Footprints (album)
Footprints is the first album by Australian singer Holly Valance, released in the United Kingdom by London Records on 14 October 2002 (see 2002 in music).
The album was a success in the United Kingdom, where the first single "Kiss Kiss" reached the top position on the singles chart. "Footprints" peaked at number-nine on the albums chart selling over 100,000 copies being certified Gold.
In her home country, Australia, success was similar, with the album reaching the top fifteen, and selling over 35,000 copies earning a Gold certification.
Success came in Japan, when the album reached number nineteen on the Oricon Charts and sold 159,606 copies, being certified Gold and becoming one of the big international successes of the year in that country.
Singles
"Kiss Kiss" was the first single released by Valance. The single was released in April 2002 and went striaght to #1 in the UK and Austrilian charts. "Down Boy" was the second single released two months after Valance's debut single "Kiss Kiss" and became a smash hit on the day of its release. "Naughty Girl" is the third and final single from the debut album "Footprints", however was the only single not to hit the top ten charts either in the UK and Austrilian charts abnd becomes the lowest single to be released from the album. Sixth months later, Valance was preparing to release a forth and final single entitled "Tuck Your Shirt In", however the single was cancelled due to poor sales from the previous single, as well as recording her second album, "State Of Mind".
Track listing
- Standard Edition
- "Kiss Kiss" (Juliette Jaimes, Aksu Sezen, Steve Welton-Jaimes) – 3:25
- "Tuck Your Shirt In" (Joachim Björklund, Savan Kotecha) – 3:19
- "Down Boy" (Rob Davis) – 3:26
- "City Ain't Big Enough" (Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen, Remee) – 3:38
- "Cocktails and Parties" (Tom Nichols, Johnson Somerset) – 4:02
- "Whoop" (B. Chapman, J. Hogarth, Karen Poole) – 3:24
- "Hush Now" (Felix Howard, Nina Woodford, Fredrik Ödesjö) – 3:33
- "All in the Mind" (F. Gordon, G. Saunders) – 3:47
- "Harder They Come" (Rob Davis, Holly Valance) – 3:38
- "Help Me Help You" (David Munday, Phil Thornalley, Melanie Chisholm) – 3:36
- "Naughty Girl" (Grant Black, Cozi Costi, Deborah Ffrench, Brio Taliaferro) – 3:23
- "Connect" (Julian Gallagher, Tom Nichols, Richard Stannard) – 3:10
- "Send My Best" (Tina Dickow, Valance) – 4:25
- "Twist" (Henrik Korpi, Mathias Johansson, Tom Nichols) - 3:46 (Japanese Bonus Track)
- Special Edition Enchanced CD
- 14. "Kiss Kiss" (music video)
- 15. "Down Boy" (music video)
- 16. "The Making of "Down Boy" (video)
Charts
Personnel
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- Katrina Leskanich — background vocals
- David Munday — guitar, keyboards
- Sharon Murphy — background vocals
- Jonas Ostman — mixing assistant
- Bill Padley — arranger, programming, multi instruments, producer, mixing
- Martin Phillipps — keyboards, programming
- Karen Ann Poole — background vocals
- Johnny Rockstar — beats
- Ian Rossiter — assistant engineer
- Richard Stannard — Drums, producer, beat box
- Fredro Starr — arranger, keyboards, producer
- Alvin Sweeney — programming, engineer, mixing
- Phil Thornalley — guitar, producer
- Justin Tresidder — vocal producer
- Steve Welton-Jaimes — producer
- Nina Woodford — background vocals
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