Scream if You Wanna Go Faster
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Scream If You Wanna Go Faster is the second solo album
by British
pop
singer Geri Halliwell
. It was released by EMI Records
on May 14, 2001 and yielded the UK number-one single "It's Raining Men". Although not as successful as her debut album Schizophonic
, it reached a peak position of number five on the UK album chart. With first-week sales of 35,000 copies and total sales of 155,000, it became the 127th best selling album of 2001 in the UK. It eventually received an American release digitally via the iTunes Store
on October 30, 2007, despite the relatively poor sales in the UK which ensured Gold status only.
Halliwell described the album as "bright and colourful";
of The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men" (1983), which became Halliwell's fourth and (to date) final no.1 UK single.
Halliwell commented about the album: "There's deeper meaning underneath if you care and chose to look. Some of it is deep as a puddle, some of it is a bottomless pit, like a well".
Album
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by British
United Kingdom
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pop
Pop music
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singer Geri Halliwell
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...
. It was released by EMI Records
EMI
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on May 14, 2001 and yielded the UK number-one single "It's Raining Men". Although not as successful as her debut album Schizophonic
Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)
Schizophonic is the debut solo album by pop singer Geri Halliwell. The album was released after her split from popular girl group the Spice Girls...
, it reached a peak position of number five on the UK album chart. With first-week sales of 35,000 copies and total sales of 155,000, it became the 127th best selling album of 2001 in the UK. It eventually received an American release digitally via the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
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on October 30, 2007, despite the relatively poor sales in the UK which ensured Gold status only.
Halliwell described the album as "bright and colourful";
Album details
Scream If You Wanna Go Faster includes a cover versionCover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men" (1983), which became Halliwell's fourth and (to date) final no.1 UK single.
Halliwell commented about the album: "There's deeper meaning underneath if you care and chose to look. Some of it is deep as a puddle, some of it is a bottomless pit, like a well".
Track listing
| # | Title | Songwriter(s) | Producer (s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (song) "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" is a song by Geri Halliwell, released as the second song from her second solo album. It was released on 30 July 2001. The song was written by Halliwell on the day of her first recovery meeting for bulimia... " |
Halliwell, Nowels | Rick Nowels Rick Nowels Richard Wright Nowels Jr. is a Grammy / Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter/producer who has worked with many of the most vibrant artists in contemporary music... |
3:38 |
| 2. | "Shake Your Bootie Cutie" | Ackerman, Halliwell, Watkins, Wilson | Gregg Alexander Gregg Alexander Gregg Alexander is an American singer/songwriter and producer, best known as the frontman of the New Radicals, who scored the international hit "You Get What You Give" in late 1998. Earlier in life he recorded two solo albums, Michigan Rain and Intoxifornication... and Rick Nowels |
4:02 |
| 3. | "Calling Calling (song) "Calling" is a song by Geri Halliwell, released as the third and final single from the album Scream if You Wanna Go Faster. Just like the previous single, "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster", success was limited... " |
Halliwell, Vettesse Peter-John Vettese Peter-John Vettese , also known as Peter Vettese, is a British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.... |
Stephen Lipson | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Feels Like Sex" | Ackerman, Halliwell, Watkins, Wilson | Absolute | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Circles Around the Moon" | Ackerman, Halliwell, Watkins, Wilson | Absolute | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Love is the Only Light" | Elofsson, Halliwell, Lipson Stephen Lipson Stephen J. Lipson is a musician and producer who has worked with numerous artists, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Cher, Grace Jones, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Take That, Simple Minds, Lindisfarne, and Annie Lennox.... |
Stephen Lipson | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Strength of a Woman" | Halliwell, Nowels | Rick Nowels | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Don't Call Me Baby" | Halliwell, Watkins, Wilson | Absolute | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Lovey Dovey Stuff" | Ackerman, Halliwell, Watkins, Wilson | Absolute | 3:39 |
| 10. | "It's Raining Men" | Paul Jabara Paul Jabara Paul Jabara was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese ancestry. He wrote Donna Summer's "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday and Barbra Streisand's song "The Main Event/Fight" from The Main Event... , Paul Shaffer Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's sidekick since 1982.-Early years:... |
Stephen Lipson | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Heaven and Hell (Being Geri Halliwell)" | Elofsson, Halliwell, Lipson | Stephen Lipson | 3:31 |
| 12. | "I Was Made That Way" | Halliwell, Vetesse | Stephen Lipson | 4:47 |
| 13. | "Brave New World" (Japan bonus track) | Halliwell, Vetesse | Ian Masterson | 4:10 |
Personnel
- Geri Halliwell - Vocals
- Wayne Rodrigues - Drum programming, Protools editing
- Rick Nowels - Acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards
- Rusty Anderson - Electric guitar
- Charles Judge - Keyboards
- Greg Kurstin - Keyboards, Organ
- Danielle BriseboisDanielle BriseboisDanielle Anne Brisebois is an American actress, producer, songwriter and singer. In the 1990s she recorded two solo albums, Arrive All Over You and Portable Life, and was a member of the New Radicals...
- Vocal arrangement - Peter John Vettese - Keyboards, Programming, Backing vocals
- Stephen Lipson - Programming
- Tracey AckermanTracey AckermanTracy Ackerman is a British singer and songwriter. She works with several other British songwriters including Andy Watkins and Paul Wilson of Absolute and Mark Taylor....
- Backing vocals
International charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Album Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
55 |
| UK Albums Chart | 5 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 8 |
| Mexican Albums Chart | 16 |
| Mexican International Albums Chart | 6 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 20 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 22 |
| German Albums Chart | 29 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 30 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart | 32 |
| Croatian Albums Chart | 33 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 43 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 43 |
| Australian Albums Chart | 55 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 88 |
| French Albums Chart | 133 |