Tiffany (album)

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Tiffany
Studio album by Tiffany
Released	September 15, 1987
Recorded	1984 - 1987
Genre	Pop
Length	39:08
Label	MCA
Producer	George Tobin
Professional reviews
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Tiffany chronology
Tiffany (1987) Hold an Old Friend's Hand (1988)

Tiffany is the self-titled debut album by Tiffany, released in May, 1987 (see 1987 in music). Tiffany had begun working with manager/producer George Tobin several years earlier, with some of the tracks recorded as early as when she was 12 years old, in 1984; the album was released early in 1987. As a novel means of promoting the album and artist, Tiffany was sent on a "shopping mall tour" which was called "The Beautiful You: Celebrating The Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87". Tiffany's tour included performances in various malls across the United States, at first to small, indifferent audiences, but by the end to large crowds as her fame grew. ^[1] The first single released from this album was "Danny", but radio stations decided instead to play Tiffany's cover of the Tommy James & the Shondells hit from 20 years earlier, "I Think We're Alone Now", and this was soon released as a single and became Tiffany's first #1 pop hit (U.S./UK). It was followed up by "Could've Been", which also reached #1 and was popular on the adult contemporary format as well. On the strength of these hit singles, the album went to the top spot of the Billboard album chart, (replacing Michael Jackson's "Bad"). Tiffany's rendition of the Lennon/McCartney standard 'I Saw Her Standing There' as "I Saw Him Standing There", provided a final hit from the album. Over 4.1 million copies have been sold in the U.S. alone.^[2]

Later single releases from this album did not do as well, however, and critics, who called Tiffany a "manufactured pop star" from the beginning, already began to say that her newly-begun career was faltering, though it would be another year before her popularity underwent a complete collapse, and her platinum selling second album yielded some pop hits of its own before that.

Tiffany's life and career also hit some rough spots in the spring of 1988 due to a much-publicized battle between Tiffany, her mother, her stepfather, and her manager/producer, with many accusations made on all sides. Tiffany's mother, who had approved Tiffany's contract with George Tobin (as required because Tiffany was a minor at the time), had some regrets about doing so without consulting an entertainment attorney (she had only run the contract by a family attorney who was not an expert in entertainment law), and felt that Tobin was exploiting Tiffany through contract terms that gave him complete control of her career and 50% of the proceeds. Tiffany, on the other hand, was at the time siding with Tobin and felt her mother and stepfather were the ones acting in an exploitative manner. Ultimately, she asked a court to grant her emancipated minor status, but this was denied.^[3][4][5][6]

In her 1988 summer concert tour, she gave a break to struggling pop group New Kids on the Block by letting them be her opening act, which helped them become a major teen craze, ultimately eclipsing Tiffany herself in popularity.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Should've Been Me" (Mark Paul) – 3:39
2. "Danny" (Jody Moreing) – 4:00
3. "Spanish Eyes" (Donna Weiss, John Duarte, Lauren Wood) – 3:56
4. "Feelings of Forever" (Mark Paul, John Duarte) – 3:52
5. "Kid on a Corner" (Steven McClintock, Tim James) – 4:02
6. "I Saw Him Standing There" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:12
7. "Johnny's Got the Inside Moves" (Jon McElroy, Ned McElroy) – 3:20
8. "Promises Made" (Paul, Duarte) – 4:50
9. "I Think We're Alone Now" (Ritchie Cordell) – 3:47
10. "Could've Been" (Lois Blaisch) – 3:30

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