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Unbroken is the sophomore album from American Idol season five runner-up, Katharine McPhee. The album will be released on January 5, 2010 by Verve Forecast Records, her first album on the label.

After McPhee was dropped from RCA Records, she was signed to Verve Forecast Records, part of the Verve Music Group under Universal Music Group. Verve Music Group president/CEO Bruce Resnikoff told Billboard, "The album she is working on will show many new sides to her talents as an interpreter and a songwriter, and show everyone just how special she is."

For her debut album, McPhee co-wrote three songs. She has had much more involvement in the writing process of this album, with writing credits on six of the songs. 

After months of recording, the album process was completed on August 21. When asked to describe the album, McPhee has been quoted as saying that an "organic," "edgy," and more "adult" sound will be prominent on the album. 

Inspired by the new label and new album, McPhee traded in her long brunette hair for a short blonde do and made it part of the promotion for the album, with an exclusive "First Look" in People Magazine. 

Behind the scenes videos from recording at the Village have been posted on McPhee's MySpace. 

The album was set for release on October 6, 20009 but in September, it got pushed back to Jan 5, 2010 due to scheduling conflicts (McPhee confirmed the new date and explanation in a video on her website). Verve put out a press release on September 16 announcing the album and January release date. 

In November 2009, after the deluxe edition was canceled by Amazon.com, a Verve publicist confirmed to a fan forum that Verve had made a deal with Target for them to sell the deluxe edition exclusively.


Track listing

01. "It's Not Right" (Lucie Silvas/Gary Go)
02. "Had It All" (Kara DioGuardi/Mitch Allan/David Hodges)
03. "Keep Drivin'" (Katharine McPhee/Chris Tompkins/Rachael Yamagata)
04. "Last Letter" (Barry Dean/Luke Laird/Katharine McPhee)
05. "Surrender" (Katharine McPhee/Ingrid Michaelson/Marshall Altman)
06. "Terrified" (with Jason Reeves)" (Kara DioGuardi/Jason Reeves)
07. "How" (Lucie Silvas/Mike Busbee/Alexander James)
08. "Say Goodbye" (Troy Verges/Aimee Mayo/Chris Lindsey/Hillary Lindsey)
09. "Faultline" (Lucie Silvas/Shridhar Solanki/Rachel Thibodeau)
10. "Anybody's Heart" (Barry Dean/Luke Laird/Katharine McPhee)
11. "Lifetime" (Boots Ottestad/Katharine McPhee)
12. "Unbroken" (Paula Cole/Katharine McPhee)
13. "Brand New Key" (Melanie Safka)