Another Side (Corbin Bleu album)
Another Side is the debut album from High School Musical singer Corbin Bleu. It was released by Hollywood Records on May 1, 2007. His first single off the album, "Push It to the Limit", was recorded and appears on the soundtrack of Jump In!. Bleu has stated that the album has a "pop-R&B feel". The album debuted at number thirty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 18,000 copies in its first week.[2] He supported his debut album by doing a solo summer tour with opening act Mitchel Musso, along with opening for Vanessa Hudgens' State & County Fair 2008 summer tour. He had covered two songs, "She Could Be" was originally sung by Christian Bautista and "Still There for Me" was originally sung by Nick Carter under the title "There for Me". As singles, "Push It to the Limit" reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Deal with It" reached #112 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and #87 on the Pop Songs chart.
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Released | May 1, 2007 (U.S.) June 11, 2007 (UK) June 18, 2007 (France) August 11, 2007 (Australia) | |||
Recorded | August 7, 2006—February 23, 2007 | |||
Genre | Pop, teen pop, dance-pop, R&B | |||
Length | 39:01 | |||
Label | Hollywood | |||
Producer | Elliot Lurie (exec.), Stan Rogow (exec.), Cutfather, Matthew Gerrard, Christopher Rojas, Jonas Jeberg, Damon Sharpe, Stereo, Shaffer Smith, The Heavyweights | |||
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Singles from Another Side | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Deal with It" | Jay Sean, Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt, Joe Belmatti, Mich Hansen | Cutfather | 3:04 |
2. | "Stop" (featuring J-King) | Lambert Waldrip, Drew Jordan | Stereo | 3:24 |
3. | "Roll with You" | David Kopatz, Mich Hansen, Joe Belmaati | Cutfather | 2:59 |
4. | "She Could Be" | Andrew Fromm, Christopher Rojas, Arnie Roman | Christopher Rojas | 3:25 |
5. | "I Get Lonely" | Shaffer Smith, Melvin Spankman, Marcus Allen | The Heavyweights | 3:35 |
6. | "We Come to Party" | Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Corbin Bleu | Matthew Gerrard | 3:04 |
7. | "Mixed Up" | Corbin Bleu, Damon Sharpe, Greg Lawson, Brian Wayy | Damon Sharpe | 2:54 |
8. | "Still There for Me (featuring Vanessa Hudgens)" | Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard | Matthew Gerrard | 3:38 |
9. | "Marchin'" | Damon Sharpe, Greg Lawson, Jonas Jeberg, Simon Brenting | Damon Sharpe, Jonas Jeberg | 3:02 |
10. | "Never Met a Girl like You" | Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Corbin Bleu | Matthew Gerrard | 3:40 |
11. | "Homework" (featuring J-King) | Steven Durham, Dalevertis Hurd, Corbin Bleu, Jaime King, Jr | Steven Durham, Dalevertis Hurd | 2:58 |
12. | "Push It to the Limit" | Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil | Matthew Gerrard | 3:14 |
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13. | "Shake It Off" | 4:06 |
"Deal with It"
The song "Deal with It" was originally written and sung by Jay Sean, who originally intended it to be the title single of his second album My Own Way (2008). He later gave it to Corbin Bleu, whose version of the song features background vocals by Jay Sean. The song earned Jay Sean a BMI Songwriter Award.[3] Korean record label SM Entertainment purchased the rights for the song, which would later appear on boy band SHINee's Romeo EP, as "Juliette".[4][5]
Charts
Chart | Peak position |
Sales |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 36[6] | 120,000+ |
References
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- Katie Hasty, "Ne-Yo Scores Second No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, May 9, 2007.
- "Jay Sean Brings Home a BMI Songwriter Award!". Desi Hits. October 10, 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- "SHINee's "Juliette" Released!". Allkpop. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- (in Korean) Park, Se-yeon. ‘로미오’ 변신 샤이니 ‘줄리엣’ 노래하다..21일 2nd 미니앨범 공개 (Shinee Change into "Romeos" and sing "Juliette"...2nd Mini-Album Released on 21st). Newsen. May 18, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- "Pop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-14.