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| Released | 25 June 2002 | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mike Hedges, Metro, Chris Porter, Eric Foster White | |||
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A1 is an album by English-Norwegian pop group A1, released as their North American debut album on 25 June 2002 by Columbia. [1] The album consists of songs from the group's first three studio albums, Here We Come (1999), The A List (2000), and Make It Good (2002).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Caught in the Middle" | Ben Adams, Paul Marazzi, Chris Porter, Rick Mitra | Mike Hedges | 3:26 |
| 2. | "Make It Good" | Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read | Hedges | 4:00 |
| 3. | "When I'm Missing You" | Adams, Ingebrigtsen, Marazzi, Read, Tim Woodcock, Tim Lever | Hedges | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Everytime" | Adams, Ingebrigtsen, Read | Metro | 4:32 |
| 5. | "If I Can't Have You" | Adams, Read, Mitra | Hedges | 3:53 |
| 6. | "One More Try" | Adams, Ingebrigtsen, Marazzi, Read | Chris Porter | 3:27 |
| 7. | "Same Old Brand New You" | Eric Foster White, Adams, Ingebrigtsen, Read | Eric Foster White | 4:15 |
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