PCD (album)
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PCD is the debut album by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, released by A&M Records on September 13 2005 in the United States. The majority of the album was produced by Ron Fair and Tal Herzberg with other producers including Timbaland, Cee-Lo Green, will.i.am, and Rich Harrison, amongst others, and incorporates a mixture of contemporary pop/dance/R&B originals, jazz-influenced tracks, and cover versions. The album was a commercial success, and has gone on to sell over six million units worldwide,[1] spawning seven singles. The group toured with Gwen Stefani and have cited, among their influences, Stefani, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul and M.I.A. who they described as "the most righteous chick - she stands for so much that we really stand for."[2]
The album ended 2006 as the twenty-eighth best-selling album in the United Kingdom, with sales of 536,340 copies,[3] in 2006 and 574,000 in 2005, for combined sales of over 1.1 million in the UK and as the sixteenth best selling album in the Netherlands.[4]
Track listing
- "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes) - 4:34
- "Beep" (featuring will.i.am) - 3:48
- "Wait a Minute" (featuring Timbaland) - 3:41
- "Stickwitu" - 3:26
- "Buttons" - 3:45
- "I Don't Need a Man" - 3:39
- "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" - 3:46
- "How Many Times, How Many Lies" - 3:55
- "Bite The Dust" - 3:32
- "Right Now" - 2:27
- "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go" - 3:25
- "Feelin' Good" - 4:19
International bonus tracks
- "Sway" - 3:12
- "Flirt" - 2:56
- "We Went as Far as We Felt like Going" - 3:50
- "Don't Cha" (live version) (Japanese Edition exclusive track) - 3:32
Wal Mart bonus tracks
- "Buttons" (featuring Snoop Dogg) – 3:52
- "Wait a Minute" (ringtone) – 0:30
- "He Always Answers" (ringback tone) – 0:40
- "Vibrate off the Table" (ringtone) – 0:39
- "Freaky Fun Message" (voicemail ID) – 0:19
- "Buttons" (live video)
- PCD cell phone wallpapers
Tour edition bonus CD
- "Sway" – 3:12
- "Flirt" – 2:56
- "Stickwitu" (Avant Mix) (featuring Avant) – 3:18
- "Buttons" (Final Edit) (featuring Snoop Dogg) – 3:52
- "Don't Cha" (More Booty Mix) (featuring Busta Rhymes) – 4:48
- "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" (Remix) – 4:36
- "He Always Answers" (Ringback Tone) – 0:40
- "Vibrate off the Table" (Ringtone) – 0:39
- "Freaky Fun Message" (Voicemail ID) – 0:19
- "PCD" (Text Alert) – 0:06
Commercial usage
- "Right Now" was used in commercials to promote the hit TV show Desperate Housewives and "Don't Cha" was used in the season two episode, "Could I Leave You?".
- "Right Now" was used in a NBA promo.
- "Bite the Dust" has been used for a news broadcast in the Philippines.
- "Wait a Minute" was heard various times on Filipino game shows (the song was heard in a Best Buy music commercial)
- "Don't Cha Remix" was used to promote Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 2.
- "Don't Cha" was used in several movie trailers including Norbit, Wild Hogs and Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was also used in a Heineken beer commercial although The Pussycat Dolls were not the ones singing.
- "Don't Cha" was featured in the 2004 edition of the WWE Diva Search Competition.
- A version of "Buttons" was used during WWE diva Kelly Kelly's exposé segment on the ECW on Sci-Fi program.
- "Don't Cha" was also used a track for a commercial of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee on the Cartoon Network.
- "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" is featured on the Clubland CD release Dancemania 2, even though the song has not been released.
- "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" was used to promote America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7.
- "Right Now" was used to promote "Reids Furniture" sale in 2008.
- "I Don't Need A Man " was used in an "America's Next Top Model" sketch by british comedians French & Saunders.
Cover versions
Seven tracks (including bonus tracks) on the album are cover versions:
- "Don't Cha" - Tori Alamaze
- "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" - Donna Summer/Siobhan Fahey
- "Right Now" - Mel Tormé/The Creatures
- "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" - Gloria Jones/The Supremes/Soft Cell
- "Feeling Good" - Nina Simone
- "Sway" (Bonus Track) - Dean Martin
- "We Went as Far as We Felt like Going" (Bonus Track) - Labelle
Production
- Photography- James White
- Package design- Julian Peploe
- Publicist- Dave Tomberlin
- Mastered- Brian Gardner
- Artist development- Michelle Thomas
- Executive Producer- Ron Fair, Jimmy Iovine
- Co-Executive Producer- Robin Antin
- Management- Jeff Haddad
- Management Coordinator- Jeff Norskog
Chart performance
Chart | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
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Australia Albums Chart | 8 | 210,000 | 3x Platinum[5] |
Austria Albums Chart | 8 | 210,000 | Gold[6] |
Belgium Albums Chart | 6 | 25,000 | Gold |
Canadian Albums Chart | – | 200,000 | 2x Platinum[7] |
Czech Republic Album Chart | 9 | - | - |
Danish Album Charts | 13 | ||
Finnish Album Chart | 29 | ||
France Album Chart | 23 | 160.300+ | Gold[8] |
German Albums Chart | 6 | 200,000 | Platinum[9] |
Hungary Albums Chart | 1 | 6,000 | Platinum[10] |
Indonesian Album Top | 10 | 189,000 | Platinum[citation needed] |
Irish Albums Chart | 1 | 40,000 | 2x Platinum[11] |
Mexican International Albums Chart[12] | 5 | [13] | |
Netherlands Album Chart | 5 | 35,000+ | Gold[14] |
New Zealand Albums Chart | 1 | 30,000 | 2x Platinum |
Norwegian Album Chart | 10 | ||
Poland Album Chart | 13 | 20,000+ | Platinum[15] |
Philippines Album Chart | 1 | 500,000 | 16x Platinum[citation needed] |
Portugal Albums Chart | 12 | 10,000 | Gold[citation needed] |
Romanian Album Chart | 4 | 30,000+ | Gold[citation needed] |
Russian Albums Chart[16] | 1 | 300,000 | 4x Platinum |
Spanish Album Chart | 27 | 60.000+ | Gold |
Swedish Albums Chart | 21 | ||
Swiss Album Chart | 9 | 15,000+ | Gold[17] |
UK Top 75 Albums Chart | 7 | 1,100,000 | 3x Platinum [18] |
Europe Album Chart | - | 2,000,000 | 2x Platinum[19] |
U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart | 5 | 2,900,000+[20] | 3x Platinum |
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart | 7 | - | - |
World Album Chart | 7 | 6,713,000 | 3x platinum |
1: Last certified: January 27 2006
References
- ^ http://www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/Music/2007/03/26/3836178-sun.html Torontosun.com Retrieved on 05-30-07
- ^ Soghomonian, Talia. The Pussycat Dolls Interview OMH. November 2005. Retrieved on 25 July 2008
- ^ Top 50 Albums in the UK (2006)
- ^ MegaCharts
- ^ Australian Database
- ^ Austrian Database
- ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for February 2007
- ^ French Database
- ^ German Database
- ^ Hungarian Database
- ^ Irish Database
- ^ "Top 10 Albums - International Album Chart". April 24 2006. Retrieved April 24 2006.
- ^ Mexican Database
- ^ Dutch Database
- ^ Polish Database
- ^ "Universal Music Russia CHarts". June 4 2007. Retrieved June 4 2007.
- ^ [1]
- ^ The BPI
- ^ European Database
- ^ [2]
- BMI.com lists Scherzinger's official songwriting credits