PCD (album)

For other uses, see PCD (disambiguation).

PCD
Studio album by Pussycat Dolls
Released	September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, R&B, hip hop
Label	A&M
Producer	Timbaland, Rich Harrison, Cee-Lo Green, Polow da Don, Sean Garrett, will.i.am, Ron Fair, Young Smoke, Siobhan Fahey, Andy Chatterley Kwamé, Robin Antin
Pussycat Dolls chronology
PCD (2005) Doll Domination (2008)
Singles from PCD
"Don't Cha" Released: April 26, 2005 "Stickwitu" Released: September 20, 2005 "Beep" Released: January 2006 "Buttons" Released: May 2, 2006 "I Don't Need a Man" Released: September 25, 2006 "Wait a Minute" Released: November 2006

PCD is the debut album by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, released on September 13, 2005 in the United States, by A&M Records. After recruiting Melody Thornton and Nicole Scherzinger and releasing two singles, they released this album. The majority of the album was produced by Ron Fair and Tal Herzberg with other producers contributing: Timbaland, Cee-Lo Green, will.i.am, and Rich Harrison, amongst others.

The album received mixed reviews from critics, who were particularly critical of the covers that made up the second half of the record. The album went top-ten in countries such as Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom and topped the Irish and New Zealand charts. In the United States the album peaked at number five, eventually selling over 2.9 million copies.^[1] Worldwide the album sold over 9 million copies.

The album spawned six singles. The first single was "Don't Cha" which was an international hit topping the charts around the globe. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single was "Stickwitu", it was also a hit reaching top-five in many countries thus it received their first Grammy nomination at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The fourth single was "Buttons", which they collaborated with Snoop Dogg upon its release. It peaked at number-three on the Hot 100 chart. Other singles include "Beep", "I Don't Need a Man", and "Wait a Minute" which gained moderate success.

It incorporates a mixture of contemporary pop/dance/R&B originals, jazz-influenced tracks, and cover versions. The group have cited among their influences Gwen Stefani, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul and M.I.A.. PCD is the only album to feature all six original members of the group. It has been ranked at number-one hundred fifty on the decade-end charts in Billboard.^[2]

Release and promotion

The album was released on September 13, 2005 in the US. On November 21, 2006 PCD was re-released with a double-disc retitled PCD Tour Edition (Explicit Version). The re-release includes 20 tracks, the standard edition's 10 tracks, an explicit version of "Don't Cha", a remix of "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)", a remix of "Stickwitu" featuring Avant, an edit of "Buttons" featuring Snoop Dog which was used during the release of the single, "Sway" from Shall We Dance? (2004 film), "Flirt" which was the b-side of "Buttons" and four ringtones.

Singles

"Don't Cha", which was the first single of the Pussycat Dolls, was released on April. It was a hit reaching number one in many countries including Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, while peaking at the Billboard Hot 100 at number two. The second single of the album was "Stickwitu". It was also a hit peaking at number one in the UK and Romania, and hitting top-three in Australia, Ireland and Norway. In the United States it peaked at number five and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals but lost to The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps". Their third single of the album was "Beep" featuring will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas. The song gained a moderate success in the United States peaking at number thirteen but was a hit in Oceania peaking at number one in New Zealand and at number three in Australia. "Buttons" was PCD's fourth single. Upon its release it had guests vocals from Snoop Dogg. It was a hit in Australia and New Zealand peaking at number one. In the United States it peaked at number three as it did in the United Kingdom. The fifth single was "I Don't Need a Man" which did not gain that much attention, peaking In the United States peaking at number ninety three. However, in Australia it was certified Gold and peaked at number six and it was top-twenty in Germany, France and Switzerland. The final single of the album was "Wait a Minute" featuring Timbaland, which peaked at number twenty-eight in the United States, sixteen in Australia and twenty-four in Canada. In Romania the song became a hit, peaking at number one and gaining massive airplay.

Tours

Main articles: PCD World Tour, Honda Civic Tour, and Back to Basics Tour

On November 2006, the Pussycat Dolls embarked their first headlining tour called PCD World Tour. Rihanna was touring with them on the UK leg as an opening act.^[3] On February 4, 2007, when the Pussycat Dolls performed at the Manchester Evening News Arena, the concert was recorded and later streamed via MSN Music.

Apart from having their own tour the Pussycat Dolls acted as an opening act for two artists: The Black Eyed Peas, which they opened for their Honda Civic Tour which toured North America^[4] and supported Christina Aguilera for her Back to Basics Tour along with Danity Kane.^[5]

Track listing

Standard[6]
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes)	Thomas Callaway, Anthony Ray, Trevor Smith	4:32
2.	"Beep" (featuring will.i.am)	William Adams, Kara DioGuardi, Jeff Lynne	3:48
3.	"Wait a Minute" (featuring Timbaland)	Timothy Mosley, Keri Hilson	3:41
4.	"Stickwitu"	Frannie Golde, Kasia Livingston, Robert D. Palmer	3:26
5.	"Buttons"	Sean Garrett, Jamal Jones, Jason Perry, Nicole Scherzinger	3:45
6.	"I Don't Need a Man"	Rich Harrison, Scherzinger, DioGuardi, Vanessa Brown	3:39
7.	"Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)"	Peter Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Siobhan Fahey	3:46
8.	"How Many Times, How Many Lies"	Diane Warren	3:55
9.	"Bite the Dust"	Hilson, Kwamé Holland	3:32
10.	"Right Now"	Herbie Mann, Carl Sigman	2:27
11.	"Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go"	Ed Cobb/Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.	3:25
12.	"Feeling Good"	Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse	4:19

Bonus tracks[7]
No.	Title	Music	Length
13.	"Sway"	Pablo Beltran Ruiz, Norman Gimbel	3:12
14.	"Flirt"	Scherzinger, DioGuardi, Greg Wells	2:56
15.	"We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going"	Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan	3:50

PCD: Tour Edition (Explicit version)[8]
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Sway"	3:12
14.	"Flirt"	2:56
15.	"Stickwitu (Urban Mix)" (featuring Avant)	3:18
16.	"Buttons (Final Edit Version)" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	3:52
17.	"Don't Cha (More Booty)" (featuring Busta Rhymes)	4:48
18.	"Hot Stuff (I Want You Back) (Remix)"	4:36
19.	"He Always Answers" (ringback tone)	0:40
20.	"Vibrate Off the Table" (ringtone)	0:39
21.	"Freaky Fun Message" (voicemail ID)	0:19
22.	"PCD Text Alert"	0:06

Wal-Mart (Exclusive Mobile Content) (Limited edition)[9]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wait a Minute" (ringtone)	0:39
2.	"Buttons" (live video)
3.	"PCD cell phone wallpapers"

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[10]
Allmusic	[11]
BBC Online	(favorable)[12]
Entertainment Weekly	(unfavorable)[13]
IGN	[14]
Jam!	[15]
Robert Christgau	[16]
Slant	[17]

The album received generally mixed to negative reviews. Bill Lamb from About.com stated, "Their first full length album proves that "Don't Cha" was not a fluke. The album includes several very good dance-pop songs. [...] PCD is populated by a number of high quality dance-pop songs put together."^[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic commented on Scherzinger stating, "PCD, and their artificiality is made clear: the first page reads "All lead and background vocals by Nicole Scherzinger, [...] There is no pretense that Kimberly, Carmit, Ashley, Melody, and Jessica are [...] providing some serious eye candy for a group that is all about the visuals.^[11] Raymond Fiore for Entertainment Weekly said, that "not even B-squad urban cabaret pop from A-list production heavyweights (Timbaland, will.I.am, Rich Harrison) can arouse our interest for a whole 45 minutes."^[13] Lisa Haines from BBC Online said that the second half of the album does not get attention due to the covers ('Tainted Love', 'Hot Stuff [I Want You Back]').^[12] Critic Robert Christgau said that the album was, "sexier than your average prefab sexpots, but no fabber."^[16] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine told that "the album's ballads ("Stickwitu" and "How Many Times, How Many Lies"), [...] are still difficult to take seriously when followed by a song that begs a man to "loosen up my buttons."^[17] Darryl Sterdan, when reviewing the album for Jam!, described the covers as "embarrassing" and the ballads as "overcooked".^[15] Spence D. of IGN, while commenting on "Feelin' Good", he said, "Feelin' Good", [...] comes too late in the game to really save the album from spiraling into a melange of innocuous pop-cum-R&B studio crafted fluff."^[14]

Production

• Photography: James White
• Package design: Julian Peploe
• Publicist: Dave Tomberlin
• Mastered: Brian Gardner
• Artist development: Michelle Thomas
• Executive producer: Ron Fair, Jimmy Iovine
• Co-executive producer: Robin Antin
• Management: Jeff Haddad
• Management coordinator: Jeff Norskog
• Lead and background vocals: Nicole Scherzinger
• Additional lead and background vocals: Carmit Bachar, Melody Thornton, Kaya Jones
• Additional background vocals: Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt, Keri Hilson

Charts, certifications and procession

Charts Chart (2006/2007) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[18] 8 Austria Albums Chart[18] 8 Belgian Albums Chart 6 Canadian Albums Chart 2 Czech Albums Chart 9 Danish Albums Chart[18] 13 Finnish Albums Chart[18] 29 French Albums Chart[18] 23 German Albums Chart 6 Greek Albums Chart[19] 16 Hungarian Albums Chart 6 Irish Albums Chart[18] 7 Italian Albums Chart[20] 23 Korean Albums Chart 13 Mexican Albums Chart[18] 5 Netherlands Albums Chart 5 New Zealand Albums Chart[18] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[18] 10 Polish Albums Chart[18] 6 Portuguese Albums Chart[18] 12 Russian Albums Chart 1 Spanish Albums Chart[18] 27 Swedish Albums Chart[18] 21 Swiss Albums Chart[18] 9 UK Albums Chart[18] 7 U.S. Billboard 200[18] 5 U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 7 Year-end charts Chart (2006) Rank US Billboard 200[21] 8

Certifications Region Certification Australia (ARIA)[22] 3× Platinum Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] Gold Belgium (BEA)[24] Gold Canada (Music Canada)[25] 2× Platinum Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[26] Platinum France (SNEP)[27] Gold Germany (BVMI)[28] Platinum Greece (IFPI Greece)[29] Gold Hungary (Mahasz)[30] Gold Ireland (IRMA)[31] Platinum New Zealand (RIANZ)[32] 2× Platinum Poland (ZPAV)[33] Platinum Portugal (AFP)[34] Platinum Russia (NFPF)[35] 5× Platinum Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[36] Gold United Kingdom (BPI)[37] 3× Platinum United States (RIAA)[38] 2× Platinum Summaries Europe (IFPI)[39] 2× Platinum

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by End the Silence by Blindspott St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley

New Zealand Albums Chart number-one album June 12, 2006 – June 19, 2006 (first run) July 3, 2006 – July 10, 2006 (second run)

Succeeded by St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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