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Emotional Rollercoaster
Studio album by Maria Lawson
Released	Spring 2010 (TBA)
Recorded	2007—2009
Genre	R&B, Soul, Rock
Label	Metamorphis Music Ltd / Universal
Producer	Brian Rawling
Maria Lawson chronology
Maria Lawson (2006) Emotional Rollercoaster (2010)
Singles from Emotional Rollercoaster
"Breaking Me Down" Released: September 8, 2008 "These Walls" Released: TBA

Emotional Rollercoaster is the second album by British singer Maria Lawson, set for release sometime in 2010. ^[1]

On Lawson's latest Christmas blog, she stated that her forthcoming album, Emotional Rollercoaster will be released through Metamorphis Music and distributed through Universal.

Due to Lawson's current appearance in the musical Thriller - Live, the album has been once again pushed for a later release date. ^[2]

Background

Her new studio album ‘Emotional Rollercoaster’ is said to be her best work yet. It has been produced by Brian Rawling who has worked with the likes of Tina Turner, one of Maria's Idols. This album is said to have taken her down a route which is more organic; more live, more edgy and more intimate and sounds like Tina Turner meets Whitney. ^[3]

The first single, "Breaking Me Down" is written by Michelle Escoffery, Steve Lewinson, Pete Lewinson and Maria herself. It was released in early September.

On May 22, 2008, a blog was posted on her MySpace page, confirming that her new album was finished and that it would be coming soon. It was on June 27, 2008, on her Myspace page, that she revealed the official album title. The album was recorded while Maria was pregnant. She has said that this helped her put more emotion into the tracks and made her vocals stronger.

Several clips of possible future tracks on 'Emotional Rollercoaster' can be heard at present on her official website.

The second single is expected to be either the track "In The Middle Of The Night" or "These Walls". Both tracks are written by Shridhar Solanki, Ali Tennant and Guz Lally. ^[4]

Album Promotion

Maria performed her brand new single "Breaking Me Down" and songs from the new album 'Emotional Rollercoaster' at Party in the Park, Temple Newsham, Leeds on Sunday 27 July.

Maria undertook a radio and TV tour across the UK throughout August 2008.

Confirmed tracks

• "Breaking Me Down" (Maria Lawson, Michelle Escoffery, Steve Lewinson, Pete Lewinson) - 3:35
• "These Walls" (Ali Tennant, Shridhar Solanki, Guz Lally) - 3:00
• "In The Middle Of The Night" (Ali Tennant, Shridhar Solanki, Guz Lally) - 3:54
• "Turn You Loose" (Maria Lawson, Wayne C McDonald, David Nicolson) - 3:09
• "I Wanna Say Yes" (Maria Lawson, David Brant) - 3:04
• "Stronger" (Diane Warren) ^[5]
• "Emotional Rollercoaster" (Maria Lawson)

Possible tracks

• Lover's Kiss - This was supposed to be the followup to her top 20 single 'Sleepwalking' but failed to be released after she was discontinued by Sony BMG. The song was originally written for Tina Turner and was produced by Brian Rawlings. It is expected to be included on her second record Emotional Rollercoaster.
• He Will Be Loved - A Cover of the Maroon 5 hit She Will Be Loved. Originally scheduled to perform live whilst Maria's run on The X Factor.

Charts

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