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ARTIST: Ashlee Simpson

LABEL: Geffen Records

RIPPER: Team RNS

232kbps avg - Pop
0hr 43min total- 76.5mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-07-20
RIP DATE: 2004-07-19

02 Pieces Of Me                   3:39

05 Love Makes The World Go Round  3:45

07 Love Me For Me                 3:29

10 Nothing New                    3:08
11 Giving It All Away             2:58

"I'm a simple girl in a complex world,"
sings 19-year-old Ashlee Simpson on a
track aptly titled "Autobiography" from
her debut Geffen Records album Pieces of
Me. But that doesn't begin to sum up
this multi-talented performer's
accomplishments at her tender age.

With a regular role as Cecilia in WB's
hit TV Seventh Heaven , the upcoming
Ashlee reality series on MTV and debut
album bowing in July, Ashlee is about to
emerge from the shadows.

"I've always been obsessed with music,"
says Ashlee, who adds that her tastes
- along with her album - are not at all
like older sister Jessica's. "We're into
totally different bands and artists.     "

Produced by John Shanks (Michelle
Branch, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge,
Alanis Morrissette, Unwritten Law), the
new album has elements of rock, punk,
and pop, recalling Ashlee's own
favorite bands - ranging from Janis
Joplin and Steve Nicks to Pat Benatar,
the Pretenders and Blondie through Fiona
Apple, Hole and Green Day.

Ashlee co-wrote every song on the
album. "I just wanted to go in and make
a record and not worry about what genre it
would be," she says. "I went in to have
a good time and did. It's a rock
record, with a cool edge to it. It's
the first time people are getting to
hear what I sound like."

The first single, "Pieces of Me," is a
full-throttle rocker about a best
friend who brings comfort at the end of
a long, stressful day of work. "It's like
a sigh," she says. "When I finally see
him, all the other dramas fade away."

"Autobiography" plays around with her
public image, daring those who want to
know her to walk up and "baby just ask
me." The tongue-in-cheek rave-up "La La"
is about sexual fantasies, with Ashlee
role-playing as an alley cat and a
French maid, but all in fun. "There's a
lot of sarcasm in that song," she says.
"It's something every girl thinks
about, so I decided to make a joke
about it. It's one of the songs you can
dance around to."

The Waco, TX-born Ashlee has been
dancing since she was three, and by 11,
she was the youngest person ever
admitted into the prestigious School of
American Ballet. She moved to L.A. with
her parents and Jessica when she was
14, pursuing an acting career and
dancing in her sister's stage show, but
dreaming of doing music all the while.

She went on to make appearances on
Malcolm in the Middle and The View
before landing a regular role in Seventh
Heaven. Last year, she had the track "Just
Let Me Cry" on Disney's Freaky Friday
soundtrack, and then began recording
earlier this year on breaks from
filming the TV show.

"I've been working on the album for five "
months now, and I'm just so excited for
it to come out," she says. "I feel like
it's very true to who I am. I was there
every step of the way. My acting
experience really helped me get into the
characters of the songs and be in the
moment with them. I was able to go
back to the events I'm singing about
and bring them to life."

Coinciding with the release of the new
album, Ashlee is also starring in her
own MTV reality series, which will track
her through the whole process.

"Jessica said she couldn't believe I
was doing a show also," she laughs.
"Now, when I come over, I bring over my
cameras, while there's always a crew
around her house. It's actually quite    "
funny. Jess taught me it's cool to be

With the album done, Ashlee looks back and
calls the experience "therapeutic."
"Anything I held on my shoulders, I got
to put it out there. It enabled me to
find out who I am, to discover my
identity in the world."

The world is set to learn all about the
latest multimedia Simpson star on both