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Mandy Moore (2001)

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

Moore's second album was meant to leave teen pop behind, and its first single, 'In My Pocket', missed the Billboard Hot 100 altogether.

Key places

Recorded at Conway Studios (2001)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Conway Studios is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The pin is set at building-level accuracy. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Sony Music Studios, New York City (2001)

Recording site Sony Music Studios — Sony Music Studios in New York City is listed as a recording location for this album. The pin is set at building-level accuracy. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Lab, Santa Monica (2001)

Recording site Ruby Red — The Lab in Santa Monica is listed as a recording location for this album. Only the city centre is known, so the pin marks Santa Monica rather than a specific building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Mandy Moore: second studio album by American singer Mandy Moore
• Released by Epic Records on June 19, 2001
• Moved away from the teen pop style of her debut, So Real (1999)
• Mixes dance, R&B, pop rock, hip hop and Middle Eastern music
• Gave Moore more creative control over her music

Background

• Over a year after So Real, Moore became dissatisfied with her early music
• Wanted more live instruments, with no more dancers or singing to tracks
• Opening track 'In My Pocket' is a dance-pop song mixed with techno and R&B beats, with a Middle Eastern sound
• 'When I Talk to You' is the final track, co-written by Moore with Matthew Hager, who produced it
• Moore wrote the song while she and Hager were waiting to do a soundcheck
• It was the first song co-written by Moore to appear on one of her albums

Recording

• Studios credited on the release include Crescent Moon, Henson, Sony Music (New York City), Big Kid, Conway, Protopia, Planet Phase, The Compound, The Lab (Santa Monica, CA) and Entourage
• Mixing credits include Crescent Moon, Sony Music (New York City), The Hit Factory, The Enterprise, Conway, Protopia, Sine Wave and Steve's Place
• Mastering credit: Tom Coyne

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: 56 out of 100, indicating mixed or average reviews
• AllMusic: very positive review, praising the 13 tracks for hooks, melody, beats and production
• Entertainment Weekly: mostly positive review, grade B−
• Rolling Stone: positive review, calling it some of the most startlingly liberated teen pop in a long time
• Slant Magazine: positive review, given an honorable mention among its top music picks of 2001

Records

• Billboard 200 debut: number 35
• Certified gold
• 462,000 copies sold in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan
• Several singles reached the Top 40 Mainstream chart in the US, but none reached the Billboard Hot 100
• Australia (ARIA): number 37
• New Zealand: number 39
• Philippines: certified 4× Platinum, with 200,000 copies sold
• Chosen as one of Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The 'In My Pocket' video was shot in a nightclub given a Middle Eastern look, with belly dancers and fire blowers
• In that video Moore sits on a throne and watches the operations as if she were royalty
• The 'Crush' video, directed by Chris Applebaum, became Moore's first video to reach number one on MTV's Total Request Live, on September 10, 2001
• The 'Crush' video ends with Moore wearing a replica of the jacket Michael Jackson wore in his 'Thriller' video
• 'Cry' was the third and final single, featured on the soundtrack of A Walk to Remember (2002)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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