From the Inside (Laura Pausini album)

From the Inside
Studio album by Laura Pausini
Released 5 November 2002
Genre Pop
Length 46:12
Language English
Label Atlantic
Producer Laura Pausini
K. C. Porter
Alfredo Cerruti
Craig Kallman
Ron Shapiro
Ruby Marchand
Laura Pausini chronology
The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te
(2001)		 From the Inside
(2002)		 Resta in ascolto
(2004)
Singles from From the Inside
  1. "Surrender"
    Released: January 24 2003
  2. "I Need Love"
    Released: April 2003
  3. "It's not Goodbye"
    Released: 2003
  4. "If That's Love"
    Released: 2003
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From the Inside is Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini's English language debut album, issued by Atlantic Records in 2002.

Contents

The album

Most of the album's twelve tracks fall in the pop genre, Two of the songs, Love Comes From The Inside and I Do 2 Be are outside pop. Two songs were first released in Italian and Spanish in former albums: It's Not Goodbye and Everyday Is A Monday. The latter was originally written in English and adapted later into Italian and Spanish, though it first released in these languages. Important songwriters appear in the credits of the album, such as Andreas Carlsson, K. C. Porter, but above all longtime Madonna's collaborator Patrick Leonard. The recording company (Atlantic Records) promoted the single Surrender more as a dance song (helped by the several remixes of the song) than a pop song. In this way, Surrender was able to reach #1 in the Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play. The same happened for the second single If that's love. In January 2003 the album was released in Europe as well.

Despite all Pausini's efforts, the album did not get the success she expected in the United States, where it sold 33,000 copies, according to Nielsen-Soundscan.[2] Some blamed what they called an incorrect promotion strategy by Atlantic Records, which promoted it as a dance album. Laura Pausini disliked that choice and asked to meet with Atlantic's president. She asked to have From the Inside promoted in line with what she considers her singing style, i.e., Adult contemporary. When Atlantic refused, Laura Pausini threatened to drop the whole plan, but Atlantic still did not respond. Pausini, self-confident from her success in Europe and Latin America, kept her promise and went back to Italy, leaving From the Inside to its destiny. The promotion of the album went on in Europe for some months.

In late 2011, songs "For Your Love" and "Kiss Kiss" were fully leaked in the internet. After some polemics, Pausini confirmed that both tracks were demos from "From the Inside", but didn't make their way into the final cut.

Track listing

From the Inside

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Need Love"   Kara DioGuardi, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé 3:54
2. "Do I Dare"   Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken 4:04
3. "Surrender"   Dane de Viller, Sean Hosein, Steven Smith, Anthony Anderson 3:57
4. "If That's Love"   Andrew Logan, Pam Reswick 3:34
5. "It's Not Good–bye"   Antonio Galbiati, Laura Pausini, Cheope, Shelly Peiken 4:38
6. "Love Comes from the Inside"   Patrick Leonard, Olivia d'Abo 3:57
7. "Every Little Thing You Do"   Stephanie Bentley, George Teren 3:59
8. "Every Day Is a Monday"   Andreas Carlsson, Alistair Thomson 3:06
9. "You Are"   Peter Bertilsson, Andreas Aleman 4:13
10. "I Do To Be"   Kara DioGuardi, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé, Jessica Pihlnäs 3:25
11. "Without You"   K. C. Porter, Eric Buffat, Arnie Roman 4:32
12. "Every Little Thing You Do" (Piano & Vocal Reprise) Stephanie Bentley, George Teren 2:53
Australian edition bonus tracks[3]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "Surrender" (Toronto Chilled mix) de Viller, Hosein, Smith, Anderson 5:05
14. "Surrender" (Eric Kupper Radio Mix) de Viller, Hosein, Smith, Anderson 4:06
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "Surrender" (Ford’s remix) de Viller, Hosein, Smith, Anderson 7:44
14. "Il mio sbaglio più grande"   Carlsson, Thomson, Laura Pausini, Giuseppe Dati, Cheope 3:05
15. "In assenza di te"   Antonio Galbiati, Pausini, Cheope 4:30

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 38
Dutch Albums Chart 32
Finnish Albums Chart 3
French Albums Singles 34
Italian Albums Chart 3
Spain Albums Chart 12
Swedish Albums Chart 24
Swiss Albums Chart 4

Singles

Song Chart Peak
position
“Surrender” Italian FIMI Singles Chart
7
“Surrender” remix U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play
1
“If That’s Love” remix U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play
1

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[5] Gold 20,000x
United States 33,000[2]
Summaries
World 800,000[6]

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notes

  1. ^ Christina Fuoco. "From the Inside - Laura Pausini". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r612348. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Chuck Taylor (15 March 2011). "Primed for the U.S.". Billboard: 50. http://books.google.it/books?id=MQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&dq=laura+pausini+from+the+inside+shipments&hl=it&ei=888vTpXVD8qp8APs_6Rr&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=laura%20pausini%20from%20the%20inside%20shipments&f=false. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "From the Inside [Australia Bonus Tracks]". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/from-the-inside-australia-bonus-tracks-r675918. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Laura Pausini – From the Inside" (in Spanish) (PDF). Productores de Música de España. http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2004_03.pdf. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Laura Pausini; 'From the Inside')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Laura+Pausini+From+the+Inside. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  6. ^ Mark Worden (23 October 2003). "Laura Pausini matures with new studio set". Billboard. http://books.google.it/books?id=nRMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=shipped+laura+pausini&hl=it&ei=s9AvTu7RNM6x8QPpxLVa&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=shipped%20laura%20pausini&f=false. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
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