''Pretty Little Head'' is the second album by singer

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. It was released October 31, 2006, on Nellie's own Hungry Mouse label. It features duets with

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("Beecharmer") and k.d. lang ("We Had It Right"). Other songs include "Columbia Is Bleeding", "Cupcake" ("...about gay marriage..."), and "The Big One" ("...about a tenant's rights activist..."). ''Pretty Little Head'' was originally set to be released October 18, 2005. The release date was subsequently delayed until December 27, 2005 and finally January 3, 2006. However, McKay announced on December 19, 2005, that she had left Columbia/Sony Records after a dispute over the length of the upcoming album. Just over two weeks following this announcement, a ''

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'' article surfaced stating McKay said she had been dropped by Columbia Records. The album was being marketed and manufactured on the

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label until the label's bankruptcy in 2007. ''Pretty Little Head'' is now being distributed by Sony in its original, 23-track 2-CD version, effectively bringing the album back to Columbia.

Track listing

Columbia's version

#"Cupcake" (4:44) #"Pink Chandelier" (1:38) #"There You Are in Me" (2:46) #"The Big One" (4:02) #"G.E.S." (1:42) #"I Will Be There" (2:55) #"The Down Low" (3:36) #"Long & Lazy River" (3:47) #"Beecharmer" featuring

(4:02) #"Real Life" (2:49) #"I Am Nothing" (1:47) #"we had it right" featuring k.d. lang (2:20) #"Columbia Is Bleeding" (3:41) #"GLADD" (3:06) #"Happy Flower" (2:27) #"Tipperary" (2:56)

spinArt/Hungry Mouse version

Disc One #"Cupcake" (4:44) #"Pink Chandelier" (1:38) #"There You Are in Me" (2:46) #"Yodel" (1:36) #"The Big One" (4:02) #"G.E.S." (1:42) #"I Will Be There" (2:55) #"The Down Low" (3:36) #"Long & Lazy River" (3:47) #"I Am Nothing" (1:47) #"Beecharmer" featuring

(4:02) #"Swept Away" (1:53) Disc Two #"Real Life" (2:49) #"Tipperary" (2:56) #"Gladd" (3:06) #"Food" (3:00) #"We Had It Right" featuring k.d. lang (2:20) #"Columbia Is Bleeding" (3:41) #"Lali Est Paresseux" (2:33) #"Happy Flower" (2:27) #"Mama & Me" (4:11) #"Pounce" (0:56) #"Old Enough" (1:45)

Charts

References

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