Mandy Moore (album)
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| Studio album by Mandy Moore | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–01 | |||
| Genre | Teen pop, dance-pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 50:11 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Randall Barlow, Todd Chapman, Scott Cutler, Alexis Dufresne, Matthew Hager, Tim Mitchell, Ken Ross, David McPherson (executive) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 56/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
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Mandy Moore is the self-titled third studio album by the American pop singer of the same name. It was released by Epic Records when she was 17 years old on June 19, 2001. Mandy Moore is notable for Moore's increasingly prominent role in the production, and being the transition album away from her bubblegum pop sound and teen pop image from her previous two albums, and leaning increasingly toward more R&B and pop rock, along with more sexual influences.
After releasing her sophomore album, I Wanna Be with You, Moore noted that "All of the music has started to look and sound the same" and that she decided that it was time for her to move away from that. She stated in a Billboard interview that she wanted "no more dancer, no more singing to tracks. I got tired of that in a big way".
The opening track, "In My Pocket" is a mix of techno/R&B beats with a Middle Eastern sound; the song was slightly more mature than other Moore songs and was an entirely different approach for her as an artist at the time. "You Remind Me" is a dance-pop song; it was written by Enrico Cremonesi, P. Aaron and R. Safinia. "Saturate Me" is an Arabic-flavored hip hop ballad song that lasts 4 minutes and 2 seconds. According to the digital sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, the song is composed in the key of D♭ major and is set in the time signature of common time (4/4) with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. "One Sided Love" is a dance-pop song with middle eastern influences that lasts for four minutes and five seconds, is composed in the key of E♭ major and is set in time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. "17" is also a teen pop and dance-pop song that lasts for 4 minutes. The song is composed in the key of D major and is set in time signature of common time. "Cry" details the story of a girl who first thought her lover to be insensitive, until one day she saw him cry. "You were all by yourself, staring up at the dark gray sky, I was changed...". The song was written and produced by James Renald. "Crush" is a teen pop and dance-pop song that features a heavy dance beat, and lasts 3 minutes and 43 seconds. According to the digital music sheet published at Musicnotes.com, the song is composed in the key of B major and has a common time signature with a tempo of 108 beats per minute. "It Only Took a Minute" is a romantic teen pop song that draws influences from R&B, with a length of 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The song is composed in the key of B♭ major, has a common time signature and a moderately slow tempo of 96 beats per minute. "Turn the Clock Around" is a teen pop and dance-pop song that lasts for three minutes and thirty seconds. The song is composed in the key of C harmonic minor and is set in the time signature of 4/4 common time with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. Moore's vocal range spans over two octaves from Eb3 to G5. "Yo-Yo" is a teen pop and dance-pop that lasts for 4 minutes and 17 seconds. According to the sheet music published at musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is composed in the key of F major and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 112 beats per minute. "From Loving You" is a teen pop ballad that lasts for 3 minutes and 34 seconds. "Split Chick" is a teen pop and dance-pop song that lasts for 3 minutes and 44 seconds. "When I Talk to You" is a romantic teen pop song and final track on the album. Moore stated that the song had been written while her and Matthew Hager were waiting to do a soundcheck. The song was also the first co-written by Moore to be included on one of her albums and it would not happen until 2007's Wild Hope, entirely co-written by Moore (Coverage consisted solely of covers).
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