Insatiable (album)
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| Studio album by Nadine | ||
| Released | 8 November 2010 | |
| Recorded | 2008–2010; London, Los Angeles, Malibu, | |
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| Length | 49:04 | |
| Label | Black Pen | |
| Producer | Ricci Riccardi, Toby Gad, Guy Chambers, Julian Bunetta, Quiz & Larossi, William Orbit | |
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| BBC Music | (positive) |
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| The Irish Times | |
| Metro | |
| NME | (6/10) |
| The Scotsman | |
| Virgin Media | |
| Yahoo! Music | (6/10) |
Insatiable is the debut studio album by Irish singer-songwriter and Girls Aloud member Nadine Coyle. The album was released on 8 November 2010 via Black Pen Records, a record label formed by Coyle in partnership with the UK's largest supermarket chain Tesco.
Following seven years as a member of Girls Aloud, Nadine Coyle announced plans to release a solo album during the group's hiatus. In May 2009, Coyle announced that she had signed a publishing deal with EMI. She told Late Late Show host Pat Kenny, "I'm writing songs and it's slightly different styles from Girls Aloud, so I'm gonna do that, writing stuff after Girls Aloud. [...] I have loads of material of stuff to do, but it's just about the timing and about getting it right and getting the right songs to put out." She enlisted Barbara Charone, who was worked with Madonna and Christina Aguilera, as a publicist and Bruce Garfield as her manager. "There wasn't anything wrong with what had happened or what had gone on for years - because it was really successful," Nadine said. "It just seemed like I had taken a completely different route, personally, in the writing and the production and I wanted a completely new team so we could start afresh." Despite early reports indicating three major record labels interested in Nadine, it was reported that she had failed to earn a solo record deal, even being turned down by Girls Aloud's label Polydor Records. This was denied by manager Bruce Garfield. In April 2010, it was reported she had signed to Geffen Records. The deal later fell through.
In August 2010, Nadine officially signed a deal with grocery store chain Tesco to exclusively distribute Insatiable. Tesco's head of entertainment Rob Salter said in a statement: "We are delighted that Nadine Coyle has agreed to entrust the first album of her solo career to Tesco. Nadine has delivered a real album with musical integrity and, most of all, that great big warm voice and fantastic songs which we believe will speak to all of Tesco's customers." The album itself will be released through Nadine's own label Black Pen Records. "The traditional model for selling an album isn't the only way of doing things," Nadine said. "To be able to create an album where you are in complete control of your own work is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an artist." Nadine is said to have turned down offers from various major labels, including Universal Music.
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