Mandy Moore's Amanda Leigh

Available May 26

Moore's career thus far has not suffered from an excess of musical seriousness. To her credit, she knows it, and on Amanda Leigh the new Mrs. Ryan Adams makes a play for cred with an impeccably recorded album of mature songs Moore co-wrote with ex-Candy Butcher Mike Viola. The vibe is decidedly Stevie Nicks-ish, but Moore's admiration for singers of the '70s doesn't overwhelm the emergence (finally) of her vocal personality.

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