Shontelligence
Publications
Occupation
Production
- Supa Dups
- Classic Soul Productions
- Andrew Frapton
- Fredo
- The Heavyweights
- The Jam
- Carl Sturken
- Evan Rogers
- Stargate
- Wayne Wilkins
Shontelligence is the debut album of Barbadian Pop / R & B singer Shontelle. It was released on November 18th worldwide in 2008 and re-released on 10 March 2009.
- 3.1 T -Shirt
- 3.3 Battle Cry
Background
In an interview with the British R & B songwriter Pete Lewis in February 2009 Shontelle explained how it came to the title of the debut album: "We were just in the music studio and have bored us, suddenly came over my friend and told me his idea - ' Hey Shontelle! Let us now a word game with your name play! Who will reach the longest word with your name wins! '! Thus arose words like ' Shontel - Evator ', ' Shontel - evision ', ' Shontel - iCopter ' ... Then said my producer Al, suddenly ' Yeah, that's some real Shontelligence there! ' ... And I thought 'This is the best album title! '! So we then produced songs and so also called the album. "
Reception
Commercial success
The album was released on November 18th worldwide in 2008 and sold on the first date of publication over 1,000 times. It debuted at # 115 in the U.S. Billboard 200 By February 2009, the album has sold over 25,000 units worldwide. Due to low sales figures published Shontelles record label SRC on 10 March 2009, the album again. By July 2009, from the album in the U.S., around 50,000 units and sold 10,000 units in the UK.
Criticism
The album was recorded mixed music critics.
Ben Ratliff of The New York Times wrote:
"Any pop singer who's been through did mill, ... Has something to tell, but it feels as if Shontelle 's individuality is being squelched. The first two tracks, t-shirt and Battle Cry, Both produced by Wayne Wilkins, are the singles, and They Stand apart from the rest of the album. They're rampagingly sweet R & B songs, one about the solidarity of lust, one about the solidarity of friendship. After that - Largely in songs produced by Mr. Sturken and Mr. Rogers - Sharply things go downhill ".
"Every pop singer who has gone through this mill, ... has something to say, but it seems as if Shontelles individuality [ it ] was crushed. The first two pieces T -shirt and Battle Cry, produced by Wayne Wilkins, the single [ extractions ] and stand out from the rest of the album. They are sweet R & B songs, one of the attachment of lust and the other over the bond of friendship. After that - mostly songs that were produced by Sturken and Rogers - it is declining ".
Alex Macpherson of The Guardian gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, described the song writing as well thought out and keeps Shontelle for the female counterpart to Ne -Yo. David Balls of Digital Spy gave the album also 3 of 5 stars and wrote that the album quite the Potentiall for good and contemporary R & B have, it is difficult to make Shontelle but audible high standard set by.
Singles
T-shirt
T -shirt was released as the first single from the album on July 15, 2008, making it Shontelles debut single. The song reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and was Shontelles first Top 40 hit in the United States. In the UK, the single was released on 23 February 2009. There, the song was most successful and achieved mainly through the airplay in the UK radio stations place 6 in the UK Singles Chart. Furthermore, the song reached the Top 50 in Canada and Ireland. In the UK R & B charts and the Billboard Hot Dance Club Chart, the song reached number 1
Stuck with Each Other ( featuring Akon ), was released as the second single from the album on February 10, 2009. The song was included as a bonus on the re-release of the album, and on the soundtrack to the film Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was released as a digital download on 25 May 2009 in the UK and subsequently reached number 23 on the British charts. In addition, the song 50 in the U.S. Billboard reached even place in Ireland and number 64 Pop 100
Battle Cry
Battle Cry was released as the third and final single from the album on June 9, 2009. The song was previously published already on 21 October 2008 as a promo single for the election of Barack Obama. The song did not make it into the U.S. charts. Battle Cry was released in the UK as the third single on 10 August 2009 and peaked in the UK charts Place 61