Shine is the debut album by British Classical Crossover singer-songwriter Mary-Jess Leaverland

Mary-Jess Leaverland

Mary-Jess Leaverland is a British singer who won Min Xing Chang Fan Tan , a Chinese televised talent competition, in December 2009.-Career:...

. The album follows her victory on Chinese television talent contest Min Xing Chang Fan Tan in December 2009. Leaverland described the album's sound as a "True hybrid between Classical

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 and Pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 with a filmic element and an Oriental thread."
The album's debut single, "Are You The Way Home?" was released on April 17, and was co-written by Leaverland herself & British singer-songwriter Helen Boulding

Helen Boulding

Helen Boulding is a London-based singer-songwriter originally from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. Her first album, New Red Dress, was released in February 2008.-Biography:...

. One week prior to the release of second single "Glorious", Leaverland released a four-track EP of the same name which featured both singles, Min Xing Chang Fan Tan winner's song "Yue Guang Ai Ren (A Love Before Time)" & album track "Stand As One". Third single "Heaven Is Empty" was released onto iTunes on the 29th of July. The album peaked 57 in the UK.

Track listing