Beautiful Awakening

Beautiful Awakening
Studio album by Stacie Orrico
Released	August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14) (see release history)
Recorded	2005- 2006
Genre	R&B, pop
Length	47:40 (Standard edition) 55:33 (Japan edition) 60:37 (North American edition)
Label	Virgin, Roc-A-Fella
Producer	Stacie Orrico (executive producer), Marcellus "Handz Down" Dawson, Dallas Austin, Dwayne Bastiany, KayGee, The Underdogs, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney Novel, She'kspere, Lashaunda "Babygirl" Carr, Trendsettas, Track & Field, Dent
Stacie Orrico chronology
Live in Japan (2004) Beautiful Awakening (2006) More to Life: The Best of Stacie Orrico (2007)
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Singles from Beautiful Awakening
"I'm Not Missing You" Released: August 5, 2006 "So Simple" Released: October, 2006

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Beautiful Awakening is the third album from American CCM/pop singer Stacie Orrico. The album was released internationally on August 14, 2006. It was released in the United States on January 16, 2007 in limited quantites but was quickly pulled as her label folded into EMI.^[1][2]

Background

Orrico wrote the songs for instrumental and acoustic performance: "I want to perform soul music. That is what rings true to me. And truth, honesty, and vulnerability always rise to the top."

Singles

• The first single from the album is "I'm Not Missing You".

• "So Simple" was the second single for Europe and Asia.

Track listing

1. "So Simple" (Stacie Orrico, Anna Slade, Tiffany Palmer, Dwayne Bastiany, Carlos Ricketts)– 3:48
2. "I'm Not Missing You" (Orrico, Tawanna Dabney, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Balewa Muhammad, Keir Gist, Esteban "Cito" Crandle) – 4:12
3. "Dream You" (Orrico, Novel, Dallas Austin) – 3:27
4. "Easy To Luv You" (Orrico, Stevenson, Novel, Tony Reyes) – 4:29
5. "Save Me" (Orrico, Lashaunda Carr, Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Nate Butler) – 4:06
6. "Take Me Away" (Dabney, Eric Daniels, Marcellus "Handz Down" Dawson, Johnathan Lafayette, Michael Franks, KayGee) – 3:17
7. "Babygirl" (Orrico, Stevenson, Novel)– 3:37
8. "Wait" (Orrico, Jasper Cameron, Novel, Tony Reyes)– 3:29
9. "Is It Me" (Lonnie Liston Smith, Anthony Dent, Nastacia "Nazz" Kendall) – 4:01
10. "Don't Ask Me To Stay" (Orrico, Dabney, Phil "Taj" Jackson, Joel Kipnis, Abney, KayGee, Crandle) – 4:17
11. "I Can't Give It Up" (Orrico, Carr, Briggs, Butler) – 4:32
12. "Beautiful Awakening" (Orrico, Brian West, Gerald Eaton) – 4:25

Japanese Edition
Released:August 14, 2006

1. "Frustrated" – 3:53
2. "Brush 'Em Off" (feat. Novel)" – 4:20

iTunes UK/Europe/Australia Exclusive
Released: August 30, 2006

1. "Addictive" – 4:03

Wal-Mart Exclusive
Released: January 16, 2007

1. "Tantrum" – 4:51

North American Edition
Released: January 16, 2007

1. "Frustrated" – 3:53
2. "Tantrum" – 4:51
3. "I'm Not Missing You (Full Phatt Underground Remix)" - 4:13

Canadian iTunes Edition
Released: January 16, 2007

1. "Addictive" – 4:03

Personnel

Terence "Tramp-Baby" Abney drums keyboards
Randy Cooke - drums
Cito Crandle - keyboards
Gerald Heyward - drums
Carlton Lynn - guitar
Graham Marsh - guitar
Tony Reyes - bass, guitar
Michael "Ese" Severson - guitar
Mike Fratantuno - bass
Rick Sheppard - MIDI
Track & Field - Fender Rhodes

Release dates

Production

• Creative director: Stacie Orrico
• Producer: Dallas Austin & Novel, Bastiany, KayGee & Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, The Underdogs, She'kspere, Lashaunda "Babygirl" Carr, Trendsettas, Track & Field, Stacie Orrico, Dent
• Vocal producer: Stacie Orrico, Tiffany Palmer, Carlos Ricketts
• Engineers: Dwayne Bastiany, Anthony Dent, Rob Herrera, Carlton Lynn, Rick Sheppard, Josh Wilbur
• Assistant engineers: Yvan Bing, Chris Jenkins, Graham Marsh
• Sound design: Rick Sheppard
• Instrumentation: Dwayne Bastiany, Anthony Dent
• Mixing: Josh Wilbur, Carlton Lynn, Greg Price
• Programming: Dwayne Bastiany, Anthony Dent
• Mastering: Herb Powers
• A&R: Michelle Ryang
• Stylist: Dawn Boonyachlito

Charts

References

1. ↑ http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/stacie-orrico-awakening-promo-cd-108102092
2. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055660/ask-billboard

• Stacie Orrico's fansite
• Charts All Over the World