The Story Goes...

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The Story Goes...
Craig david-story goes.jpg
Studio album by
Craig David
Released6 September 2005
Genre R&B
Length56:31
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Craig David chronology
Slicker Than Your Average
(2002)		The Story Goes...
(2005)		 Trust Me
(2007)
Singles from The Story Goes...
  1. "All the Way"
    Released: 8 August 2005
  2. "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"
    Released: 31 October 2005
  3. "Unbelievable"
    Released: 6 March 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

The Story Goes... is the third studio album by English singer Craig David, released on 6 September 2005 by Warner Bros. Records in the UK. The album entered the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number 5 in late 2005. The album peaked at number 9 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart around the same time. It was not released in United States, partly due to Atlantic Records' uncertainty over whether the album was the right material for that market. [2] Ultimately, in 2007, the album was released digitally and as an import in American record stores. The album sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

Contents

Recording

A promotional sampler for the album, entitled The Story Goes... and More, was distributed to radio stations prior to the album's release. This version contains snippets of unfinished tracks "Girls Around the World" and "My Friend, Let Me Down", as well as two full unreleased tracks – "Save the World" and "Cocoa Butter", plus an unreleased remix of "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)", featuring American rapper Nelly. A digital version of this sampler surfaced online several years later, and incorrectly adds four previously released bonus tracks – "Key to My Heart" (from the American version of David's debut album, Born to Do It ), "Apartment 543" (the B-side from David's debut single, "Fill Me In"), a remix of "Fill Me In", and "Four Times a Lady" (the B-side from "What's Your Flava?" and a bonus track from the Japanese version of Slicker Than Your Average ). These tracks do not appear on the original sampler.

Critical reception

AllMusic rated the album 3 out of 5, and said of the record: "Picking himself up and signing to Warner Bros. Records after the demise of his Wildstar/Telstar record label, David offers The Story Goes... as a very personal album filled with his own experiences over the past few years, including his own relationship breakdown in "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)," being mesmerized by a woman during his partying phase on the tracks "Hypnotic" and "Just Chillin'," and another doomed liaison on the song "One Last Dance." The song "Johnny" delves deeper into his past as he explores the subject of bullying, and the line "I didn't want to tell you anything in case it made things worse" would strike a chord with many a victim. David has a unique style of singing more words than should have been able to fit into each line, but it works for him. "Separate Ways" is back to "Fill Me In" standards, and he also has a habit of answering his own lines through a voicebox, as on "Thief in the Night." He strays into Enrique Iglesias territory on the song "Unbelievable," but without the smoldering Latin passion. Produced by long-term David collaborator Mark Hill, The Story Goes... appears to fall between an urban R&B-flavored Usher-styled album and his earlier more hip-hop-influenced work with the Artful Dodger. It couldn't be both." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."All the Way"
Hill3:56
2."Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill4:03
3."Hypnotic"
Nowels4:19
4."Separate Ways"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill4:01
5."Johnny"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill4:20
6."Do You Believe in Love?"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill3:46
7."One Last Dance"
  • David
  • Nowels
Nowels3:47
8."Unbelievable"
Taylor3:22
9."Just Chillin'"
  • David
  • Nowels
Nowels4:41
10."Thief in the Night"DavidLee Groves4:26
11."Take 'Em Off"
  • David
  • Antonio Dixon
  • Harvey Mason, Jr.
  • Eric Dawkins
  • Damon Thomas
 The Underdogs 4:06
12."My Love Don't Stop"
  • David
  • Dixon
  • Mason, Jr.
  • Dawkins
  • Thomas
The Underdogs4:12
13."Never Should Have Walked Away"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill4:40
14."Let Her Go"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill4:02
Limited tour edition bonus disc [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Unbelievable" (Metro mix)
  • David
  • Taylor
  • Barry
Taylor 
2."All the Way" (H-Money mix featuring Lyracis)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 
3."Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (Redstar remix)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 
4."All the Way" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 
5."Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 
6."Rise & Fall" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)
 Soulshock and Karlin  
7."Walking Away" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 
8."Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (music video)   
9."7 Days" (music video)   
Promotional version – The Story Goes... and More [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."All the Way"
  • David
  • Hill
Hill3:56
2."Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (snippet)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill1:32
3."My Love Don't Stop" (snippet)
  • David
  • Dixon
  • Mason, Jr.
  • Dawkins
  • Thomas
The Underdogs1:32
4."Hypnotic"
  • David
  • Nowels
Nowels4:19
5."Girls Around the World" (snippet)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill1:22
6."Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (JD remix featuring Nelly)
  • Hill
  • JD
3:13
7."Johnny" (snippet)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill1:20
8."My Friend, Let Me Down" (snippet)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill1:44
9."Take 'Em Off"
  • David
  • Dixon
  • Mason, Jr.
  • Dawkins
  • Thomas
The Underdogs4:06
10."Save the World" (unreleased)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill4:53
11."Cocoa Butter" (unreleased)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill5:20
12."All the Way" (remix)
  • David
  • Hill
Hill3:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from album’s liner notes. [6]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications of The Story Goes..., with sales where available
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [31] Gold75,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [32] Gold100,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [33] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] Platinum300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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