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  • Artist: Charlotte Church
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: September 13, 2005
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

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Whatever happened to the little girl with the voice of an angel? Well, Charlotte Church, like everyone else, grew up and decided to move from her comfort zone of angelic soprano albums in the supposed classical area (although her product had always been aimed at the pop charts), leaving behind Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, and Dream a Dream and entering a crowded female pop field already inhabited by the likes of Kelly Clarkson and Girls Aloud. The first two tracks, the disco-funk-oriented "Call My Name" and "Crazy Chick," both became Top Ten singles, with the Boy George-composed ballad "Even God Can't Change the Past" and "Moodswings" not far behind. She even tried her hand at songwriting, albeit with proven successful writers as collaborators: Guy Chambers, who had worked extensively with Robbie Williams, on the pumping disco track "Let's Be Alone," the Spanish-style ethereal ballad "Casualty of Love" (on which she got an opportunity to show that her soprano voice is still intact), and the final track, "Confessional Song"; Rob Davis on the aptly titled "Easy to Forget" (which unfortunately is not a patch on another of his songs); Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head"; and Gary Barlow on the midtempo "Easy Way Out." She sang "Don't you judge me as I leave it all behind, I was the victim" on the track "Fool No More," and one wonders if that was Church's attempt to explain the complete change of musical direction. As a little girl, she had no choice about the type of material she recorded, but here she grabbed the adult mantle with both hands, and smooth pop-soul would be the future for a singer who was not such a little girl any more. ~ Sharon Mawer, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Call My Name Charlotte Church, Wayne Hector, Eg White Charlotte Church (3:00)
Crazy Chick (Lyrics) Sarah Buras Charlotte Church (3:08)
Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That) Fitzgerald Scott Charlotte Church (3:11)
Show a Little Faith John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou Charlotte Church (4:38)
Finding My Own Way (Lyrics) Marcella Detroit, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (4:07)
Let's Be Alone (Lyrics) Guy Chambers, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (3:47)
Easy to Forget (Lyrics) Marcella Detroit, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (4:25)
Fool No More (Lyrics) Graham Stack, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (3:52)
Easy Way Out (Lyrics) Eliot Kennedy, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (4:35)
Casualty of Love (Lyrics) Guy Chambers, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (3:55)
Even God (Lyrics) Rick Nowels, John Themis Charlotte Church (4:10)
Confessional Song (Lyrics) Guy Chambers, Charlotte Church Charlotte Church (5:07)

Credits

Eg White (Percussion), Rory Faciane (Drums), Martin Gjerstad (String Arrangements), Ellen Von Unwerth (Photography), Colin Peter (Engineer), Richard Flack (Drum Programming), Steve Chrisanthou (Programming), Jens Lindgard (Trombone), Sven Andersson (Saxophone), Nick Raphael (A&R), Damon Iddins (Mixing Assistant), Steve Fitzmaurice (Mixing), Fitzgerald Scott (Producer), Pete Davis (Keyboards), Isobel Griffiths (Contractor), Chris Fish (Cello), Charlotte Church (Vocals), Ren Swan (Mixing), Jo Charrington (A&R), Tracie Ackerman (Vocals (Background)), Eg White (Producer), Guy Chambers (Guitar), Jesse Cook (Spanish Guitar), Graham Stack (Producer), Adrian Smith (Viola), Wayne Hector (Vocals (Background)), Peter Lindgard (Trumpet), Richard Flack (Producer), Mark Read (Piano), Steve Chrisanthou (Producer), Steve Chrisanthou (Guitar), Tore Johansson (Guitar), Mike Ross-Trevor (Engineer), Jonathan Brigden (Strings Contractor), Devin Workman (Assistant), Rasmus Kihlberg (Drums), Eg White (Guitar), Guy Chambers (Producer), Gavyn Wright (Lead), Simon Hale (Conductor), Tore Johansson (Bass), Richard Flack (Synthesizer Programming), Guy Chambers (Guitar (Acoustic)), Filip Runesson (Strings), Eg White (Drums), Mark Read (Keyboards), Charlotte Church (Vocals (Background)), Guy Chambers (Piano), Frances Dewar (Violin), Graham Stack (Drums), Yvonne John Lewis (Vocals (Background)), Martin Ditcham (Percussion), Will Malone (Conductor), John Beck (Fender Rhodes), Gary Miller (Mixing), Jens Lindgard (Guitar), Gary Miller (Programming), Pete Davis (Drums), Dave McCracken (Drums), Steve Fitzmaurice (Producer), Matt Furmidge (Guitar), David Hodges (Piano), Dave McCracken (Bass), Richard Flack (Engineer), Paul Stanborough (Assistant Engineer), Will Malone (String Arrangements), Eg White (Synthesizer Bass), Lucy Wilkins (Soloist), Martin Gjerstad (Keyboards), Simon Hale (Piano), Graham Stack (Keyboards), David Carlsson (Engineer), Tore Johansson (Producer), Guy Chambers (Keyboards), Mike Reilly (Mixing Assistant), Eg White (Keyboards), Richard Flack (Programming), Graham Stack (Programming), Guy Chambers (Organ), Simon Hale (String Arrangements), Guy Chambers (Guitar (Bass)), Lucy Wilkins (Violin), Graham Stack (Guitar), Dave McCracken (Keyboards)
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Tissues and Issues
Studio album by Charlotte Church
Released July 11, 2005 (2005-07-11)
(see release history)
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop,
Length 47:55
Label Sony BMG
Producer Steve Fitzmaurice, Richard Flack, Tore Johansson, Fitzgerald Scott, Graham Stack, Eg White
Professional reviews
Charlotte Church chronology
Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church
(2002)		 Tissues and Issues
(2005)
Singles from Tissues and Issues
  1. "Crazy Chick"
    Released: June 27, 2005
  2. "Call My Name"
    Released: September 28, 2005
  3. "Even God"
    Released: December 12, 2005
  4. "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)"
    Released: February 27, 2006

Tissues and Issues is the platinum selling fifth studio album by the Welsh singer Charlotte Church released by Sony BMG in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2005 (see 2005 in music). Church states that she titled the album Tissues and Issues because "it epitomises teenage problems, which everybody goes through." The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number five and was accredited platinum by BPI for sales over 300,000. The album yielded Church four successful top twenty singles; "Crazy Chick", "Call My Name", "Even God" and "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)".

The album represents a wholly new direction for the singer. Her previous album, Prelude, a 'best of' album, had concluded her classical career; Tissues and Issues is her first pop album.

The first single to be taken from the album, "Crazy Chick", released shortly before the album itself, reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. "Call My Name", the second single, reached number ten in October 2005. "Even God", the third single has debuted in the Top twenty in early December 2005. The fourth single, "Moodswings", was released on February 27, 2006, and peaked at number fourteen on the UK charts.

An early batch of the album had print errors on the right and left hand side title faces. The faces had the title "Charlotte Church : Crazy Chick", when it should have been "Charlotte Church : Tissues and Issues".

Tissues and Issues is Charlotte's last album with Sony Music.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Call My Name" (Church, Wayne Hector, Eg White) – 3:00
  2. "Crazy Chick" (Sarah Buras, Wirlie Morris, Fitzgerald Scott) – 3:08
  3. "Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That)" (Maureen Collin, Kalenna Harper, Gary Smith, Malik Mason Williams, Fitzgerald Scott) – 3:11
  4. "Show a Little Faith" (John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou, Charles Hutchinson) – 4:38
  5. "Finding My Own Way" (Church, Marcella Detroit, Cliff Masters) – 4:07
  6. "Let's Be Alone" (Guy Chambers, Church) – 3:47
  7. "Easy to Forget" (Church, Rob Davis, Detroit) – 4:25
  8. "Fool No More" (Church, Mark Read, Graham Stack) – 3:52
  9. "Easy Way Out" (Gary Barlow, Church, Eliot Kennedy) – 4:35
  10. "Casualty of Love" (Chambers, Church) – 3:55
  11. "Even God" (Rick Nowels, George O'Dowd, John Themis) – 4:10
  12. "Confessional Song" (Chambers, Church) – 5:07

Notes

  1. When "Even God" was released as a single on December 12, 2005, the name was changed to "Even God Can't Change the Past".

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Ireland Albums Chart[1] 27
UK Albums Chart[1] 5
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Mexican Albums Chart[2] 69
Chart Certification
BPI Platinum[3]
IRMA Gold

Release history

References

  1. ^ a b "Charlotte Church - Tissues and Issues @ Music Square". Music Square. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  2. ^ Mexican Albums Chart
  3. ^ "BPI certification 2005". BPI. Retrieved March 21, 2008.


Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom July 11, 2005 Sony BMG CD 5203462
Australia March 5, 2006 Sony BMG CD 5203462000
United States June, 2009 Sony BMG MP3 B002ATS83K
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