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  • Artist: Corbin Bleu
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: May 01, 2007
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Straight off the success of another Disney movie (High School Musical followed by Jump In), teen heartthrob Corbin Bleu released his debut, Another Side, ostensibly to show that there's more to him than just his acting and his pretty face. However, what the album illustrates most of all is that Bleu has an impressive production and songwriting team and plenty of money to make a hit record rather than any particular immense talent of his own. The singer's voice is decent in its own right, though not spectacular, and fits the kind of pop/R&B that's being churned out in spades, but Bleu isn't able to give himself much of an identity or personality beyond that. The music itself doesn't help, either. The 12 tracks that make up Another Side don't distinguish themselves from any other of the teen pop songs out there. They are catchy, but only in the most generic of ways, with too many synthesized beats and other instruments that are processed beyond the point of recognition. Yes, there are moments when Bleu seems to find his voice -- the stalkerish "Homework," the Ne-Yo-penned "I Get Lonely" -- but more often than not the tracks all seem to be knock-offs of older Disney faves *NSYNC (and similarly, Justin Timberlake, who Bleu often seems to be mimicking) or even the Cheetah Girls; it's pure TV-channel-created pop, meant to support and reflect the tween dynasty they've created. Bleu and Co. are trying to appeal to a sense of fun, to singing along in the car with your friends (as your mom drives), but it's so generic and produced it doesn't even do that. And with that one objective failed, Another Side loses its own purpose completely. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Deal With It (Lyrics) Jay Sean, Joe Belmaati Corbin Bleu (3:03)
Stop Lambert Waldrip J-King, Corbin Bleu (3:24)
Roll with You (Lyrics) Joe Belmaati, David Kopatz Corbin Bleu (2:59)
She Could Be (Lyrics) Christopher Rojas, Arnie Roman, Andrew Fromm Corbin Bleu (3:26)
I Get Lonely (Lyrics) Shaffer Smith, Marcus Allen Corbin Bleu (3:35)
We Come to Party (Lyrics) Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu (3:04)
Mixed Up (Lyrics) Greg Lawson, Brian Way, Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu (2:54)
Still There for Me (Lyrics) Matthew Gerrard, Bridget Benenate Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Hudgens (3:39)
Marchin' Jonas Jeberg, Greg Lawson Corbin Bleu (3:02)
Never Met a Girl Like You (Lyrics) Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil Corbin Bleu (3:40)
Homework Corbin Bleu J-King, Corbin Bleu (2:58)
Push It to the Limit (Lyrics) Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil Corbin Bleu (5:48)
[Untitled] [CD-Rom Track] Corbin Bleu


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Push It to the Limit [Music Video][*] Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil Corbin Bleu
Marchin' [DVD][Live][*] Greg Lawson, Jonas Jeberg Corbin Bleu
Push It to the Limit [DVD][Live][*] Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard Corbin Bleu
Another Side of Corbin Bleu [DVD][*] Corbin Bleu

Credits

Stan Rogow (Management), Don Fefie (Guitar), Jose Morales "Harv Dent" (Engineer), Jonas Jeberg (Engineer), Greg Lawson (Vocals (Background)), Eric Sanicola (Guitar), Stereo (Vocal Producer), Jonas Jeberg (Keyboards), Brian Gardner (Mastering), Stereo (Producer), Greg Lawson (Producer), David Kopatz (Producer), Matthew Gerrard (Producer), Lauren Evans (Vocals (Background)), Robbie Nevil (Vocals (Background)), Joe Belmaati (Engineer), Christopher Rojas (Producer), Ne-Yo (Producer), Matthew Gerrard (Keyboards), Enny Joo (Art Direction), Elliot Lurie (Management), Matthew Gerrard (Engineer), Joe Belmaati (Keyboards), David Snow (Creative Director), LeDon (Vocals (Background)), Justin Madrigal (Assistant Engineer), Elliot Lurie (Executive Producer), Andrew Southam (Photography), Damon Sharpe (Vocals (Background)), Mich Hedin Hansen (Percussion), Jonas Jeberg (Programming), Christopher Rojas (Vocals (Background)), Enny Joo (Design), Christopher Rojas (Engineer), Matthew Gerrard (Mixing), Joe Belmaati (Guitar), Jon Lind (A&R), Christopher Rojas (Multi Instruments), Christopher Rojas (Programming), Joe Belmaati (Programming), Matthew Gerrard (Programming), Dan James (Engineer), John Hanes (Digital Editing), Tim Roberts (Assistant), Jay Sean (Vocals (Background)), Richie Cannata (Saxophone), Daniel James (Vocals (Background)), Stan Rogow (Executive Producer), Eric Sanicola (Producer), David Kopatz (Engineer), Mio Vukovic (A&R), Greg Lawson (Engineer), Brian Malouf (Engineer), Leah Haywood (Vocal Producer), Randy Cooke (Drums), Damon Sharpe (Producer), Eric Sanicola (Programming), Brian Wayy (Producer), Jonas Jeberg (Producer), Daniel James (Vocal Producer), Serban Ghenea (Mixing), Damon Sharpe (Engineer), Windy Wagner (Vocals (Background)), Cutfather (Producer), Corbin Bleu (Vocals (Background))
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Another Side
Studio album by Corbin Bleu
Released May 1, 2007 (U.S.)
June 18, 2007 (France)
June 11, 2007 (UK)
August 11, 2007 (Australia)
Recorded 2006—2007
Genre Pop, Teen pop, Dance-pop, R&B
Length 39:01
Label Hollywood
Producer Elliot Lurie (exec.), Stan Rogow (exec.), Cutfather, Matthew Gerrard, Christopher Rojas, Jonas Jeberg, Damon Sharpe, Stereo, Shaffer Smith, The Heavyweights
Professional reviews
Corbin Bleu chronology
Another Side
(2007)		 Speed of Light
(2009)
Singles from Another Side
  1. "Push It to the Limit"
    Released: November 25, 2006
  2. "Deal with It"
    Released: May 12, 2007

Another Side is the debut album from High School Musical singer Corbin Bleu. It was released by Hollywood Records on May 1, 2007. His first single off the album, "Push It to the Limit", was recorded and appears on the soundtrack of Jump In!. Bleu has stated that the album has a "pop-R&B feel". The album debuted at number thirty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 18,000 copies in its first week.[1] He supported his debut album by doing a solo summer tour with opening act Mitchel Musso, along with opening for Vanessa Hudgens' State & County Fair 2008 summer tour. He had covered two songs, "She Could Be" was originally sung by Christian Bautista and "Still There For Me" was originally sung by Nick Carter. As singles, "Push It to the Limit" reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Deal With It" reached #112 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and #87 on the Pop Songs chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Deal with It" (Jay Sean, Remee, Joe Belmatti, Mich Hansen) – 3:04
  2. "Stop" (feat. JKing) (Lambert Waldrip, Drew Jordan) – 3:24
  3. "Roll with You" (David Kopatz, Hansen, Belmaati) – 2:59
  4. "She Could Be" (Andrew Fromm, Christopher Rojas, Arnie Roman) – 3:26
  5. "I Get Lonely" (Shaffer Smith, Melvin Spankman, Marcus Allen) – 3:35
  6. "We Come to Party" (Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, C. Bleu) – 3:04
  7. "Mixed Up" (Bleu, Damon Sharpe, Greg Lawson, Brian Wayy) – 2:54
  8. "Still There for Me" (feat. Vanessa Hudgens) (Gerrard, Nick Carter, Bridget Benenate) – 3:39
  9. "Marchin'" (Sharpe, Lawson, Jonas Jeberg, Simon Brenting) – 3:02
  10. "Never Met a Girl like You" (Gerrard, Nevil, Bleu) – 3:40
  11. "Homework" (feat. JKing) (Steven Durham, Dalevertis Hurd, Bleu, Jaime King, Jr.) – 2:58
  12. "Push It to the Limit" (Gerrard, Nevil) – 3:14

Bonus Track

  1. "If She Says Yeah" (Gerrard, Nevil, Bleu) – 3:57
  2. "Shake It Off" (David Kopatz, Hansen, Belmaati) – 4:06

Deal with It

The song "Deal with It" was originally written and sung by Jay Sean, who originally intended it to be the title single of his sophomore album My Own Way (2008). He later gave it to Corbin Bleu, whose version of the song features background vocals by Jay Sean. The song earned Jay Sean a BMI Songwriter Award [2] and later inspired the 2009 song "Juliette" by South Korean band Shinee.[3][4]

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 36[5] 120,000+

References

  1. ^ Katie Hasty, "Ne-Yo Scores Second No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, May 9, 2007.
  2. ^ "Jay Sean Brings Home a BMI Songwriter Award!". Desi Hits. October 10 2008. http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/jay-sean-brings-home-a-bmi-songwriter-award-20081010. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
  3. ^ "SHINee’s “Juliette” Released!". Allkpop. 17 May 2009. http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/shinees_juliette_leaked/. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
  4. ^ (Korean) Park, Se-yeon. ‘로미오’ 변신 샤이니 ‘줄리엣’ 노래하다..21일 2nd 미니앨범 공개 (Shinee Change into "Romeos" and sing "Juliette"...2nd Mini-Album Released on 21st). Newsen. May 18, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs#/artist/corbin-bleu/chart-history/816809?f=305&g=Albums
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Corbin Bleu
Studio albums
Another Side (2007) · Speed of Light (2009)
Singles
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