A Girl Like Me (Emma Bunton album)

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This article is about the Emma Bunton's album. For Rihanna's album with the same name, see A Girl Like Me (Rihanna album).

A Girl Like Me
Studio album by Emma Bunton
Released	16 April 2001
Genre	Pop
Length	43:40
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	Richard "Biff" Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Steve Mac, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Andrew Frampton, Tin Tin Out, Rhett Lawrence
Professional reviews
Stewart Mason, All Music Guide link
Emma Bunton chronology
	A Girl Like Me (2001)	Free Me (2004)

A Girl Like Me is the solo debut album from English pop singer Emma Bunton, released on 16 April 2001 in the United Kingdom (see 2001 in music) The album peaked in its first week at number four, with 21,500 copies sold – the highest album debut from a solo Spice Girl. Although initial success was promising, A Girl Like Me fell down the chart quickly. However, singles "What Took You So Long?", "Take My Breath Away" and "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" helped the album hover around the UK Top 75 Albums for several weeks. A Girl Like Me sold around 125,000 copies in the United Kingdom, the one hundred and forty-seventh best seller of 2001. It also sold 500,000 copies worldwide.

One of the reasons of the lack of sales is that the album was not released in Latin America (except in Brazil) and the United States.

[edit] Track listing

1. "What Took You So Long?" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis, Dave Morgan) – 3:59
2. "Take My Breath Away" (Emma Bunton, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector) – 3:34
3. "A World Without You" (Emma Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 4:53
4. "High On Love" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes, Sharon Murphy) – 3:49
5. "A Girl Like Me" (Emma Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 4:01
6. "Spell It O.U.T." (Emma Bunton, Andrew Frampton, Chris Braide) – 3:12
7. "Sunshine On A Rainy Day" (Martin Glover, Zoë) – 4:17
8. "Been There, Done That" (Emma Bunton, Andrew Frampton, Chris Braide) – 3:05
9. "Better Be Careful" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes) – 3:19
10. "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" (Emma Bunton, Rhett Lawrence) – 3:23
11. "She Was A Friend Of Mine" (Emma Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 3:34
12. "What I Am" (Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton) (Kenny Withrow, Edie Brickell) – 4:34

[edit] Personnels

• Emma Bunton - vocals
• Emma Bunton - album lettering
• Terry Richardson - photographer
• Ian Ross - album designer

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
UK Top 75 Albums	4
Austria Top 75 Albums	75
Brazil Top 50 Albums	2
France Top 150 Albums	79
Finland Top 40 Albums	38
Thailand Albums Chart	1