I Care
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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.
The album was released on digital download
through iTunes
on June 1, 2005. To date, the album has sold over 15,000 units in the country, certifying Gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.
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.
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.
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".
Production
Musicians
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
singer Rachelle Ann Go
Rachelle Ann Go
-External links:*...
, released in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
on January 10, 2006 by VIVA Records
VIVA Records
VIVA Records is Philippine record label. It is subsidiary of VIVA Entertainment.- Artists & Album Releases :* 18 Greatest Hits ** Andrew E.** Basil Valdez ** Jun Pulistico...
. 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.
The album was released on digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
through iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on June 1, 2005. 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 StarSearch for a Star
Search for a Star was a Philippine singing contest produced by Viva Television and co-produced and broadcasted by GMA Network in 2003. The host was Regine Velasquez and the only champion here is Rachelle Ann Go. This was the second season of “Star For A Night” which was broadcast by IBC and where...
champion who has now come to her own as one of the country's finest performers.
Go celebrated Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
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
Christian Bautista
Christian Joseph Morata Bautista , more popularly known by his screen name Christian Bautista, is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning the 4th place in the competition in 2003...
, "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
MTV Pilipinas Music Awards
MTV Pilipinas Music Awards is the Philippines' biggest annual music video awards event.-Award categories:*Video of the Year*Favorite Male Video*Favorite Female Video*Favorite New Artist in a Video*Favorite Group Video*Favorite Pop Video...
, for her rendition of "Love of My Life". Written and produced by Jay Durias
Jay Durias
Tommy Macalintal is a Filipino composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer known for his collaborations with South Border.-Early life:...
of South Border, the song was included in her first album.
Production and development
The first single released is "If You Walk Away". Written by Todd CerneyTodd Cerney
Todd Cerney was an American songwriter and musician.He composed "Good Morning Beautiful", a 2002 five-week country number one hit for Steve Holy ; "The Blues Is My Business" , part of Etta James' 2003 Grammy Award winning album "Let's Roll"; and "I'll Still Be Loving You", a 1987...
and Skip Adams, the power ballad was produced by Christian De Walden
Christian De Walden
Christian de Walden is a record producer, composer, arranger and songwriter of Italian origin, who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...
and Carlo Nasi. De Walden, who is one of the top producers in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North and South America
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, 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
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
'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
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
by Vanni G. and David Bacon
David Bacon
David Bacon was an American film actor.-Biography:He was born Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr. in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and his family was one of the prominent, politically active Boston Brahmin families. His father, Gaspar G...
, 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
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, 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
Mark Bautista
Mark Bautista is a Filipino singer, actor and commercial model. Born into a large, impoverished family in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Bautista received his career break when he was a Grand finalist on Philippine reality TV talent search Star for a Night and eventually placed second behind...
, were both written and produced by Charles Williams
Charles Williams (composer)
Charles Williams was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films...
of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. "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.
Critical reception
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 HoustonWhitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
and Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
". However, he felt that Go's voice did not fit on R&Bs and jazzes like her cover of Julia Fordham
Julia Fordham
Julia Fordham is a British singer-songwriter based in California. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham", as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde.-Career:...
'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".
Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Care" | Vehnee Saturno | Arnold Buena | 4:01 |
| 2 | "Bakit" | Chuckie Dreyfus | Ferdie Marquez | 4:07 |
| 3 | "Angel" | Drez, Rachelle Ann Go Rachelle Ann Go -External links:*... |
Nino Regalado | 3:45 |
| 4 | "Baby It's Time" | Lisa Nemzo | Ralph Stemmann | 3:30 |
| 5 | "If You Walk Away" | Skip Adams, Todd Cerney Todd Cerney Todd Cerney was an American songwriter and musician.He composed "Good Morning Beautiful", a 2002 five-week country number one hit for Steve Holy ; "The Blues Is My Business" , part of Etta James' 2003 Grammy Award winning album "Let's Roll"; and "I'll Still Be Loving You", a 1987... |
Christian De Walden Christian De Walden Christian de Walden is a record producer, composer, arranger and songwriter of Italian origin, who currently resides in Los Angeles, California... , Steve Singer |
4:11 |
| 6 | "Window of My Heart" (with Mark Bautista Mark Bautista Mark Bautista is a Filipino singer, actor and commercial model. Born into a large, impoverished family in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Bautista received his career break when he was a Grand finalist on Philippine reality TV talent search Star for a Night and eventually placed second behind... ) |
Charles Williams Charles Williams (composer) Charles Williams was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films... |
Williams | 4:41 |
| 7 | "Strange Are the Ways of Love" | Ferdinand Dimadura | Voltaire Carandang | 4:10 |
| 8 | "Promise Me" | Beverly Craven | Vic Oria | 4:03 |
| 9 | "It Wasn't Enough" | Williams | Williams | 4:03 |
| 10 | "Number One" | De Walden, Michael Mishaw, Carlos Toro Montoro, Singer | Franco Boccuzzi, Paul Mirkovich Paul Mirkovich Paul Mirkovich is a Los Angeles native, and has been the band leader, keyboardist and duet singing partner for Cher for the last 16 years. He has also been the band director for Janet Jackson and Anastasia and a member of the multi-platinum bands Whitesnake and Nelson... |
4:15 |
| 11 | "The Sweetest Vice" | De Walden, Mike Shepstone, Stemmann | Stemmann | 3:40 |
| 12 | "Days to Come" | Diane Birch Diane Birch Diane Birch is an American singer-songwriter.-Early life:Birch was born in Michigan and her father was a Seventh-day Adventist preacher whose work took him to several countries. As a child Birch lived with her family in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Sydney, Australia... , Byron Brizuela |
4:07 | |
| 13 | "Palm Reader" | Alberto Mastrofrancesco, Vito Mastrofrancesco, Singer | 3:32 | |
| 14 | "Thank You" | Yman | Regalado | 4:23 |
| 15 | "Good Love" (bonus track) | Bernd Meinunger Bernd Meinunger Bernd Meinunger is a German lyricist and record producer who frequently works with Ralph Siegel and David Brandes... , Montoro, Alfons Weindorf |
4:01 | |
Personnel
Credits were taken from Allmusic.Production
- David BaconDavid BaconDavid Bacon was an American film actor.-Biography:He was born Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr. in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and his family was one of the prominent, politically active Boston Brahmin families. His father, Gaspar G...
- programming, mixing - Franco Boccuzzi - arranger, keyboards, programming
- Walter Clissen - engineer
- Vincent Del Rosario - executive producer
- Christian De WaldenChristian De WaldenChristian de Walden is a record producer, composer, arranger and songwriter of Italian origin, who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...
- arranger, producer - Vanni G. - programming, mixing
- George Landress - engineer
- Paul MirkovichPaul MirkovichPaul Mirkovich is a Los Angeles native, and has been the band leader, keyboardist and duet singing partner for Cher for the last 16 years. He has also been the band director for Janet Jackson and Anastasia and a member of the multi-platinum bands Whitesnake and Nelson...
- arranger, programming - Carlo Nasi - producer
- Eric Payumo - mixing
- Nino Regalado - arranger
- Romer Rosellon - engineer, mixing
- Ronnie Salvacion - photography
- Steve Singer - arranger, programming, producer
- Ralph Stemmann - arranger, programming, producer, synclavier
- Eugene Villaluz - producer, supervising producer
- Luca Vittori - engineer, mixing
- Charles WilliamsCharles Williams (composer)Charles Williams was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films...
(and his Concert Orchestra) - arranger, engineer, mixing
Musicians
- Mark BautistaMark BautistaMark Bautista is a Filipino singer, actor and commercial model. Born into a large, impoverished family in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Bautista received his career break when he was a Grand finalist on Philippine reality TV talent search Star for a Night and eventually placed second behind...
- lead vocals (track 6) - Franco Boccuzzi - keyboards
- Dennis ClarkeDennis ClarkeDennis Clarke is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender for West Bromwich Albion, Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City in the Football League....
- background vocals - Paulinho Da CostaPaulinho Da CostaPaulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
- percussion - Rachelle Ann GoRachelle Ann Go-External links:*...
- lead vocals - James Harrah - guitar
- Paul Jackson, Jr.Paul Jackson, Jr.Paul Jackson, Jr. is a fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musician...
- guitar - Bambi Jones - background vocals
- Brandy Jones - background vocals
- Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - bass
- Sylvia Macaraeg - background vocals
- Paul Mirkovich - keyboards
- Michael Mishaw - background vocals
- Moy Ortiz - background vocals
- Rafael Padilla - percussion
- Dean ParksDean ParksDean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
- guitar - Tim Pierce - guitar
- Ralph Stemmann - synthesizer, keyboards
- Charles Williams (and his Concert Orchestra) - performer
Certifications
| Country | Provider | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
PARI | Gold | 15,000+ |
Release history
| Country | Release date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | January 10, 2006 | Standard (CD) |
| United States | June 1, 2005 | Standard (download) |