Hear My Cry (album)

Hear My Cry
Studio album by Sonique
Released	15 February 2000
Recorded	September 1998 – January 2000
Genre	Trance electronic house
Length	59:07
Label	Serious Universal
Sonique chronology
Serious Sounds of Sonique – In the Mix & on the Mic (2000) Hear My Cry (2000) Club Mix (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Hear My Cry is the debut studio album by British singer Sonique, released on 15 February 2000. It features the singles "It Feels So Good", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, "I Put a Spell on You" and "Sky". ^[2] The album has sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Feels So Good"	Sonique Linus Burdick Simon Belofsky Graeme Pleeth	4:00
2.	"I Put a Spell on You"	Jay Hawkins	3:32
3.	"Are You Ready?"	Sonique Johnny Turnbull Fritz Catlin Sketch Martin	4:30
4.	"Cold and Lonely"	Sonique Belofsky John Kettle	4:44
5.	"Drama" (featuring Calvin Richardson)	Eric Williams Teddy Riley Wesley Hogges Andrea Hicks	4:41
6.	"Move Closer"	Sonique Ric Salmon Robin Barter	4:44
7.	"Can't Get Enough"	Sonique	4:30
8.	"Hear My Cry"	Sonique	5:18
9.	"Empty (Hideaway)"	Lukas Burton Amanda Goseine Kent Brainerd	3:41
10.	"Love Is on Our Side"	Marshall Jefferson Martin Glover	3:23
11.	"Sky"	Sonique Rick Nowels	4:26
12.	"Learn to Forget"	Graeme Dickson	3:40
13.	"It Feels So Good" (Can 7 Soulfood Club Mix)	Sonique Burdick Belofsky Pleeth	7:58
14.	"Sky" (Sonique Remix)	Sonique Nowels

Note

• Track 14 is a bonus track on some releases.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Hear My Cry Chart (2000–2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 69 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 9 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 70 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 11 French Albums (SNEP) [8] 120 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 17 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [10] 19 Irish Albums (IRMA) [11] 45 Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] 30 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [13] 20 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 12 Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 23 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 10 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 11 UK Albums (OCC) [18] 6 US Billboard 200 [19] 67

Year-end charts 2000 year-end chart performance for Hear My Cry Chart (2000) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [20] 159 European Albums (Music & Media) [21] 84 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22] 88 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 75 UK Albums (OCC) [24] 42 2001 year-end chart performance for Hear My Cry Chart (2001) Position UK Albums (OCC) [25] 160

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Hear My Cry

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [26]	Gold	50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [27]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [28]	Platinum	300,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [29]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
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29. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 31 August 2022.