Speak for Yourself

Imogen Heap wrote, played, produced, and engineered all of Speak for Yourself by herself, in her home, after her record label dropped her. She funded it on her own and put it out on her own label, which in 2005 was rare for a pop record this polished. The standout, Hide and Seek, is built entirely from her voice run through a vocoder, no other instruments at all, and it became famous after appearing on a hit TV show. The whole album is one woman and a computer making electronic pop with real warmth.