Reason (Melanie C album)

Reason
Studio album by Melanie C
Released 10 March 2003
Recorded November 2001–December 2002
Genre
Length 48:28
Label Virgin
Producer
Melanie C chronology
Northern Star
(1999)		 Reason
(2003)		 Beautiful Intentions
(2005)
Singles from Reason
  1. "Here It Comes Again"
    Released: 24 February 2003
  2. "On the Horizon"
    Released: 2 June 2003
  3. "Melt / Yeh, Yeh, Yeh"
    Released: 10 November 2003

Reason is the second album by English singer-songwriter, Melanie C. It was the follow up album to Northern Star. Released on 10 March 2003, it reached number five in the UK Albums Chart, selling 30,876 copies in its first week. Although not performing as well as Northern Star, Reason has a Gold certification in the United Kingdom, with 101,889 copies sold. The album has sold 500,000 copies worldwide. The album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. Most reviews for the album were mixed to positive.

Background and recording

After the massive success of Northern Star, Melanie C was considered the only member of the Spice Girls to be able to establish a steady successful career as a solo artist. At the end of 2003 she was the only member of the Spice Girls to have a contract with a record label, since all of the rest of the Spice Girls were dropped by their record label as solo artists. Melanie C had spent most of 2000 and 2001 touring around the world, promoting Northern Star, planning to enter the studio at the end of 2001, to start recording her new album.[1] It was a tough time for her, as she was diagnosed with depression on New Years Eve of 2000. She later encountered that it was really difficult for her to handle all the publicity and the hard work during the Spice Girls days, a period that she would spent days eating too little and exercise to the limits. At the end of 1999, her depression worsened and spent days in bed, not being able to cope with day routine. After being diagnosed with depression she was prescripted antidepressants for 18 months, dealing with eating disorders and having to face a really hostile media reaction questioning her weight and sexuality.[2]

During the early stages of Reason's recording sessions, Virgin Record executives were quite worried about the musical style of the second album, since her biggest hits from her solo album was an R&B single (Never Be the Same Again) and a dance single (I Turn To You), while Melanie C insisted that she wanted to keep making pop rock albums. They were also really concerned about her image and she was under pressure to lose weight. Melanie C had already stated that she wanted to work with new producers, while keeping some of her debut album. One of the first songs to be recorded was Here It Comes Again, which finally served as the first single. The song was produced by Marius De Vries, the only producer along with Rick Nowels and Rhett Lawrence from Northern Star that worked as a producer for Reason.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Reason.

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Here It Comes Again"  
Marius De Vries 4:17
2. "Reason"  
Peter-John Vettese 4:20
3. "Lose Myself in You"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Matte Rowe
  • Stefan Skarbek
Damian LeGassick 4:12
4. "On the Horizon"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Gregg Alexander
  • Rick Nowels
 3:36
5. "Positively Somewhere"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Colin Campsie
  • Phil Thornalley
Damian LeGassick 3:44
6. "Melt"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Guy Chambers
 3:44
7. "Do I"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Dave Munday
  • Phil Thornalley
Patrick McCarthy 3:34
8. "Soul Boy" (originally by Edyta Górniak)Paul BuchananGary Clark 4:27
9. "Water"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Tore Johansson
  • Patrick McCarthy
  • Tore Johansson
 3:37
10. "Home"  
Damian LeGassick 4:38
11. "Let's Love"  
  • Melanie Chisholm
  • Dave Munday
  • Phil Thornalley
  • Phil Thornalley
  • Patrick McCarthy
 3:23
12. "Yeh Yeh Yeh"  
Rhett Lawrence 4:20
Total length:
 48:28

B-sides

Title Single Songwriter(s) Producer (s) Length
"Like That" Here It Comes Again - UK CD & Let's Love - Japanese CD Chisholm, Martin Slattery, Scott Shields Martin Slattery, Scott Shields 3:09
"I Love You Without Trying" On The Horizon - UK CD Chisholm, Rick Nowels Rick Nowels 4:10
"Wonderland" On The Horizon - UK DVD Chisholm, Martin Slaterry, Scott Shields Marius de Vries 6:17
"Living Without You" Let's Love - Japanese CD & Here It Comes Again - UK DVD Chisholm, Julian Gallagher, Simon Hale, Richard Stannard Julian Gallagher, Richard Stannard 4:06
"Knocked Out" Yeh Yeh Yeh - European CD & Melt/Yeh Yeh Yeh - UK CD 2 Chisholm, Tore Johansson, Solveig Sandness Tore Johansson 3:50

Known outtakes

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 71
Austrian Albums Chart[7] 39
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 62
Finnish Albums Chart[9] 36
German Albums Chart[10] 13
Irish Albums Chart[11] 47
Scottish Albums Chart[12] 9
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 38
Swiss Albums Chart[14] 21
UK Albums Chart[15] 5

Certification

Region Provider Certification
United Kingdom[16] BPI Gold

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20031221201153/http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/MelanieC/news/October2001/news22321.asp
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20031221201048/http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/MelanieC/news/November2000/news16541.asp
  3. ↑ Reason at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Melanie C - Help Me Help You". YouTube. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  5. ↑ "Melanie C - Full Of Fire". YouTube. 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  6. ↑ "The ARIA Report #684" (PDF). Pandora Web Archive. National Library of Australia and Partners. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Melanie C – Reason" (in Dutch). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Melanie C – Reason" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Melanie C – Reason". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "Melanie C > Longplay-Chartverfolgung" (in German). musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Discography Melanie C". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  12. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20030316/40
  13. ↑ "Melanie C – Reason". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Melanie C – Reason" (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Melanie C". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  16. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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