A Girl Like Me (Emma Bunton album)

Infobox Album
Name = A Girl Like Me
Type = studio
Artist = Emma Bunton


Released = Start date|2001|4|16|df=yes
(see release history)
Recorded = Biffco Studios
(Dublin, Ireland)
Rokstone Studios
(London, England)
The Loft Recording Studios
(Bronxville, New York, United States)
Olympic Studios
(London, England)
Boundary Row Studios
(London, England)
Sound Galley Studios
(Los Angeles, California, United States)
Sarm West Studios
(London, England)
Genre = Pop, soft rock, acoustic, adult contemporary
Length = 43:40
Label = Virgin
Producer = Richard "Biff" Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Steve Mac, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Andrew Frampton, Tin Tin Out, Rhett Lawrence
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kmnyxdkb4olk link]
This album = "A Girl Like Me"
(2001)
Next album = "Free Me"
(2004)
Misc = Singles
Name = A Girl Like Me
Type = studio
single 1 = What Took You So Long?
single 1 date = 2 April 2001
single 2 = Take My Breath Away
single 2 date = 27 August 2001
single 3 = We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight
single 3 date = 10 December 2001

"A Girl Like Me" is the debut solo album by English pop singer Emma Bunton, released on 16 April 2001 in the United Kingdom (see 2001 in music) on Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, with 21,500 copies sold in its first week—the highest album debut from a solo Spice Girl. Although initial success was promising, "A Girl Like Me" fell down the chart quickly. However, singles "What Took You So Long?", "Take My Breath Away", and "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" helped the album stay on the UK Albums Chart for several weeks. "A Girl Like Me" sold around 125,000 copies in the United Kingdom, becoming the one hundred and forty-seventh best-selling album of 2001 there. It also sold 200,000 copies worldwide. Lacklustre sales may be partially explained by the fact that the album was not released in Latin America (except in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile) and North America. Although only having a poor peak in the ARIA charts it managed to certify Gold [http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue591.PDF]

Track listing

#"What Took You So Long?" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis, Dave Morgan) – 3:59
#"Take My Breath Away" (Bunton, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector) – 3:34
#"A World Without You" (Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 4:53
#"High on Love" (Bunton, Stannard, Gallagher, Harrington, Ash Howes, Sharon Murphy) – 3:49
#"A Girl Like Me" (Bunton, Rogers, Sturken) – 4:01
#"Spell It O.U.T." (Bunton, Andrew Frampton, Chris Braide) – 3:12
#"Sunshine on a Rainy Day" (Martin Glover, Zoë) – 4:17
#"Been There, Done That" (Bunton, Frampton, Chris Braide) – 3:05
#"Better Be Careful" (Bunton, Stannard, Gallagher, Harrington, Howes) – 3:19
#"We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" (Bunton, Rhett Lawrence) – 3:23
#"She Was a Friend of Mine" (Bunton, Rogers, Sturken) – 3:34
#"What I Am" (Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton) (Kenny Withrow, Edie Brickell) – 4:34

Personnel

Musicians

*Emma Bunton – vocals
*RL – guitar
*Ramon Stagnaro – guitar
*StoneBridge – keyboards

Production

*Tom Bender – mix assistant
*Stefan Boman – string engineer
*Jason Bonilla – recording engineer
*Chris Braide – arranger
*Will Catterson – recording engineer
*Dylan "3D" Dresdow – mixing
*Matt Fields – mix assistant
*Andrew Frampton – producer, arranger, string arrangements
*Daniel Frampton – engineer
*Ulf Forsberg – string concertmaster
*Julian Gallagher – producer
*Brad Gilderman – mixing
*Mick Guzauski – mixing
*Simon Hale – string arrangements, brass arrangements
*Al Hemberger – engineer
*Ash Howes – engineer, mixing, programming
*Nick Ingman – string arrangements
*Henrik Janson – string arrangements, string conductor
*Ulf Janson – string arrangements, string conductor
*Lawrence Johnson – vocal arrangement
*Jan "Stan" Kybert – mix engineer, Pro Tools operator
*Rhett Lawrence – producer, arranger, programming
*Chris Laws – engineer
*Evan Lloyd – assistant engineer
*Steve Mac – producer, arranger, mixing
*Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing
*Steve Price – string engineer
*Evan Rogers – producer
*RL – recording engineer, mixing
*Richard "Biff" Stannard – producer
*Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
*StoneBridge – engineer, mixing
*Carl Sturken – producer
*Alvin Sweeney – engineer, Pro Tools operator
*Tin Tin Out – producer, mixing

Charts

Release history

References