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Big Fat Lie (2014)

Where the lyrics of Big Fat Lie take you, and where it was really made.

The album failed to match Scherzinger's debut in any territory, yet its title track grew out of her struggle with an eating disorder.

Key places

Summer 2013 sessions in Los Angeles (2014)

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Album story

Overview

• Big Fat Lie is the second studio album by American singer Nicole Scherzinger
• Released October 17, 2014 by RCA Records, after Scherzinger signed a multi-album deal with the label in January 2014
• Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart served as executive producers
• Felix Snow, Bart Schoudel, Chris "TEK" O'Ryan and Carlos "Los da Mystro" McKinney also contributed
• The title track was inspired by Scherzinger's struggle with an eating disorder

Background

• Scherzinger left The X Factor in February 2014 because she wanted to work on the new album
• Sessions with The-Dream and Tricky Stewart began in summer 2013 in Los Angeles
• Scherzinger planned a worldwide release in November, then decided to return as a judge on The X Factor's tenth series
• Her lead single "Boomerang" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart in 2013, but the song was not included on this album
• She said she had recorded five albums between her debut and this record, and all were scrapped
• She left her long-time label Interscope Records before signing with RCA Records

Recording

• Scherzinger said the songs came naturally, without outside influence or labels, made just for the music
• Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart shaped the sound, which moved away from the dance-pop of her previous album Killer Love

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born June 29, 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii; raised in Louisville, Kentucky
• Began acting at age 14 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville
• Studied musical theatre at Wright State University before leaving to join Days of the New's tour
• Briefly sang in Eden's Crush, a girl group formed through The WB's Popstars

Members

• Lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, formed in 2003 through an open audition led by Robin Antin, Interscope Records, and producers Jimmy Iovine and Ron Fair
• Pussycat Dolls released two albums and sold over 55 million records worldwide

Career

• Pursued solo music after the group's initial disbandment, releasing Killer Love (2011) and Big Fat Lie (2014)
• Judge on The Sing-Off, The X Factor USA, The X Factor UK, Australia's Got Talent, and The Masked Singer US
• Won Dancing with the Stars in 2010
• Won the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Sunset Boulevard

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Big Fat Lie received mixed reviews from music critics
• Theo Watt of MTV UK called it a "very likeable record" and praised the singer for putting her life and insecurities on a record
• John Aizlewood of the Evening Standard wrote that the album has an appealing unity of supertight sound, in which Scherzinger suggests a more vulnerable Beyonce
• Lewis Corner of Digital Spy wrote that none of the songs quite showcased her vocal range, sharp choreography and demeanor, and that the album reaches for something it cannot quite accomplish
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found the production not particularly distinctive and criticized Tricky Stewart and The-Dream for not bringing their A game
• Erlewine wrote that there was nothing embarrassing about the work but nothing memorable either

Records

• The album first appeared on the Irish Albums Chart at number thirty-nine
• On the UK Albums Chart it entered at number seventeen and spent two weeks in the top 100
• Big Fat Lie also appeared on the lower regions of the Belgium (Wallonia) chart at number 156, France at number 108 and Switzerland at number 95
• The album underperformed critically and commercially and did not achieve similar success to Scherzinger's debut album in any territory

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Scherzinger held an album signing at an HMV store on Oxford Street on the day of release
• Mike Wass of Idolator said the black-and-white cover image "screams early Janet Jackson"
• After the album's weak sales, reports said she had been dropped by RCA Records, but she later clarified that she had signed a new record deal
• Scherzinger planned lasers for her X Factor performance of Run, but technical problems meant they could not be used
• She said the album she made for Boomerang was an entire album of its own, and that those songs might never be heard

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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