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Vitamin C (album)

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Vitamin C
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 31, 1999
Recorded1998–1999
GenrePop
Length47:27
LabelElektra
Producer
  • Josh Deutsch
  • Garry Hughes
Vitamin C chronology
Vitamin C
(1999)
More
(2001)
Singles from Vitamin C
  1. "Smile"
    Released: June 8, 1999[1]
  2. "Me, Myself & I"
    Released: October 19, 1999[2]
  3. "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
    Released: March 7, 2000[3]

Vitamin C is the debut studio album by pop singer Vitamin C, released in 1999. The album was a success. Initially failing to chart, it later climbed the Billboard 200 to number 29[4] and was certified as Gold and later certified Platinum by the RIAA.[5]

The album spawned two hits, the Gold-selling top 20 hit "Smile"[6] and the Top 40 hit "Graduation (Friends Forever)". The album features guest appearances by Lady Saw, Count Bass D, and Waymon Boone. On the track "Fear of Flying" Vitamin C samples the Clash's "The Magnificent Seven".[7] The Japanese edition features the bonus track "The Only One".

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/5
    Views:
    5 364 396
    22 556
    29 910
    21 998
    793 882
  • Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever) [Official Music Video]
  • Unhappy Anniversary
  • Turn Me On
  • As Long as You're Loving Me
  • Vitamin C - Smile (Featuring Lady Saw) (Video)

Transcription

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[9]
People(favorable)[10]
Rolling Stone[11]

The album elicited generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. Tom Demalon, writing for AllMusic, praised Vitamin C's range, adding that "there is no shortage of hooks" on the album and concluding that "there's not a weak track on this stellar record."[8] Entertainment Weekly gave the album an "A−" and called the album "the unabashedly great pop album the Spice Girls might have made (but never quite did)."[9]

However, some critics were less favorable in their assessments of the album. Rolling Stone's Neva Chonin awarded the album two and a half stars, praising the album's stylistic range but criticizing its production, which she felt "makes it difficult to tell where the cut-and-paste production ends and Vitamin C begins."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smile" (featuring Lady Saw)3:58
2."Turn Me On"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Deutsch
  • Michael D. Goodman
3:47
3."Me, Myself and I"
3:57
4."Unhappy Anniversary"
3:56
5."Not That Kind of Girl"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Michael Kotch
3:27
6."Do What You Want to Do"
3:21
7."Girls Against Boys" (featuring Count Bass D)
4:16
8."I Got You"Neil Finn4:01
9."Money" (featuring Waymon Boone)
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Deutsch
3:47
10."About Last Night"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Robbie Nevil
4:01
11."Fear of Flying"
3:16
12."Graduation (Friends Forever)"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Deutsch
5:40
Total length:47:27
US reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Graduation (Friends Forever)" (Student Interview Mix) (hidden track)5:40
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."The Only One"2:52

Personnel

  • Vitamin C – vocals, composition, backing vocals
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals (3, 6, 9, 12)
  • Sean Altman – backing vocals (4)
  • Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
  • David Rainger – guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10)
  • Fred Maher – guitar (5, 8)
  • Josh Deutsch – guitar (1), production
  • Michael Kotch – guitar (5)
  • David Rainger – bass (9, 10)
  • Melvin Gibbs – bass (3, 4, 6, 12)
  • Alan Friedman – keyboards (3)
  • Fred Maher – keyboards (5, 8)
  • Jimmy Harry – production (11)
  • Garry Hughes – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12)
  • Ashley Horne – viola (12)
  • Denise Stillwell – viola (12)
  • Jill Jaffe – viola (12)
  • Joel Rudin – viola (12)
  • Mark Wood – viola (12)
  • Martha Mooke – viola (12)
  • Ron Lawrence – viola (12)
  • Sally Shumway – viola (12)
  • Sandy Robbins – viola (12)
  • Gregor Kitzis – violin (12)
  • Laura Seaton – violin (12)
  • Mary Rowell – violin (12)
  • Paul Woodiel – violin (12)
  • Dan Barrett – cello (12)
  • Mary Wooten – cello (12)
  • Matt Goeke – cello (12)
  • Jonas Tauber – cello (12)
  • Suzie Katayama – cello (8)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Bell, Carrie (July 17, 1999). "Elektra's Vitamin C Gives Pop a Twist". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 29. pp. 12, 16.
  2. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1321. October 15, 1999. pp. 132, 139.
  3. ^ "Gavin Top 40/Rhythm Crossover: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2293. February 25, 2000. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Vitamin C Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Vitamin C Gold single for "Smile" as certified by the RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "Vitamin C: Vitamin C : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Vitamin C - Vitamin C - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Vitamin C". Ew.com. August 30, 1999. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "Picks and Pans Main: Song – Vol. 52 No. 12". People.com. September 27, 1999. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Vitamin C: Vitamin C : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. August 21, 2007. Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  12. ^ "Vitamin C Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "Vitamin C Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  14. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "American  album  certifications – Vitamin C – Vitamin C". Recording Industry Association of America.
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