| Blue Skies | |
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| Released | December 7, 2004 |
| Recorded | May–August 2004 |
| Studio | The Location and Ringside Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 42:54 |
| Label | RCA |
| Producer | Clive Davis
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| USA Today |  link |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cardboard Castles" | Andreas Carlsson, Lisa Greene, Savan Kotecha | Andreas Carlsson (also lead vocal producer), Desmond Child (lead vocal producer) | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Blue Skies" | John Shanks, Kara DioGuardi | Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Emotional" | Desmond Child, Carlsson, Chris Braide | Carlsson, Child | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Then I Woke Up" | Shanks, DioGuardi, Samantha Moore | Shanks | 3:50 |
| 5. | "All I Never Wanted" | Shanks, Shelly Peiken | Shanks | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Go on and Cry" | David Foster, Linda Thompson | David Foster | 4:26 |
| 7. | "The Difference in Me" | Shanks, Moore, DioGuardi | Shanks | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Till You Want Me" | Shanks, Moore, DiGuardi | Shanks | 3:31 |
| 9. | "Dreams" | Child, Carlsson, Braide | Carlsson, Child | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Boy Like You" | Shanks, Moore, DioGuardi | Shanks | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Dream, Dream, Dream" | Shanks, DioGuardi | Shanks | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Don't Cry Out Loud" | Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager | new production by Stephan Ferrera | 3:45 |
Orchestra on "Dreams"
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