Speak (Lindsay Lohan album)
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Released | December 7, 2004 | |||
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Length | 37:54 | |||
Label | Casablanca | |||
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Speak is the debut studio album by American actress and singer-songwriter Lindsay Lohan, released on December 7, 2004, by Casablanca Records.
Speak was the first high-seller from Casablanca in several years, selling 1,000,000 copies in the United States. Speak received mixed reviews from music critics, with the most sympathetic critics commenting that Lohan "isn't a bad singer, but not an extraordinary singer either."[1] In the United States, Speak peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Germany, Speak debuted at number 53 and took four weeks to complete its chart run.
The first two singles from Speak, "Rumors" and "Over", were both successes, with "Over" topping Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart where it stayed for three weeks. It also did well internationally in countries such as Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. "Rumors" peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and also did well in Australia and Germany, where it reached number 14. The accompanying music video for "Rumors" was nominated for "Best Pop Video" at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Both songs received heavy airplay on MTV's Total Request Live. The third and final single, "First", was released to promote the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded. "First" earned small success in Australia and Germany. Lohan promoted the album by performing the singles in a number of live appearances. Plans for a tour in Taiwan were planned, but were later scrapped.[2]
Background
Lohan planned on releasing an album in the summer of 2001, according to her official website, llrocks.com.
In 2003, Lohan recorded four songs including a Radio Disney hit, "
By 2004, Lohan's deal with Emilio Estefan Jr. had been cancelled and Lohan began looking for producers for her album. When asked by MTV about what
Recording
Production on the album and the film were halted on October 21, 2004, when Lohan was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, reportedly for exhaustion and a high fever of 103 degrees. Lohan ended up having a kidney infection and was also in the middle of a family crisis when her father Michael was arrested earlier that year. After staying in the hospital for six days, Lohan was released and returned to set to finish filming the film and recording her album. "I was over-scheduling myself", Lohan said in her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, "It's important to say no."[8] Her album's original release date was in November, but was pushed back to December 7 to let Lohan finish recording her album after her hospital stay.[9]
According to Rodney Jerkins, Lohan recorded a track written by him titled "Extraordinary." The song, which is a rock song, never made it to the final cut of the album. "We're just waiting to get into the studio and cut it. I know her schedule is crazy hectic as well as mine. So we're going to find that day where we can get it and cut it, probably out here in L.A. or whatever. It should be fun, because she's got this whole thing about, you know, this little bad-girl image that everyone's trying to put on her, you know what I mean? Basically, the record that we did is basically saying, you know, 'I'm not ordinary. Bottom line, I'm different.'"[10]
Composition
Speak features different styles of music such as pop rock, dance-pop, arena rock and soft rock ballads. "I wanted to have a mixture like that because I love those kinds of club tracks that you can listen to before you go out at night with all your friends. And I also wanted stuff that was a little bit more rock that you could get into if you were like angry or depressed or sad or that. I wanted to be able to touch upon all those feelings and I wanted to speak about all different things, too, which is why I titled the album Speak", Lohan said in an interview with IGN.[11] The lead single, "Rumors", has been called a "bass-heavy, angry club anthem" by Rolling Stone.[12]
In the opening tracks on the album, Lohan sings about her relationship with her boyfriend, possibly Valderrama. The Madonna-esque[13] title track is about communicating with her boyfriend, while "Magnet" states that she keeps coming back for more from him. IGN said that "Over", the second single, "begins like a Cure track, complete with mournful acoustic guitar and haunting piano-tuned synth."[1][13]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [14] |
Entertainment Weekly | C[15] |
Rolling Stone | [16] |
Slant Magazine | [17] |
Stylus Magazine | D+[18] |
Speak received mixed reviews from music critics. CD Universe said "'Speak' proves that Lohan has the mettle and talent necessary to compete with other young pop superstars."
IGN gave the album a mixed review, stating, "As with her contemporaries—Britney, Christina, Ashlee, Avril, Hilary—it remains to be seen if she will transcend the generic pop princess model and grow into a mature, insightful artist. For now, Speak offers up sugar coated, prefab pop that is easily digested, but just as easily forgotten."[1] Entertainment Weekly also gave the album a C, stating "The Mean Girls star's debut album has some guilty pleasures: "Rumors" dramatically slams the very stalkerazzi who made her a household name, while the tween-slumber-party-friendly "Over" is perfect for singing into your curling iron in front of the mirror. But somewhere, Avril Lavigne — whose influence is clearly at work here — is rolling her eyes."[20] People music critic Chuck Arnold gave the album a "promising" review, stating that the album is a "competent collection of teen pop."[21]
Commercial performance
Speak debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of over 261,000 copies.[22] It was certified platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1,100,000 copies in the United States.[23]
Promotion
To promote Speak, Lohan did several performances in the United States. Lohan appeared on
On December 14, Lohan performed "Over" and "Speak" at
Singles
"Rumors" was released as the album's lead single on September 21, 2004. It peaked at number six on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. Its accompanying music video received heavy airplay on MTV's TRL. "Rumors" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) due to strong digital downloads. The song was nominated for "Best Pop Video" at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. "Over" was released as the second single on December 14, 2004. It spent three weeks at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, but was less successful than "Rumors". "Over" was the first and only single that was released in the United Kingdom. Its music video was also played substantially on TRL, before having to be retired. Both received substantial radio airplay.[29]
The album's title track, "Speak", was supposed to be released as the third single. Lohan even promoted the song by playing it at Sessions@AOL. Francis Lawrence was supposed to direct the music video.[30] "First" was released instead on May 10, 2005. It was also the first single released from the Herbie: Fully Loaded soundtrack. "First" became a hit in Latin America and parts of Europe, but was unsuccessful on US charts.
Track listing
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[31]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | " TJ Jackson |
| 3:16 | |
Total length: | 37:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Magnet" |
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| 3:14 |
12. | "Rumors" (bonus track) |
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| 3:16 |
Total length: | 41:08 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Rumors" (Full Phatt Remix) | 3:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Rumors" (Sharp Boys Remix Radio Edit) | 3:44 |
14. | "Over" (Full Phatt Remix) | 3:39 |
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
Credits and personnel
- Dave Audé – engineer
- Chris Avedon – engineer
- Lauren Bialek – production coordination
- Charlie Bisharat – violin, concertmaster
- Sandy Brummels – creative director
- Denyse Buffam – viola
- David Campbell– string arrangements
- Roberto Cani – violin
- Andreas Carlson – guitar, backing vocals, producer, engineer
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Mario Diaz de Leon – violin
- Kara DioGuardi – backing vocals, producer
- Peter Wade Keusch – mixing, co-producer, engineer
- Kalle Engstrom – bass, keyboards, programming, producer, engineer
- David Eriksen – drums, backing vocals, producer, engineer, keyboard programming
- Charlie Falk – guitar
- Lars Fox – engineer
- Armen Garabedian – violin
- Berj Garabedian – violin
- Lior Goldenberg – mixing
- Alan Grunfeld – violin
- Jimmy Harry – producer
- George Holz – photography
- mastering
- Suzie Katayama – cello
- Peter Kent – violin
- Jason Lader – keyboard programming
- Lindsay Lohan – lead vocals
- Kristian Lundin – keyboards, programming, producer, engineer
- Darrin McCann – viola
- Tommy Mottola – executive producer
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
- Pablo Munguia – engineer
- Anna Nordell – backing vocals
- Börge Petersen Överlei – guitar
- Shelly Peiken – backing vocals
- Herb Powers – mastering
- Bill Richards – product manager
- Matthew Rolston – photography
- Cory Rooney – keyboards, backing vocals, producer
- Jeff Rothschild – drums, programming, engineer, mixing
- John Shanks – guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, producer, mixing
- Martin Sjolie – engineer, assistant producer
- Harry "Slick" Sommerdahl – bass, drums, keyboards, engineer
- Joe Spix – hand lettering
- Sarah Thornblade – violin
- Mark Valentine – engineer
- Dave Way – mixing
- Christopher J. Wormer – guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[39] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Canada | December 7, 2004 | CD | Casablanca | [40] |
United States | [41] | |||
Japan | January 26, 2005 | [42] | ||
Germany | March 25, 2005 | [43] | ||
United Kingdom | April 4, 2005 | [44] |
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