I Care (album)

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I Care
Rachelle ann - i care.jpg
Studio album by
Rachelle Ann Go
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)
Recorded2005
Genre Pop
Length43:26
Language English, Tagalog
Label VIVA
Producer Vicente Del Rosario, Christian De Walden, Carlo Nasi, Steve Singer, Ralph Stemmann, Eugene Villaluz, Alwyn Cruz
Rachelle Ann Go chronology
Rachelle Ann Go
(2004)		I Care
(2006)		Obsession
(2007)
Singles from 'I Care'
  1. "If You Walk Away"
    Released: January 2006
  2. "I Care"
    Released: March 2006
  3. "Bakit"
    Released: May 2006

I Care is the second studio album by Filipino singer Rachelle Ann Go, released in the Philippines on January 10, 2006 by VIVA Records. The album is an immediate follow-up to her successful self-titled debut album. Its singles include "If You Walk Away", the title track, and "Bakit", a promotional single.

Contents

The album was released on digital download through iTunes on June 1, 2005. [1] To date, the album has sold over 15,000 units in the country, certifying Gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

Background

After striking it big with four hit singles from her debut album, Go gears for more successes with her second album. Titled I Care, the album is the result of the tight collaboration of an international line-up of producers, songwriters, arrangers and engineers. Each contribution is meant to showcase the vocal artistry of the 19-year-old Search for a Star champion who has now come to her own as one of the country's finest performers.

Go celebrated Christmas 2004 with a Platinum record award for over 30,000 copies sold by her self-titled album. It has since turned double platinum, and has produced the hits "Don't Cry Out Loud", "You and Me (We Wanted It All), a duet with Christian Bautista, "When You Find Your Voice", "From the Start" and "Here I Am Again".

Among her other notable accomplishments this year were her successful solo concert debut in Rachelle Ann Go, the Ultimate Champion which was held at the Aliw Theater on April 29, 2005, and her win as the People's Choice for Favorite Female Artist at the 2005 MTV Pilipinas Music Awards, for her rendition of "Love of My Life". Written and produced by Jay Durias of South Border, the song was included in her first album. [2]

Production and development

The first single released is "If You Walk Away". Written by Todd Cerney and Skip Adams, the power ballad was produced by Christian De Walden and Carlo Nasi. De Walden, who is one of the top producers in Europe and North and South America, came to the Philippines for the recording sessions at VIVA Entertainment's Amerasian Studios in Quezon City. Along with him came Luca Vittori, one of Italy's leading engineers to record and mix several songs for Go's album.

Aside from the first single, De Walden and Vittori also did the ballad "Baby It's Time" and the dance cuts, "Number One", "Palm Reader", "The Sweetest Vice" and "Good Love". De Walden also produced "Days to Come", but the song was mixed at the Studio di Ripetta in Rome by Vanni G. and David Bacon, two of the hottest DJ's in Italy's trendy club scene.

The title cut, "I Care", was composed and produced by Vehnee Saturno. Saturno gave Go "From the Start", one of the hits from her first album. This was the song that won her the silver prize at the 7th Shanghai Asia Music Festival in 2005, grabbing the Best Composition award in the competition. Last September, Saturno and Go won first prize in the Best Own Country Song category of the Astana Song Festival held in Kazakhstan for her interpretation of Saturno's "Isang Lahi".

Other songs in the album are "Angel", composed by Florian Lormes and Katharina Aliaga Leiva of Germany, and "Thank You", written by singer-composer Yman, both produced by Alwyn Cruz. "It Wasn't Enough" and "Windows of My Heart", a duet with Mark Bautista, were both written and produced by Charles Williams of California. "Bakit", is a composition by actor Chuckie Dreyfus. "Strange Are the Ways of Love" is by Ferdinand Dimadura. A cover of Beverly Craven's "Promise Me" was produced by Eugene Villaluz. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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I Care did not perform well enough commercially. Although, it received positive response from OPM critics. Resty Odon of Titik Pilipino gave the album four out of five stars, saying "With body proportions hewing close to Beyonce perfection, I am of the opinion that the tectonic shift to sultriness in this album is not ill-advised at all". He liked the dance numbers, calling them as "enlightened move". He praised the first single, saying "'If You Walk Away' pegs Rachelle Ann’s voice between Whitney Houston and Celine Dion". However, he felt that Go's voice did not fit on R&Bs and jazzes like her cover of Julia Fordham's "Promise Me". The review ended with Odon, stating "There’s not a number, though, that borders the category of 'unlikable' in this album [...] so long as she does not overshoot her high-notes limit". [4]

Track listing

#TitleWriter(s) [5] Arranger(s) [6] Length
1"I Care"Vehnee SaturnoArnold Buena4:01
2"Bakit" Chuckie Dreyfus Ferdie Marquez4:07
3"Angel"Drez, Rachelle Ann Go Nino Regalado3:45
4"Baby It's Time"Lisa NemzoRalph Stemmann3:30
5"If You Walk Away"Skip Adams, Todd Cerney Christian De Walden, Steve Singer4:11
6"Window of My Heart" (with Mark Bautista) Charles Williams Williams4:41
7"Strange Are the Ways of Love"Ferdinand DimaduraVoltaire Carandang4:10
8"Promise Me" Beverly Craven Vic Oria4:03
9"It Wasn't Enough"WilliamsWilliams4:03
10"Number One"De Walden, Michael Mishaw, Carlos Toro Montoro, SingerFranco Boccuzzi, Paul Mirkovich 4:15
11"The Sweetest Vice"De Walden, Mike Shepstone, StemmannStemmann3:40
12"Days to Come" Diane Birch, Byron Brizuela4:07
13"Palm Reader"Alberto Mastrofrancesco, Vito Mastrofrancesco, Singer3:32
14"Thank You"YmanRegalado4:23
15"Good Love" (bonus track) Bernd Meinunger, Montoro, Alfons Weindorf4:01

Personnel

Credits were taken from Allmusic. [7]

Certifications

CountryProviderCertificationSales
Philippines PARI Gold [8] 15,000+

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormat
PhilippinesJanuary 10, 2006Standard (CD)
United StatesJune 1, 2005Standard (download)

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References

  1. ↑ Album information, "I Care - Rachelle Ann Go", iTunes, Retrieved 2010-09-11
  2. 1 2 VIVA Records, News, "Rachelle Ann Releases New Album I Care Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine ", Titik Pilipino, January 10, 2006
  3. ↑ Titik Pilipino review
  4. ↑ Resty Odon, Album review, "I Care - Rachelle Ann Go Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine ", Titik Pilipino, Retrieved 2010-09-11
  5. ↑ Album information, "I Care - Rachelle Ann Go", Allmusic, Retrieved 2010-09-11
  6. ↑ Album information, "I Care - Rachelle Ann Go Archived 2006-02-09 at the Wayback Machine ", Titik Pilipino, Retrieved 2010-09-11
  7. ↑ Album credits information, "I Care - Rachelle Ann Go", Allmusic, Retrieved 2010-09-11
  8. ↑ Profile, Bio, Albums, Awards, "Rachelle Ann Go Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine ", VIVA Records, Retrieved 2010-09-11
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