Sunday Love
Sunday Love | ||||
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Released | June 13, 2006 (independently) December 18, 2012 (digitally) | |||
Recorded | 2004–2006 | |||
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Length | 42:23 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Fefe Dobson chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sunday Love | ||||
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ElleGirl | (favorable)[5] |
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Sunday Love is the second studio album by Canadian singer Fefe Dobson. The album was released independently on June 13, 2006,[8][9] then released digitally on the iTunes Store on December 18, 2012.[10]
Originally slated for release in 2005, the release date was pushed back a number of times by Island Records before its eventual cancellation on the label. The album was released promotionally, and received generally positive reviews from music critics.[11] After the Island Records release of the album was cancelled, Dobson commented on her Myspace blog, "I always believe everything happens for a reason, and that change is a very good thing."
Background
[edit]Dobson began work on Sunday Love during the summer of 2004. The album's fourteen tracks were recorded over an eight-month period in California. Island Records set an initial US release date of September 20, 2005. Neither single released from the album—"Don't Let It Go to Your Head"[1] or "This Is My Life"[2]—charted. There is an official music video for "Don't Let It Go to Your Head".[12]
Another song from the album, "Be Strong", appears on the It's a Boy Girl Thing soundtrack.[13]
Track listing
[edit]- "As a Blonde" (Fefe Dobson, Greg Wells, Shelly Peiken) – 2:49
- "In the Kissah" (Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Dobson) – 3:09
- "If I Was a Guy" (Matthew Wilder, Dobson) – 3:20
- "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Dobson) – 4:01
- "Get You Off" (Dobson, Michelle Robin Lewis, Nina Gordon) – 3:50
- "This Is My Life" (Alexander, Dobson, Steinberg) – 3:49
- "Scar" (Wilder, Dobson) – 4:03
- "Miss Vicious" (Dobson, John Lowery aka John 5) – 3:07
- "Man Meets Boy" (Wilder, Dobson) – 3:28
- "Get Over Me" (Holly Knight, Dobson) – 3:09
- "Hole" (Kay Hanley, Lewis, Dobson) – 4:27
- "The Initiator" (Alexander, Steinberg, Dobson) – 3:39
- "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Walton Steven "Wally" Gagel, Peiken, Dobson) – 3:39
- "Be Strong" (Dobson, Wilder)[13] – 3:31
Covers
[edit]Dobson's "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" is covered by Lilyjets, a Norwegian girl group, as a single[15] from their 2006 debut album 3rd Floor.[16] They also produced an official music video.
The music of "This Is My Life" is used by the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E in their song: "I Love Trouble" (我愛烦恼) on their 2008 album FM S.H.E[17] which became quite popular in Asia.
The song "As a Blonde"[18] is covered on Selena Gomez & The Scene's 2009 debut album Kiss & Tell.[19][20][21] Jordin Sparks covered "Don't Let Go To Your Head"[22] on her 2009 album Battlefield.[23][24][25] Shortly after Sparks's album was released Dobson said, "Jordin Sparks just did [that song], which was on Sunday Love, which was very cool. She did kind of, like, a more R&B version of it, which I think is really nice, actually. It was really cool that she didn't try and do a rock version of it, and she did what she's more comfortable with, which I thought was awesome."[26] Sparks's version was released as a single in the UK on January 4, 2010.[27]
Personnel
[edit]Confirmed by multiple sources[28][29][30][31] including Billboard.[32]
- Fefe Dobson – songwriting, vocals
- Matthew Wilder – producer and co-writer (on "Scar", "Be Strong", "Man Meets Boy", and "If I Was a Guy")
- John5 – co-writer, guitar
- Brent Paschke – guitar
- Tim Armstrong – co-writer
- Joan Jett – co-writer
- Pharrell Williams – co-writer
- Cyndi Lauper – co-writer
- Courtney Love – co-writer
- Shelly Peiken – co-writer
- Billy Steinberg – co-writer
- Chad Hugo – co-writer
- Nina Gordon – backing vocals
- Howard Benson – producer (on "This Is My Life" and "Don't Let It Go to Your Head")
- Ben Grosse – producer
- Tom Lord-Alge – producer (on "This Is My Life")
Cover versions
[edit]Commercially released cover versions or other commercial usage of Sunday Love songs by other artists.
Year | Title | Performer | Album | Language of song |
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2006 | "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" | Lilyjets | 3rd Floor[15][16] | English |
2008 | "I Love Trouble"
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S.H.E | FM S.H.E[17] | Mandarin Chinese |
"Don't Let It Go to Your Head" | Rockett Queen | Kiss and Tell[22][33] | English | |
2009 | "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" | Jordin Sparks | Battlefield[24][25] | English |
"As a Blonde" | Selena Gomez & the Scene | Kiss & Tell[19][20] | English | |
"As a Blonde" | Claire Clarke | Shut Your Mouth[34] | English |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Fefe Dobson". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b "This Is My Life (E-Single) Fefe Dobson". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Blender review
- ^ ElleGirl review
- ^ Wood, Mikael (July 2006), "IN:NEW CDs – FEFE DOBSON Sunday Love.", Spin, Malcolm Campbell, Spin Media LLC / The McEvoy Group LLC: 10, 82–83
- ^ Vibe review
- ^ "www.myspace.com/fefedobson". 2006-04-23. Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Exclusive: Fefe Dobson revisits the raw heartbreak of her 'Sunday Love' cancellation, 15 years later". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – Sunday Love (Full Length) by Fefe Dobson". Itunes.apple.com. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ Product Code ISLF 16360-2
- ^ "Fefe Dobson – Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (YouTube page. Universal Music Group). The Island Def Jam Music Group. Retrieved 2009-08-30.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ a b Soundtracks for It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), IMDb.
- ^ "Works written by: DOBSON FELICIA LILY (search individual song titles)". ASCAP.com. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Lilyjets Single". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ a b "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Lilyjets". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ a b "FM (CD/DVD) S.H.E". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "As A Blonde". ASCAP.com. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ a b "Kiss and Tell: Selena Gomez and the Scene (sic) (See Samples>Song Title>"As A Blonde")". Amazon. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b Patch, Nick (October 2, 2009). "Disney star Selena Gomez pays respect to Canadian teen-pop forebears". The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.(Archived by WebCite on 2009-10-02)
- ^ "DAs A Blonde Selena Gomez". Amazon. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ a b "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Rockett Queen". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ "Joy (Coming September 2009)". BestFan NewNews – FefeDobson. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ a b Graff, Gary. "Jordin Sparks At Peace With 'Battlefield'". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ a b "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Jordin Sparks". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Vena, Jocelyn (August 14, 2009). "Fefe Dobson 'Impressed' With Miley Cyrus' Take On Her Song. She also liked Jordin Sparks' 'more R&B version' of one of her tracks." MTV.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ "Music: Singles Release Diary". Digital Spy. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-21.(Archived by WebCite on 2009-12-07)
- ^ "Fefe Dobson Biography". Chris Smith Management Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
- ^ MySpace – Fefe Dobson
- ^ "Fefe Dobson Interview" (Interview). KidzWorld.com. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Newman-Bremang, Kathleen (2021-06-24). "Fefe Dobson Is Ready To Let It All Out Again". Refinery 29.
- ^ "Dobson Celebrates 'Sunday' On Sophomore CD" (review). Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Rockett Queen". Amazon. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "As A Blonde" by Claire Clarke from the album Shut Your Mouth