Tightrope (Stephanie McIntosh album)

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Tightrope
Tightrope cover
Studio album by Stephanie McIntosh
Released September 9, 2006 (2006-09-09) (Australia)
Recorded 2004-2006
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length 45:40 (Australia, excluding bonus tracks)
46:53 (UK)
Label Universal
Producer Tom Nichols
Rami
Max Martin
Carl Falk
Peter Zizzo
Greg Kurstin
Klaus Derendorf
Professional reviews
Alternate cover
UK Cover
UK Cover
Singles from Tightrope
  1. "Mistake"
    Released: July 29, 2006
  2. "Tightrope"
    Released: October 21, 2006
  3. "So Do I Say Sorry First?"
    Released: March 3, 2007

Tightrope is the debut album from Australian pop singer Stephanie McIntosh, which was released on 9 September 2006, and re-released on March 19, 2007. It was released to the UK on August 20, 2007 with an alternate track listing and cover, but some Australian editions of the album have been seen in UK music stores such as HMV.

Contents

[edit] History

McIntosh worked on her debut album with award winning songwriter/producer Tom Nichols who has written and produced songs for the likes of Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Alistair Griffin, Kylie Minogue, S Club 7 and Atomic Kitten.

Nichols has co-written and produced McIntosh’s debut album along with Max Martin, Rami, Greg Kurstin, Klaus Derendorf and Guy Roche. The writing and recording process found McIntosh travelling all over the world to studios in LA, London and Sweden along with her hometown of Melbourne. The album, Tightrope was two years in the making, and McIntosh had a film crew following her around the world documenting the journey. The result was The Steph Show which debuted on Channel 10 at 6pm on July 28, 2006

The album features a cover of the song, "Wishin' and Hopin'". McIntosh co-wrote one track on the album, "So Do I Say Sorry First?" which is a guitar driven rock track. Most of Tightrope was recorded at the beginning of 2006. The album title, Tightrope was decided by McIntosh and Nichols (producer/co-writer) because McIntosh stated she felt her life was like she was walking a tightrope.

On September 5 the full album was available for play on Ninemsn music. The album leaked onto the internet on September 6. It was assumed that it leaked because of the Ninemsn first. The album debuted at number eighty on the iTunes charts after not even one day of downloads. Tightrope debuted at number four on the ARIA Charts and number one on the Australasian Charts. On its second week in the chart it stayed at the number four place and went gold. It also became was the ninety-second biggest selling album of 2006. Tightrope was re-released on March 19, 2007.[1]

McIntosh arranged numerous radio interviews in the UK to promote Tightrope which was released on August 20, 2007. Although, it was supposed to be released earlier, on July 2. During her promotion campaign Tightrope debuted at #40 on the UK Preorder Top 100 Albums chart and later on rose to its peak of #11. Universal poorly promoted the album, the first UK single "Mistake" debuted at #168 on downloads alone and reached its peak a week later at #47. Follow up single, "So Do I Say Sorry First?" peaked at a lackluster #258, due to a serious lack of promotion and airplay.

[edit] Singles

"Mistake" was the album's first single, released on July 29, 2006 in Australia. It made it to the top 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Gold in Australia for sales of over 35,000. It was also her debut single in the UK and Ireland, but did not get into the top 40 in either country. The second single, released only in Australia on October 21, 2006, was Tightrope. Although it did not do as well on the charts as Mistake, it did get into the top 20, peaking at #16, and was certified Gold.

"So Do I Say Sorry First?" was released as the album's third Australian single on March 3, 2007. It is her weakest single to date there and peaked at #34. It was released in the UK as the second single as a download-only single on August 6, 2007, and barely charted, making it to number #258, due to a serious lack of promotion.

[edit] Track listing

Australasian edition
  1. "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (Stephanie McIntosh, Tom Nichols, Klaus Derendorf) – 3:01
  2. "Mistake" (Rami, Arnthor Birgisson, Tom Nichols) – 3:20
  3. "Tightrope" (Tom Nichols, Greg Kurstin) – 3:19
  4. "You Should Have Lied" (Tom Nichols, Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk) – 3:30
  5. "Wishin' & Hopin'" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:20
  6. "Out in the Rain" (Tom Nichols, Pete Woodroffe, Charlie Grant) – 3:26
  7. "You Don't Love Me" (Tom Nichols, Quiz & Larossi) – 3:10
  8. "A Change Is Coming" (Tom Nichols, Guy Roche) – 4:03
  9. "God Only Knows" (Tom Nichols, Carl Falk) – 2:59
  10. "Overcome" (Tom Nichols, Peter Zizzo) – 3:55
  11. "Sink Like a Stone" (Klaus Derendorf, Tom Nichols, Jeeve) – 4:12
  12. "The Night of My Life" (Desmond Child, Tom Nichols) – 3:12
  • "I'd Be You" (hidden track 4 minutes and 11 seconds into The Night of My Life) (Tom Nichols, Thom Pierce) - ~ – 3:08
  • Australian Special Edition Bonus Tracks [1]
14. "Catching My Breath" (Klaus Derendorf, Laurent Proneur, Tom Nichols) - 4:31
15. "Mistake" (Jewels & Stone remix) - 6:06
16. "Tightrope" (Black Fras extended remix) - 5:35
17. "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (Steve Mac Electrik Disko Mix) - 6:06
  • iTunes digital download
1. Stephanie McIntosh - The Story So Far (video) - 9:54
2. "Mistake" (music video) - 3:27
UK edition
  1. "So Do I Say Sorry First?" (Stephanie McIntosh, Tom Nichols, Klaus Derendorf) – 3:01
  2. "Mistake" (Rami, Arnthor Birgisson, Tom Nichols) – 3:20
  3. "Tightrope" (Tom Nichols, Greg Kurstin) – 3:19
  4. "You Should Have Lied" (Tom Nichols, Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk) – 3:30
  5. "Out in the Rain" (Tom Nichols, Pete Woodroffe, Charlie Grant) – 3:26
  6. "You Don't Love Me" (Tom Nichols, Quiz & Larossi) – 3:10
  7. "A Change Is Coming" (Tom Nichols, Guy Roche) – 4:03
  8. "God Only Knows" (Tom Nichols, Falk) – 2:59
  9. "Overcome" (Tom Nichols, Peter Zizzo) – 3:55
  10. "Sink Like a Stone" (Klaus Derendorf, Tom Nichols, Jeeve) – 4:12
  11. "The Night of My Life" (Desmond Child, Tom Nichols) – 3:13
  12. "Catching My Breath" (Klaus Derendorf, Laurent Proneur, Tom Nichols) – 4:31
  • "I'd Be You" (hidden track, 5 minutes and 28 seconds into Catching My Breath) (Tom Nichols, Thom Pierce) - ~ – 3:11

[edit] Charts

In Australia the album spent a total of 9 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart[2], its peak being number 4, where it stayed in the first two weeks of its release. In the UK, the album debuted at number 40 on the UK Pre-Order Top 100 and peaked the following week at #11. When it was finally released it didn't even chart.

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[3] 4
Chart Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Gold[4] 35,000+

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 2006-09-09 Universal Records CD 1703889
United Kingdom 2007-08-20 UMTV CD 1735817

[edit] References

  1. ^ Digital Spy. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
  2. ^ Stephanie Mcintosh - Tightrope - Music Charts
  3. ^ "Australian album chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
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