Vitamin C (album)

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Vitamin C
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 31, 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Genre Pop
Length47:27
Label Elektra
Producer
  • Josh Deutsch
  • Garry Hughes
Vitamin C chronology
Vitamin C
(1999)
More
(2001)
Singles from Vitamin C
  1. "Smile"
    Released: June 8, 1999 [1]
  2. "Me, Myself & I"
    Released: October 19, 1999 [2]
  3. "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
    Released: March 7, 2000 [3]

Vitamin C is the debut studio album by pop singer Vitamin C, released in 1999. The album was a success. Initially failing to chart, it later climbed the Billboard 200 to number 29 [4] and was certified as Gold and later certified Platinum by the RIAA. [5]

Contents

The album spawned two hits, the Gold-selling top 20 hit "Smile" [6] and the Top 40 hit "Graduation (Friends Forever)". The album features guest appearances by Lady Saw, Count Bass D, and Waymon Boone. On the track "Fear of Flying" Vitamin C samples the Clash's "The Magnificent Seven". [7] The Japanese edition features the bonus track "The Only One".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Entertainment Weekly A− [9]
People (favorable) [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The album elicited generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. Tom Demalon, writing for AllMusic, praised Vitamin C's range, adding that "there is no shortage of hooks" on the album and concluding that "there's not a weak track on this stellar record." [8] Entertainment Weekly gave the album an "A−" and called the album "the unabashedly great pop album the Spice Girls might have made (but never quite did)." [9]

However, some critics were less favorable in their assessments of the album. Rolling Stone's Neva Chonin awarded the album two and a half stars, praising the album's stylistic range but criticizing its production, which she felt "makes it difficult to tell where the cut-and-paste production ends and Vitamin C begins." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smile" (featuring Lady Saw)
3:58
2."Turn Me On"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Deutsch
  • Michael D. Goodman
3:47
3."Me, Myself and I"
  • Gregg Rolie
  • Michael John Carabello
  • Thomas Coke Escobedo
3:57
4."Unhappy Anniversary"
3:56
5."Not That Kind of Girl"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Michael Kotch
3:27
6."Do What You Want to Do"
3:21
7."Girls Against Boys" (featuring Count Bass D)
4:16
8."I Got You" Neil Finn 4:01
9."Money" (featuring Waymon Boone)
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Deutsch
3:47
10."About Last Night"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Robbie Nevil
4:01
11."Fear of Flying"
3:16
12."Graduation (Friends Forever)"
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Deutsch
5:40
Total length:47:27
US reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Graduation (Friends Forever)" (Student Interview Mix) (hidden track)5:40
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."The Only One"2:52

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [15] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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