Based on a True Story (Kimberley Locke album)

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Based On A True Story
Based On A True Story cover
Studio album by Kimberley Locke
Released May 1, 2007
Recorded 2005 - 2007
Genre Adult Contemporary Pop/R&B
Length 43:04
Label Curb Records (U.S.)
EMI Music Canada (CAN)
Producer Mark J. Feist, Damon sharpe, Kimberley Locke, Jerry J. Sharell, Bryan Stewart
Professional reviews
Kimberley Locke chronology
One Love
(2004)		 Based On A True Story
(2007)		 Christmas
(2007)
Singles from Based on a True Story
  1. "Change"
    Released: January 15, 2007
  2. "Band of Gold"
    Released: August 13, 2007
  3. "Fall"
    Released: February 25, 2008

Based On A True Story is the second album from American Idol finalist, Kimberley Locke. Kimberley chose this title because the songs on the album, 8 of which co-written by Kimberley herself, tell the true story of the emotions she dealt with during and after her relationship with her ex-fiance. She found that when she sat and talked with her collaborators about the issues she was working through, the songs began to write themselves.

The album made an uneventful debut on the Billboard Charts, landing at #160 and selling only 4,842 copies its first week. It fell off the chart in its second week. It peaked at #86 on the American iTunes Top 100 Album Chart.

Contents

[edit] Critical Reception

The album was poorly received by Entertainment Weekly, which commented that Locke "fail[ed] to inject personality into these songs" and that she is "unshackled by the constraints of genre". It gave the album a "C" rating. However, EW readers gave it a B. [1] Billboard Magazine was much more impressed by the album, referring to it as "powerfully performed and perfectly presented," and to Locke herself as "a major new artist in the making." [2]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Change" (Jess Cates, Dennis Matkosky, Ty Lacy, Kimberley Locke) – 3:56
  2. "Any Which Way" (Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Adam Anders) – 3:44
  3. "Trust Myself" (Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerard, Kimberley Locke) – 3:22
  4. "Supawoman" (Damon Sharpe, Mark Feist, Kimberley Locke) – 3:57
  5. "Doin' It Tonite" (Damon Sharpe, Mark Feist, Kimberley Locke) – 3:11
  6. "Friend Like You" (Damon Sharpe, Mark Feist, Kimberley Locke) – 2:57
  7. "Fall" (Sonny Lemaire, Shane Minor, Clay Mills) – 3:32
  8. "I Don't Wanna Know" (Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerard, Kimberley Locke) – 4:00
  9. "Talk About Us" (Denise Rich, Kimberley Locke, Genzo) – 3:14
  10. "You Don't Have To Be Strong" (Jud Friedman, Alan Rich) – 3:26
  11. "Everyday Angels" (Danielle Brisebois, Wayne Rodrigues, Kimberley Locke) – 4:22
  12. "Band Of Gold" (Edythe Wayne, Ronald Dunbar) – 3:45

[edit] Cut Tracks

Only a month before the release of the album, a decision was made for Kimberley to record her versions of "Fall" and "Band Of Gold". The label was so impressed by these recordings that two songs that had previously been recorded, "What I Gotta Do" and "Hey DJ (Let That Song Play)", were cut from the album. They remain unreleased.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Country Peak Sales Certification
2007 USA 160 21,000 N.A.

[edit] Singles

Charting
Year		 Single Charts Peak
Position
2007 Change U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 1 1
U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents 4
U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 6
Brazilian Top 30 Dance Club 1 7
U.S. Top Dance Club Tracks of 20071 8
U.S. Top Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks of 2007 16
Global Dance Tracks 1 30
2008 Band Of Gold U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 1 1
Brazilian Top 30 Dance Club 1 4
UK Commercial Club 1 6
U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 9
Canadian Adult Contemporary 21
Global Dance Tracks 1 23
U.S. Top Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks of 2007 39
UK Upfront Club 1 52
Fall U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 1 16
U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 17

1 Remixed dance versions.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan "Based On A True Story" Entertainment Weekly, May 9, 2007
  2. ^ Ely, Gordon "Based On A True Story" Billboard Magazine, Retrieved May 21, 2007
v • d • e
Kimberley Locke
Albums
One Love  · Based on a True Story  · Christmas
Singles
"8th World Wonder"  · "Wrong"  · "Coulda Been"  · "I Could"  · "Up on the House Top"  · "Jingle Bells"  · "Change"  · "Band of Gold"  · "Frosty the Snowman"  · "Fall"
Other charted songs
Television