Willa Was Here

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Willa Was Here

Studio album by Willa Ford
Released	July 17, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop
Length	37:21
Label	Lava/Atlantic
Producer(s)	Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Michael D. Goodman (aka Sheppard) , Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Tim Kelly, Bob Robinson, Howie Hirsh, Robbie Nevil, Scott Ialacci (aka DJ Skribble) , Anthony Acid
All Music Guide (2.5/5) link*Rolling Stone link

Willa Was Here is the debut album of pop singer Willa Ford on Lava/Atlantic Records. The album peaked at #56 on The Billboard 200 chart, August 04, 2001. The album contained the hit single 'I Wanna Be Bad', which sold over 250,000 copies[1], and her second single 'Did Ya Understand That'. The album also contained a hyper link to the video for ‘I Wanna Be Bad’. Willa wrote nine of the eleven tracks. Although the first single was a huge hit, the album only managed to sell roughly 146,000 copies.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 See also
6 External links
7 Chart References

[edit] Track listing

"I Wanna Be Bad" (featuring Royce 5'9) (Willa Ford, Brian Kierulf, Joshua M Schwartz, Royce da 5'9") – 3:06
"Did Ya' Understand That" (Willa Ford, Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Darius Rustam) – 3:17
"Ooh Ooh" (Willa Ford, Eve Nelson) – 3:32
"Tired" (Willa Ford, Andrew Scott Marvel) – 3:33
"Joke's on You" (Willa Ford, Robert D. Fusari, Falonte Moore, Sabelle Breer) – 3:16
"Tender" (Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson) – 4:18
"Don't You Wish" (Willa Ford, Eve Nelson) – 3:51
"Prince Charming" (Willa Ford, Andrew Scott Marvel) – 4:01
"Somebody Take the Pain Away" (Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz, Sheron Lee, Annie Lennox, David Alan Stewart) – 2:53
"Haunted Heart" (Willa Ford, Robbie Nevil, Howie Hirsh) – 3:39
"Dare" (Willa Ford, Scott Ialacci, Anthony Caputo) – 3:46

"All The Right Moves" is a bonus song which is available on the Australian release.

[edit] Personnel

Willa Ford - vocals, background vocals
Josh Schwartz - multiple instruments
Brian Kierulf - multiple instruments
Eve Nelson - keyboards
Masa Shimizu - guitar
Robin Daniels - percussion
Andrew Scott Marvel - keyboards
Gerry Leonard - guitar
Jen Carr - background vocals
Sabelle Breer - background vocals
Tim Kelly - keyboards, drums, bass
Bob Robinson - guitar, piano
Michael Nigro - keyboards
Royce Da 5'9 - vocals

[edit] Production

Producers: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Michael D. Goodman, Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Tim Kelly, Bob Robinson, Howie Hirsh, Robbie Nevil, Scott Ialacci, Anthony Acid

Executive producer: Willa Ford, Jason Flom, Andy Shane

Management: DAS Communications, Ltd.

Engineers: Eve Nelson, Tim Kelly, Bob Robinson, Stephen George

Assistant engineers: Benjamin Jelen

Vocal engineers: Stephen George

Mix engineers: Manny Marriquin

Mixing: Rob Chiarelli, Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Jim "Bonzai" Caruso, Robert D. Fusari, Bill Lee

Mixing assistants: Jay Nichlas

Mastering: Tom Coyne

A&R direction: Jason Flom, Andy Shane

A&R administration: Gregg Nadel

Programming: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Falonte Moore, Tim Kelly

Drum programming: Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson

Keyboard Programming: Darius Rustam

Pro Tools whiz: Alan Friedman

Vocal Production Effect: Cynthia Daniels

Arrangers: Andrew Scott Marvel

Vocal arrangement: Willa Ford, Jen Carr, Sabelle Breer

String arrangements: Josh Schwartz

[edit] Charts

For several charts the album's debut position was also it's peak position. The debut position is the position the album debuted at. And the peak position is the position the album peaked at (highest point). The album flopped on all the charts it made it on. Being released in over 12 countries, it only managed to chart in a little more than half. However it did manage to crack the top 10 in Australia and Canada, but barely missed it in Japan and UK.

Year	Album	Chart	Debut Position	Peak Position
2001	Willa Was Here	The Billboard 200	#56	#56
2001		United World Chart	#41	#38
2001		Australia ARIA Charts	#11	#9
2001		UK Albums Chart	#14	#14
2001		Canada Top 100 albums	#5	#4
2001		Japan Oricon Chart	#13	#13
2001		Italy Top 50 Albums	#42	#38
2001		Germany Media Control	#84	#79