Broken Ones (EP)
album by Jacquie Lee
Broken Ones is the debut extended play recorded by American singer and runner-up of the fifth season of The Voice Jacquie Lee. It was released through Atlantic Records and 300 Entertainment on October 21, 2014. A cover of Cyndi Lauper's 1983 hit, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is included along with four original songs co-written by popular songwriters such as Sia and Andreas Carlsson. The EP failed to reach the Billboard 200, but did peak at 193 on the Top Current Albums component chart.
Singles
The title track, "Broken Ones", was released to digital retailers as the lead single and Lee's debut post-Voice release on May 13, 2014. It entered the Pop Digital Songs sales chart at 36. The song was serviced to hot adult contemporary radio through 300 Entertainment on June 16, 2014.
"Tears Fall" was first released digitally on October 7, 2014, as a promotional single in support of pre-orders. It was later selected as the second official single and was scheduled to impact adult and pop radio on February 23, 2015, but its release was delayed and the song instead impacted on March 9, 2015.
Critical reception
Jason Scott of PopDust rated the EP four stars out of five and praised Lee's "uncanny maturity" on the record.
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