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NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Singer/songwriter Nellie McKay has been dropped by Columbia Records and her sophomore album -- due in stores Tuesday -- is now in limbo.
The London native now living in New York told the New York Times she had been sparring with her former label about the length of "Pretty Little Head" and its final song selection.
The final outcome "had more to do with my personality" than with the album itself, she told the Times.
McKay, 21, and Columbia were at loggerheads over a 23-song, 65-minute version of the album she wanted and Columbia's 16-song, 48-minute version.
The longer version is not unprecedented -- McKay's critically-hailed 2004 "Get Away From Me," has been called the first double-disc set ever released by a debut artist, the Times noted.
"Pretty Little Head" had already been provided to the media and received rave reviews, the Times said.
McKay said she is trying to buy back the rights to her 23 "lost" songs and admitted having mixed feelings about her split from Columbia.
"I think for both sides, it's liberating," she said. "You have no idea how much of a pain I can be."
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