It's Only Time
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| Studio album by Drake Bell | ||||
| Released | December 5, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 2006 | |||
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| Length | 34:36 | |||
| Label | Universal Motown | |||
| Producer | Drake Bell, Backhouse Mike, C.J. Abraham | |||
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It's Only Time is the second studio album and major label debut by singer-songwriter Drake Bell. It marks his first release on a major record label, with Universal Motown Records. The album serves as a follow-up to his debut album, Telegraph. It's Only Time was released on December 5, 2006. There were two singles released for this album. The lead single, "I Know", was released on October 17, 2006. The second single, "Makes Me Happy" was released on October 16, 2007.
The album debuted at #81 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies its first week of release. As of 2012, over 178,000 copies have been sold in the United States.
The recording of the album began in Spring 2006. Drake Bell wrote all of the songs on the album, however, all the songs were, as with Telegraph, co-written along with either Michael Corcoran and/or C.J. Abraham. The album was produced by Backhouse Mike (Michael Corcoran) and co-produced by Drake and C.J. Abraham, and was mixed by Rob Jacobs and C.J. Abraham. The album cover was photographed by Nabil Elderkin and the art direction of the cover and backcover was by John Pina.
Universal Motown Records, Bell's label at the time, was hesitant to release an album that had no contribution from its musicians and producers, but Bell said it only took one song to convince them to release it. Bell also said: ""I think having it any other way would feel false. I felt capable that we could get it done, and we did."
The album had two singles, "I Know", released on October 17, 2006. "I Know" also had a music video that aired on MTV two days after the album release which can be found on the deluxe version of the album. And the second single, "Makes Me Happy", which was released on October 16, 2007.
The last four songs on the album form "a narrative about the ups and downs in three different relationships", that go together, without breaks, a credited homage to the second side of The Beatles’ Abbey Road.
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