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Coverage (2003)

Where the lyrics of Coverage take you, and where it was really made.

Moore's third studio album is made entirely of covers, yet it became her highest-peaking album on the Billboard 200.

Key places

NRG Recording, Los Angeles (2003)

Recording site NRG Recording Studios (Hollywood) — Listed among the Los Angeles studios where Coverage was recorded. The point uses the building coordinates of NRG Recording. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Los Angeles recording sessions (2003)

Recording site Los Angeles — Los Angeles is named as the place where Moore entered recording studios for the album in early 2003. The point sits at the city centre, not at a studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Coverage: third studio album by American singer Mandy Moore
• Released October 21, 2003 by Epic Records
• Cover album with 12 covers of 1970s and 1980s songs
• Made with producer and songwriter John Fields
• First studio album by Moore in two years, following Mandy Moore (2001)
• Lead single 'Have a Little Faith in Me' reached number 39 on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40

Background

• Mandy Moore (May 1, 2001) had more adult and provocative themes than her teen pop work
• Moore grew tired of her teen pop style and of being compared with Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears
• In an interview she said her next album would be more mature and that she felt more comfortable making it
• On the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet she revealed the cover album concept
• Songs were originally recorded by John Hiatt, Joan Armatrading, XTC, The Waterboys, Todd Rundgren, Elton John, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Blondie, Joe Jackson, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell

Recording

• Moore entered Los Angeles recording studios by March 2003
• John Fields was the sole producer of the album
• NRG Recording in Los Angeles is among the studios credited for the album

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Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
• She rose to fame with her 1999 debut single "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Her debut album So Real (1999) received Platinum certification from the RIAA.
• Her first Top 40 single was "I Wanna Be with You" from the 2000 reissue I Wanna Be With You, peaking at 24.
• Her studio albums include Mandy Moore (2001), Coverage (2003), Wild Hope (2007), Amanda Leigh (2009), Silver Landings (2020), and In Real Life (2022).
• She starred in A Walk to Remember (2002) and voiced Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled (2010).
• From 2016 to 2022 she starred as Rebecca Pearson in the NBC drama This Is Us, earning Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations.
• She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.

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Reception

At release

• Critics gave the album generally favorable reviews on release
• AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised Moore for working with a strong set of songs by distinctive writers rather than cookie-cutter tunesmiths
• Erlewine said the album is not always successful but is always admirable and likeable
• Erlewine said the album put Moore on the right path for an interesting, successful career

Records

• United States: debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 with 53,000 first-week sales, Moore's highest peak on that chart
• Spent a total of thirteen weeks on the Billboard 200, her third longest charting album there
• According to Nielsen SoundScan, sold 315,000 copies in the United States, her fourth highest selling album in the country
• Australia: debuted at number 97 on the ARIA Albums chart, her lowest charting album in the country
• Finland: debuted at number 68
• Turkey: reached number 15, sold about 100,000 copies, certified Gold by the Turkish Phonographic Industries Society
• Philippines: certified Platinum after 16,000 copies, remaining seven weeks in the top 30

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Trivia

• On the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet, Moore revealed that her upcoming album was a cover album titled Coverage.
• Carly Simon's 'Anticipation' was used in Heinz Ketchup commercials from the late 1970s into the 1980s.
• Blondie's 'One Way or Another' is based on an ex-boyfriend of lead singer Debbie Harry, who stalked her after their break-up.
• Elton John's 'Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters', co-written with Bernie Taupin, is Taupin's take on New York City after a gun went off near his hotel window on his first visit to the city.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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