her voice doesn’t sound special on the two videos posted above (although the second one sounds better than the first). Mallary is a talented songwriter, though. She cowrote one of the songs that is going to be on Danny’s next album, and it sounds great!

    Personally, I like Mallary’s voice and would like to see her succeed. But if she can’t, I hope she continues as a songwriter, and that her songs fall into the right artists’ hands.

    I don’t like Sarah Buxton’s voice, but she also is a talented songwriter. I’ve heard of Rachel Proctor, but I’m not sure I’ve heard her sing, though.

  • steph6449

    I can see this song working for Lauren, although I don’t totally love it.

    Mallary has a pretty strong voice in person, I’ve seen her live a couple of times. One was really sweet as it was the first time she had performed in an arena scale venue. (And this was well after her EP had been released, I think.) We take a lot for granted on that with the AI grads who have the big stage / big audience experience of the AI Tour.

    If I have a criticism, it’s that her voice gets a little shrill in the upper range when she’s singing with power, and as a live performer she can be prone to chatter on and on during her set for long periods of time. But she’s very charming so you tend not to mind too much, lol. I like the songs on her EP, especially Love Lives On. A couple of them are still available on iTunes (anyone interested can use mj’s link to check them out).

    Sort of fun for Mallary that she may have songs going on both Lauren and Danny’s albums.

  • happyhexer

    Someone upthread mentioned production. When I listened to “Georgia Peaches,” I was thinking of what Lauren could do with it with her voice, and also how the song would sound with different styles of production. I continue to think this song is a good fit for Lauren.

  • happyhexer

    Mallary has a pretty strong voice in person, I’ve seen her live a couple of times.

    Maybe it’s the recording quality of the videos above? I know that Mallary’s voice on “Love Lives On” gives me the chills every time I hear it.

  • Ratna12

    Thanks 1wildegirl and falafel,
    The next 4 months will be crazy with so many idols releasing albums and I hope that Lauren’s will be a good one and won’t get buried among the others.

  • falafel

    I think I missed Lauren singing Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing; I’ll have to check it out.

    I see no reason she shouldn’t have at least made t20 with Blossom In The Dust especially when I look at some of the guys who’ve gotten there.

    I agree with that. Unfortunately, it seems that women are held to a much higher standard by radio. One has to be both exceptionally talented and unique vocally (or be Taylor Swift) and have almost universal appeal in order to make it, and even then it’s not a guarantee that it will happen. That combination is so rare that’s it’s more amazing to me when a woman manages to bust through.

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