Tissues and Issues

Tissues and Issues
Studio album by Charlotte Church
Released 11 July 2005
(see release history)
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop, Motown
Length 47:55
Label Sony BMG
Producer Steve Fitzmaurice, Guy Chambers, Richard Flack, Tore Johansson, Fitzgerald Scott, Graham Stack, Eg White
Charlotte Church chronology

Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church
(2002)
Tissues and Issues
(2005)
Back to Scratch
(2010)
Singles from Tissues and Issues
  1. "Crazy Chick"
    Released: 27 June 2005
  2. "Call My Name"
    Released: 28 September 2005
  3. "Even God"
    Released: 12 December 2005
  4. "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)"
    Released: 27 February 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The Guardian [2]
Stylus Magazine D+[3]

Tissues and Issues is the fifth studio album by the Welsh singer Charlotte Church released by Sony BMG UK in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2005 (see 2005 in music). Church states that she titled the album Tissues and Issues because "it epitomises teenage problems, which everybody goes through." The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number five and was accredited platinum by BPI for sales over 300,000. The album yielded Church four successful top twenty singles; "Crazy Chick", "Call My Name", "Even God" and "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)".

The album represents a wholly new direction for the singer. Her previous album, Prelude, a 'best of' album, had ended her classical career; Tissues and Issues is her first ever pop album.

The first single to be taken from the album, "Crazy Chick", released shortly before the album itself, reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. "Call My Name", the second single, reached number ten in October 2005. "Even God", the third single has debuted in the Top twenty in early December 2005. The fourth single, "Moodswings", was released on 27 February 2006, and peaked at number fourteen on the UK charts.

An early batch of the album had print errors on the right and left hand side title faces. The faces had the title "Charlotte Church : Crazy Chick", when it should have been "Charlotte Church : Tissues and Issues".

Tissues and Issues is Charlotte Church's second and final album with Sony Music UK.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Call My Name"  Church, Hector, White 3:00
2. "Crazy Chick"  Sarah Buras, Wirlie Morris, Fitzgerald Scott 3:08
3. "Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That)"  Maureen Collin, Kalenna Harper, Gary Smith, Malik Mason Williams, Fitzgerald Scott 3:11
4. "Show a Little Faith"  Beck, Steve Chrisanthou, Charles Hutchinson 4:38
5. "Finding My Own Way"  Church, Detroit, Cliff Masters 4:07
6. "Let's Be Alone"  Chambers, Church 3:47
7. "Easy to Forget"  Church, Davis, Detroit 4:25
8. "Fool No More"  Church, Mark Read, Stack 3:52
9. "Easy Way Out"  Gary Barlow, Church, Eliot Kennedy 4:35
10. "Casualty of Love"  Guy Chambers, Church 3:55
11. "Even God"  Nowels, O'Dowd, John Themis 4:10
12. "Confessional Song"  Guy Chambers, Church 5:07

Notes

  1. When "Even God" was released as a single on 12 December 2005, the name was changed to "Even God Can't Change the Past".

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Ireland Albums Chart[4] 27
UK Albums Chart[4] 5
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Mexican Albums Chart[5] 69

Chart Certification
BPI Platinum[6]
IRMA Gold

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 11 July 2005 Sony BMG CD 5203462
Australia 5 March 2006 Sony BMG CD 5203462000
United States June 2009 Sony BMG MP3 B002ATS83K

References