Who's Your Momma

Who's Your Momma
Studio album by Anouk
Released

November 23, 2007

June 2008 Norway
Recorded 2007
Genre Rock, pop
Length 38:44
Label Dino/EMI
Producer Glen Ballard
Anouk chronology
Anouk Is Alive
(2006)		 Who's Your Momma
(2007)		 For Bitter or Worse
(2009)
Singles from Who's Your Momma
  1. "Good God"
    Released: November 2, 2007
  2. "I Don't Wanna Hurt"
    Released: January 19, 2008
  3. "Modern World"
    Released: May 12, 2008
  4. "If I Go"
    Released: September 1, 2008
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Review scores
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Who's Your Momma is the fifth studio album by Dutch pop rock singer Anouk. It was released on November 23, 2007 in the Netherlands and Belgium.[2] It is her first studio album of new material since Hotel New York in December 2004. Who's Your Momma debuted at number one in the Netherlands[3], making it her fifth number one album and fourth debut at the top. The album contains the soul-influenced rock first single "Good God". In May 2008, the single "Lost" from her previous studio album Hotel New York reached the number 2 position in Norway. Therefore, EMI decided to release the album in Norway in June 2008 and add "Lost" to the track listing.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "If I Go" – 4:24 (Anouk Teeuwe, Bart van Veen, Leendert Haaksma)[4]
  2. "Might as Well" – 3:10 (Anouk, TeeuweMartijn van Agt, Hans Eijkenaar, Haaksma, Michel van Schie, Teeuwe)
  3. "Make It Rain" – 4:02 (Teeuwe, Glenn Ballard)
  4. "Modern World" – 3:30 (Anouk Teeuwe, Bart van Veen)
  5. "I Don't Wanna Hurt" – 3:33 (Anouk Teeuwe, Dan Hill)
  6. "Good God" – 2:36 (Anouk Teeuwe, R.R. Stotijn)
  7. "The Difference" – 3:05 (Anouk Teeuwe, Bart van Veen)
  8. "Whatever You Say" – 3:15 (Stotijn, Teeuwe)
  9. "Ball and Chain" – 3:31 (Anouk Teeuwe, Glen Ballard)
  10. "Daze" – 3:37 (Anouk Teeuwe)
  11. "If You Were Mine" – 4:07 (Stotijn, Teeuwe)
  12. "Lost" (Only in Norway) – 3:42

Controversy

In May 2008, Dutch radio DJ Giel Beelen played an unofficial song from Anouk, "With You", on his radio show. He downloaded the song from a fansite of the singer. Anouk's record company EMI Music was not supportive and ordered Beelen to stop playing it.[5] The song was used as a potential first single in Canada a few years ago, but was never released physically.[6] Beelen didn't listen and played the song again. And with success: in September 2008 the song was released as a double a-side with the fourth and final single from the album, "If I Go".

Charts, certifications and sales

The album debuted at number one in the Netherlands.[3] After one week and a half, the album got certified platinum already.[7] In Belgium (Flanders), the album debuted lower, at number 20, and moved up to number 7 the next week, receiving a gold certification in that week.[8]

Chart (2007) Peak
position		 Certification Sales
Belgian UltraTop Albums Chart (Flanders)[8] 4 Platinum 50,000
European Top 100 Albums[9] 82
Netherlands Mega Album Chart[3] 1 2x Platinum[7] 200,000

References

  1. ^ MusicMeter.nl review
  2. ^ Official Anouk Website
  3. ^ a b c Who's Your Momma chart trajectory on the Netherlands Albums Chart. DutchCharts.com. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  4. ^ CD inlay Who's Your Momma
  5. ^ http://www.nu.nl/muziek/1557397/giel-beelen-berispt-wegens-liedje-anouk.html
  6. ^ http://nlpop.blog.nl/alternatief/2008/03/31/geheime-single-van-anouk-opgedoken
  7. ^ a b Platinum certification of Who's Your Momma. Anouk.nl. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  8. ^ a b Belgian Albums Chart. Skynet.be. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  9. ^ Who's Your Momma chart trajectory on the European Top 100 Albums chart. Billboard.com. Retrieved December 8, 2007.