Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae
Studio album by Corinne Bailey Rae
Released	24 February 2006 (2006-02-24) (see release history)
Recorded	2005–2006; John Ellis's Place, Olympic Studios, Taxlight, The Idle Studio
Genre	Soul, R&B, jazz, blues, singer–songwriter
Length	45:53
Label	EMI
Producer	Corinne Bailey Rae, Rod Bowkett, Paul Herman, Justin Broad, Steve Bush, Steve Chrisanthou, Andrew Hale, Jimmy Hogarth, Tommy D., Steve Brown, RWK.
Professional reviews
Allmusic link BBC Music link Blender link Entertainment Weekly (B) link PopMatters link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link The Times link
Corinne Bailey Rae chronology
Corinne Bailey Rae (2006) Live in London & New York (2007)
Alternate covers
U.S. and Japanese cover
Special edition cover
Japanese special edition cover
Singles from Corinne Bailey Rae
"Like a Star" Released: 7 November 2005 "Put Your Records On" Released: 20 February 2006 "Trouble Sleeping" Released: 24 April 2006 "I'd Like To" Released: 12 February 2007 "Breathless" Released: 30 November 2007

Corinne Bailey Rae is the debut album by English singer–songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in February 2006 and in continental Europe in March 2006. It went straight in at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the UK R&B Albums Chart.It sold over 739,000 copies and became one of the best-selling albums in the U.K. It also became Bailey Rae's best-selling album,to date, selling 1,000,000 copies in the U.S., and Corinne Bailey Rae has sold over 4,000,000 copies worldwide, and the forty-ninth best-selling album of the 2000s.^[1][2] Bailey Rae supported the album with the World Tour 2006/2007.

Release and promotion

"Like a Star" was the lead single off the album. It was released in a limited-edition format in 2005, peaking inside the UK Singles Chart at number thirty-four. The second single, "Put Your Records On", went straight to number two in February 2006 and also hit number one on the UK R&B Singles chart. The follow-up single, "Trouble Sleeping", was released in May 2006, peaking at number forty in the UK and the fourth single was a re-release of "Like a Star", which peaked at thirty-two. The fifth single (fourth song released as a single) was "I'd Like To", released in the UK on 12 February 2007. Also on this date, the album was re-released with a bonus disc including some of the B-sides and remixes used on previous singles, as well as three new tracks, one of which, a cover of Björk's 1993 song "Venus as a Boy", which only previously appeared on a covermount for Q magazine. Several songs from the album appear in the 2006 film Venus starring Peter O'Toole.

The album was the UK's thirteenth best-selling album in 2006, with sales of over 739,000 copies.^[3] Rae's Live in London & New York official website announced that the album has sold over three million copies worldwide.^[4] The album was featured in an episode of Scrubs being sold by the Janitor at Coffeebucks.

Reception

Critical response

Corinne Bailey Rae received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, averaging a 69 out of a 100 among averaged reviews on Metacritic.^[5] David Jeffries wrote for Allmusic: "When songstress Corinne Bailey Rae released her sashaying single "Put Your Records On" in her native U.K. it was a feel-good adult alternative phenomenon — a kind of Norah Jones, Joss Stone, David Gray, or Macy Gray phenomenon.", Maxine Headley wrote for BBC Review : "All of which adds up to a well rounded, if somewhat unchallenging,album - going some way to confirm the 'soulful Norah Jones' tag which many have applied to Corinne's music.", Christian Hoard wrote for Rolling Stone : "The twenty-seven-year-old's voice suggests a warmer, less weird Macy Gray, and she uses it without a hint of diva showiness on breezy, sometimes sleepy songs that evoke girls sassing back and forth in the sweet summertime. The music-will-soothe-your-soul single "Put Your Records On" sets Brit- inflected coos over acoustic guitar and a hip-hop groove before opening into a chorus worthy of prime Stevie Wonder, and charmers like "Trouble Sleeping" are all dreamy swoons, lush accompaniment and fairly effective hooks. But the album is occasionally more interesting than her mellow mien would suggest: "Choux Pastry Heart" is full of evocative heartache, and the funked-out "I'd Like To" is a sharp sketch of urban life with a sexually charged chorus. Corinne Bailey Rae is as pop-wise as it is overly gentle and one to grow on. "

Commercial performance

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Corinne Bailey Rae debuted at number fifteen on the U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and but soon swung in chrat, but in the nineteenth weeks sailed over his best position # 3, the album spent 79 weeks on the chart, and at number seventeen on the official Billboard 200, with most successful first week sales of 100,000 copies (best debut in the chart to date); making it Bailey Rae's first album to enter the chart in the United States but soon swung in chart, and in the twenty-first weeks sailed over her best position #4, the album spent 71 weeks on the chart, and the upper half of the Billboard 200, selling about over 1,000,000 copies until in December 05, 2006, Certification Platinum by RIAA and to date, Corinne Bailey Rae has sold over 4,000,000 copies worldwide, best-salling album by Bailey Rae.^[6]

Accolades

Corinne Bailey Rae received three nominated on the Grammy Awards, two nominated for the song "Put Your Records On" at the 2007 ceremony for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist. The following year, received one she nominated the award for Song of the Year for "Like a Star" and she won the award for Album of the Year for "River: The Joni Letters" album by Herbie Hancock along with Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae and Luciana Souza at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

The Bailey Rae won a MOBO Awards for Best UK Female, and Best UK Newcomer At the MOJO Awards, the won "Best New Act". The Bailey Rae nominated two 2007 Image Awards for Outstanding Album, Outstanding Female Artist and won Outstanding New Artist. Bailey Rae received a nomination for Best UK & Ireland Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006. In 2008, ASCAP Awards won Song of the Year for the song "Put Your Records On". Bailey Rae in total she received 10 awards for work and 21 nominated for work.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Corinne Bailey Rae – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, percussion, bass, piano, keyboards
• Steve Chrisanthou – organ, electric guitar, horn, Spanish guitar, percussion
• Paul Herman – guitar, drum programming
• Paul Siddal – keys
• Rod Bowkett – bass, acoustic guitar
• John Beck – keyboards
• Joe Tatton – Hammond organ
• Cara Robinson – backing vocals
• Jason Rae – alto saxophone
• Jim Corry – tenor saxophone
• Malcolm Strachan – trumpet
• Sam Dixon – bass
• Audrey Nunn – bass
• Jess Bailey – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer piano
• Justin Broad – drum programming, engineer
• Kenny Higgins – bass
• Steve Bush – bass, electric guitar
• Andy Platts – guitar, Fender Rhodes
• Pete Lewinson – drums
• Kenji Jammer – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Colin Waterman – drums
• Paul McKendrick – backing vocals
• Livingston Brown – bass
• Tommy D. – keys, drum programming
• Steve Brown – piano, synths, backing vocals
• Mikey Lawerson – drums, percussion
• John Ellis – backing vocals

Production

• Steve Chrisanthou – producer, arranger, recorder
• Paul Herman – producer, mixer
• Andrew Hale – producer
• Steve Bush – producer
• Tommy D. – producer, engineer, mixer
• Steve Brown – producer
• RKW – producer
• Justin Broad – producer, engineer
• Jimmy Hogarth – additional production
• David Ayers – engineer
• Ian Duncan – engineer
• Jeremy Wheatley – mixer
• Mike Pela – mixer
• Gavyn Wright – director of The London Session Orchestra
• Wil Malone – strings (arranger and conductor)
• Andy Hylton – music video director for "Trouble Sleeping"

Charts

Certifications

Awards

Release history

References