Come and Get It (Rachel Stevens album)
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Released | 17 October 2005 | |||
Recorded | December 2004 – June 2005 | |||
Genre | Pop[1] | |||
Length | 45:11 | |||
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Rachel Stevens chronology | ||||
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Singles from Come and Get It | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Londonist | (positive)[4] |
MusicOMH | (positive)[5] |
Stylus Magazine | A−[6] |
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The Daily Telegraph | (negative)[8] |
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Come and Get It is the second solo studio album by English singer Rachel Stevens, released on 17 October 2005 by 19 Recordings and Polydor Records. It spawned three singles, two of which reached the top 10, while the album itself reached number 28 on the UK Albums Chart. The album received almost universally positive reviews; two years after the album's release, The Guardian placed it on their "1000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" list.[12]
Overview
[edit]Three singles were released from Come and Get It during 2005; "Negotiate with Love", "So Good" and "I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)" as well as an earlier hit, "Some Girls" being included as a late addition. The first two of these charted in the UK at number 10, with the third at number 12. With a television advertising campaign, the album was released by Polydor Records on 17 October 2005, two weeks after the album's final single. Track "Nothing Good About This Goodbye" was announced as the next single in early 2006, with a single mix prepared and promo copies made, but these plans were scrapped.[13]
The album was produced by a number of top record producers, including Xenomania, Richard X, Pascal Gabriel and Jewels and Stone. It reached number 28 in the United Kingdom, remaining of the charts for just two weeks. Come and Get It was not released in many territories outside the UK; in the United States, it was released on 26 June 2007 on iTunes.
The final two tracks, "Every Little Thing" and "Dumb Dumb" are listed on the album as 'bonus tracks', but appear on all versions of the album. "It's All About Me" features a sample from "Lullaby" by The Cure. Stevens herself co-wrote one song from the album; "Funny How".
Critical reception
[edit]The album received critical acclaim from the music press. Writing for BBC Music, Talia Kraines wrote that it was "Bold, swaggering and accomplished...Quite simply, it's the pop album of the year." Mention was also made of the credibility of the music, stating that had the songs been done by another artist, they would be "lauded by critics".[14] Allmusic made mention of the album's lack of success saying, "This utterly mediocre [chart] performance (in terms of its genre, at least) is astonishing when you consider that the album was masterminded by the finest songwriters and producers in the game...but its failure becomes utterly mind-boggling when you actually listen to the thing." Of the singles the review said they were "tremendous" and summed up the album as "a collection of 13 thoroughly excellent electronic dance-pop songs".[15] Like many of the reviewers, Ben Hogwood of Music OMH said that almost every song on the album could be a single, but also made mention of the obvious low-involvement of Stevens herself in the making of the music.[16] Edward Oculicz of Stylus acknowledged this but said it was simply a case of "Machiavellian record producers grabbing the best songs available for their favored daughter [and are] so endlessly delightful. You want continuity and consistency? Come And Get It is 13 quality electro-pop songs, all sung by the same woman. What more continuity do you need?"
Negative comments included that Stevens' vocals were rather lacklustre and emotionless, while David Cheal of The Telegraph said that "its 13 tracks drift by in a haze of nothingness; it is a masterpiece of insubstantiality."[17] Yahoo Music, like a number of others, claimed the album as "one of the best albums of the year".[18] The Guardian, while two years later lauding the album as an ignored classic, at the time said that it "deserves to be a hit. It is packed with brilliant, cutting-edge pop music".[19] In 2007 they said that its lack of success was "the public's loss". Many reviews commented that the album was a big improvement on her debut, including Londonist who added that it was "a brilliant collection of sophisticated dancefloor songs and quite frankly, one of the most stunning albums of the year."[20] As a summing up, the BBC music review concluded: "Come and Get It is quite simply a pop tour-de-force that deserves to sell a billion copies. Please, don't let this end up as a forgotten classic."
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "So Good" |
| 3:14 | |
2. | "I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)" |
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| 3:26 |
3. | "Crazy Boys" |
| Richard X | 3:52 |
4. | "I Will Be There" |
| Gabriel | 4:03 |
5. | "Negotiate with Love" |
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| 3:07 |
6. | "All About Me[a]" |
| F. T Smith | 3:30 |
7. | "Secret Garden" |
| Douglas | 3:59 |
8. | "Nothing Good About This Goodbye" |
| 3:34 | |
9. | "Some Girls" |
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| 3:36 |
10. | "Je M'appelle" |
| LeGassick | 3:39 |
11. | "Funny How" |
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| 4:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Every Little Thing" |
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| 3:45 |
13. | "Dumb Dumb" |
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| 3:43 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex" | |
2. | "Funky Dory" | |
3. | "Some Girls" | |
4. | "More More More" | |
5. | "Negotiate with Love" | |
6. | "So Good" | |
7. | "I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)" |
Notes
- ^[a] labeled as "It's All About Me" on digital editions of the album[22]
- ^[b] denotes additional production.
Sample credits[citation needed]
Personnel
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Charts
[edit]Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] | 28 |
UK Albums (OCC)[24] | 28 |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 17 October 2005 |
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Polydor Records | [25] |
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC – Music – Review of Rachel Stevens – Come and Get It". BBC.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ BBC.co.uk review
- ^ "Monday Music Review (On A Tuesday)". Londonist. 18 October 2005.
- ^ "Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It (Polydor)". Music OMH (Review). Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ review Archived 8 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Teentoday.co.uk review
- ^ "Pop CDs of the week: Dangerdoom, Rachel Stevens, The Cardigans and more". The Daily Telegraph. 15 October 2005. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
- ^ Alexis Petridis (14 October 2005). "CD: Rachel Stevens, Come And Get It". The Guardian.
- ^ "Home Page – the TLS". The Times.
- ^ "Yahoo Celebrity UK".
- ^ "1,000 Albums To Hear Before You Die: Artists beginning with S (part 2)". The Guardian. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Cancelled! Singles that were scrapped at the last minute". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "BBC – Music – Review of Rachel Stevens – Come and Get It". BBC.
- ^ Allmusic – Come and get It review
- ^ "Music OMH – Review". Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "Pop CDs of the week: Dangerdoom, Rachel Stevens, The Cardigans and more". The Daily Telegraph. 15 October 2005.
- ^ "Yahoo Celebrity UK".
- ^ Alexis Petridis (14 October 2005). "CD: Rachel Stevens, Come And Get It". The Guardian.
- ^ "Monday Music Review (On A Tuesday)". Londonist. 18 October 2005.
- ^ Come And Get It (CD). Rachel Stevens. 2005. 602498733400.
- ^ "Come and Get It". iTunes. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). Music Week. 15 October 2005. p. 23. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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