- Comin' Atcha! (Cleopatra album)
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Comin' Atcha! Studio album by Cleopatra Released June 30, 1998
Recorded 1996 Genre Pop/R&B Length 47.08 Label WEA, Maverick Records Cleopatra chronology - Comin' Atcha!
(1998)Steppin' Out
(2000)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Entertainment Weekly (B+)[2] Comin' Atcha! is the debut album from British pop and R&B girl group Cleopatra, Released June 30, 1998 by WEA. The album was written by singer-songwriter Cleo who is also the lead singer of Cleopatra. Four singles were released from the album 3 top 5 hits "Cleopatra's Theme", "Life Ain't Easy" and "I Want You Back" and 1 top 30 A Touch of Love. It featured a cover of the Jackson 5 hit "I Want You Back" . The album was released worldwide and went Platinum. Comin' Atcha! was released digitally Dec 28 2004. The Comin' Atcha! album had a huge impact for Cleopatra's career leading to them being signed to Madonna's Maverick record label and selling over 300,000 copies of their debut in the U.S alone. In Canada the girls are known as Cleopatra ZYC as the name Cleopatra was already taken by an artist.
Contents
Writing
The album was written by lead singer Cleo who had written some of the songs as young as 9 years old. The album was recorded when Cleo was only 14 years old. When the original demos were recorded they were R&B, Soul records which were later remixed to pop songs. Cleo often wrote about personal experiences or issues she felt she needed to address. On the track "A Touch Of Love" Cleo goes into her whistle register hitting F#6.
Impact
Their debut single was "Cleopatra's Theme" entered the UK chart at #3 giving them their first Top 5 hit single.
The next two singles - "Life Ain't Easy", the Jackson 5 classic hit "I Want You Back" followed the same success heading into the Top 5, gaining the girls BRIT Awards and MOBO Awards nominations. They performed at the 1999 BRIT Awards alongside Steps, Tina Cousins, B*Witched and Billie Piper and were also nominated for 'Best British Newcomer'. Madonna signed Cleopatra in 1998 to her Maverick label and introduced them to the United States on Nickelodeon's 11th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, where they performed their U.S. debut single, "Cleopatra's Theme". This record was released shortly afterwards gaining them a #26 position on the Billboard chart, and #16 in the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. The video was a popular choice as it was #4 on the TRL Top 10 countdown. Their U.S debut album Comin' Atcha sold over 300,000 copies[3] and entered the US top 30 in July 1998. The group filmed a live show for a 60 minute Disney Channel special, "Cleopatra in Concert," where they performed their biggest hits aboard the Disney cruise ship the "Disney Magic."[4] The show also contained a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of the three sisters over a four-day Bahamas cruise.
Cleopatra were invited to support the Spice Girls on the UK leg of their sell out Spiceworld Tour playing to 150,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.[5] They were also invited to perform at the Vatican by request of Pope John Paul II,[6] backed by a 100-piece orchestra.[7] They sang "O Come All Ye Faithful".[8] The performance was later released on DVD as 'All-Star Christmas - From the Vatican (2004)'. They covered the Bee Gees song "I've Gotta Get a Message to You", renaming it "Gotta Get A Message To You", for the tribute album of the same name. They were also asked to record a cover of the disco song "Right Back Where We Started From" for An Extremely Goofy Movie by Disney.
Track listing
# Title Time 1 "Cleopatra's Theme" 4:09 2 "Life Ain't Easy" 3:20 3 "Don't Suffer In Silence" 3:56 4 "A Touch of Love" 5:08 5 "The Bird Song" 4:51 6 "Thinking About You" 4:08 7 "What You Gonna Do Boy" 5:01 8 "The World We Live In" 5:36 9 "Dying Rose" 3:42 10 "Two Timer" 4:35 11 "I Want You Back" 4:02 - Bonus tracks
Title Time "We Haven't Finished Yet (Japanese Bonus Track)" 4:16 "Bird Song (Live Version) (Japanese Bonus Track)" 4:59 Singles
- Cleopatra's Theme June 16, 1998
- Life Ain't Easy October 13, 1998
- I Want You Back
- Touch of Love February 8, 1999
Charts
Album – Billboard Year Chart Position 1998 The Billboard 200 109 1998 Heatseekers 2 Year Chart Position[10] 1998 UK 20 Year Single Chart Positions[9][10] US Hot 100 US R&B UK Singles 1998 Cleopatra's Theme 26 51 3 1998 Life Ain't Easy 81 - 4 1998 I Want You Back - - 4 1999 A Touch Of Love - - 24 Credits
- Cleo Higgins Lead Vocals, Arranger
- Yonah Higgins Backing Vocals
- Zainam Higgins Backing Vocals
- Christine Higgins Backing Vocals
- Shaun LaBelle Synthesizer, Bass, Drum Programming, Producer, Keyboards, Strings
- Steve Menzies Arranger
- Harry Morgan Percussion, Piano
- Dik Shopteau, Engineer
- Roger Troutman Talk Box
- Allee Willis Arranger
- Clem Clemson Guitar
- Brad Haehnel Engineer
- Ronnie Wilson Producer, Mixing
- Kenneth Hayes Arranger
- Niven Garland Engineer
- Reggie C. Young Horn
- Marcellus Fernandes Mixing, Mixing Engineer
- Errol Walters Executive Producer
- Milton Macdonald Guitar
- Paul Eastman Arranger
- Cziz Hall Arranger
- Sinclair Palmer Arranger
- Tim Scrafton Arranger
- Damien Mendis Multi Instruments, Mixing, Producer
- Sam Noel Programming, Remixing, Engineer
- Yvonne Sheldon Vocals
- Graeme Stewart Engineer
- Steve Christian Arranger
- Michael "Mickey D" Davis Executive Producer
- Amichi Agoua Bass Big Ears Strings, Synclavier Technician
- Stuart Bradbury Multi Instruments
- Kadria Thomas Vocals
- Tyndale Thomas Vocals
- Dennis Charles Producer, Mixing
- Barney Chase Remixing
- Brad Heshnel Engineer
- Dave Phillips Piano, Keyboards, Programming
- Kevin Armstrong Guitar
- David Barry Guitar
- Gary Bias Horn
- Ray Brown Horn
- Stephen Chase Mixing
- Renny Hill Engineer
- Andy Williams Vocals
- Maurice White Arranger
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ [1]
- ^ Inbaseline.com
- ^ News.bbc.co.uk
- ^ UK.music.yahoo.com
- ^ News.bbc.co.uk
- ^ Christiancinema.com
- ^ a b "Comin' Atcha! - Overview". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r352977. Retrieved 21st June, 2009.
- ^ a b "Chart Stats Cleopatra". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=8364. Retrieved 21st June, 2009.
Cleo Higgins · Zainam Higgins · Yonah Higgins · Albums Comin' Atcha! | Steppin' OutSingles "Cleopatra's Theme" | "Life Ain't Easy" | "I Want You Back" | "A Touch Of Love" | "Thank ABBA for the Music" | "Come And Get Me" | "U Got It" | "Yes This Party's Going Right"Television Related articles Categories:- 1998 albums
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