Superficial is the debut album of American pop singer and television personality Heidi Montag. The album was released independently and digital-only on January 11, 2010 and reportedly took three years to complete. Musically, it incorporates elements of dance in its electropop productions. The album was promoted with two extended plays and a high profile performance at the 2009 edition of Miss Universe.
[edit] Background
Superficial was three years in the making.[1] It features contributions from songwriters including Cathy Dennis and Kool Kojak. The album was self-funded and cost almost $2 million to record.[2][3] Montag revealed that she was working on an album in February 2007,[4] and in August, Ryan Seacrest premiered "Body Language" as her debut single on his KIIS-FM radio show. The song featured a rap by Montag's boyfriend, Spencer Pratt, but Montag and Pratt were quick to deny that the song was her first single.[5] She was also reported to have worked with producer David Foster for the album, with one of their collaborations "Touch Me" leaking in December.[6] Montag released the promo single, "Higher" along with an accompanying video shot by Pratt to iTunes on February 5, 2008. The song and the video immediately elicted a negative response from the online community.[7] Two weeks later, "No More" was leaked online, forcing Montag to release it as a promotional single as well the following month.[8] Two more songs, "Fashion"[9] and "One More Drink" appeared on the internet in June 2008.[10] These were followed by another promo single, "Overdosin'"[11] leak, "Party is Wherever I Am".[12] Another song, "More Is More", had debuted at number fifty on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart in June 2009, and peaked at number twenty-seven.[13]
[edit] Music structure
The album is of the dance-pop genre, incorporating elements of electro in its production and beats.First track, "Look How I'm Doing" is a kiss-off to a former flame, while "Blackout" is an ode to her husband, Spencer Pratt.[14][3] Montag described the final produce, Superficial to People as "a fun, empowering mix that you could really dance to,"[1] elaborating to PopEater that she felt that "[there was] so much darkness in the world right now, I just wanted to bring some light and some fun into it."[3]
[edit] Promotion and release
Montag promoted the album by performing "Body Language" at 2009 edition of Miss Universe during the fashion shoot presentation.[15][16] The song however, was not included on the album. Two extended plays, Wherever I Am and Here She Is... were released to digital download outlets to promote the album before its release. Superficial was released on January 11, 2010[17] after numerous push-backs from 2007 and sold fewer than 1,000 copies in its first week of release.[18] As of October 2011, Superficial has sold less than 120k copies worldwide. In January 2012, Montag, her producer Steve Morales and her management confirmed that she would be releasing her sophomore album later that year.
[edit] Track listing
| Music |
| 1. |
"Look How I'm Doing" |
Steve Morales, Cathy Dennis, Raymond "Sarom" Diaz |
3:28 |
| 2. |
"Turn Ya Head" |
Morales, Dennis, Keithin Pittman |
3:37 |
| 3. |
"Fanatic" |
Dennis, Chris Rojas, Kool Kojak |
3:25 |
| 4. |
"Superficial" |
Morales, Atozzio Townes, Harold St. Louis |
3:08 |
| 5. |
"More Is More" |
Morales, Laura Pergolizzi, St. Louis |
3:05 |
| 6. |
"One More Drink" |
Mary Brown, The Runners, Dawn Richard |
3:37 |
| 7. |
"Twisted" |
Sebastian Jacome, Pergolizzi |
3:48 |
| 8. |
"Hey Boy" |
Jacome, Pergolizzi |
2:54 |
| 9. |
"My Parade" |
John Stary, Ben McCrary, Melanie Dayan |
3:23 |
| 10. |
"Blackout" |
Dennis, Rojas, Taylor Momsen |
3:29 |
| 11. |
"I'll Do It" |
Morales, Stacy Barthe, Pittman |
3:30 |
| 12. |
"Love It Or Leave It" |
Jacome, Pergolizzi |
3:00 |
[edit] Personnel
- Producers: Steve Morales, Chris Rojas, The Runners, Sebastian Jacome, Fingazz
- Engineer: Ariel Chobaz
- Mixers: Manny Marroquin, Dave Pemado, Jaycen Joshua
- Mastering: Bernie "Big Bass" Gardner
- Additional Engineering: Steve Morales, Ariel Chobaz
- Legal: Dan Black, Ken Burry, Peter Lopez, Laura DeMichele
- Photography: Jordan Nuttall
- Production Design: Liz Ciganovich
- Art direction: Liz Ciganovich
- LP Cover Design: Liz Ciganovich
- LP Logo Design: Casey Ryder
- Logo Design: Casey Ryder
- Packaging: Chris Leach
[edit] References
- ^ a b Garcia, Jennifer (January 12, 2010), "Heidi Montag's Superficial Album Drops", People (Time Inc.), http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20336275,00.html, retrieved February 22, 2010
- ^ Stack, Tim (January 13, 2010), Heidi Montag says new album cost almost $2 million, left her broke, is as good as 'Thriller', Entertainment Weekly, http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/13/heidi-montag-new-album/, retrieved February 22, 2010
- ^ a b c Tarnoff, Brooke (January 13, 2010), "Heidi Montag Loves Her Sexy New Songs", PopEater (AOL Inc.), http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/13/heidi-montag-superficial/, retrieved February 22, 2010
- ^ "Heidi Confirms debut album". Us Weekly. 2007-08-16. http://www.usmagazine.com/mtvs_heidi_montag_shows_off_her_own_hills_1?page=5. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
- ^ "Heidi and Spencer "Furious" Over Song Leak". Us Weekly. 2007-08-16. http://usmagazine.com/heidi_and_spencer_furious_over_song_leak?page=2. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "Listen to Heidi Montag's New Song!". Us Weekly. 2007-12-13. http://www.usmagazine.com/heidi_montags_new_song. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ^ "Heidi Montag Thanks You for Your Comments". People. 2008-02-06. http://peoplefalltv.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/heidi-montag-thanks-you-for-your-comments/. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ "Listen to Heidi Montag's New Single "No More"". US Weekly. 2008-03-25. http://www.usmagazine.com/listen_to_heidi_montags_new_single. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "Listen to Heidi Montag's New Single "Fashion"". usmagazine.com. 2008-06-23. http://www.usmagazine.com/exclusive-listen-to-heidi-montag-new-single-fashion. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ "'Hills' Star Heidi Montag Plans Christian Album". foxnews.com. 2008-07-01. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,374369,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ "Listen to Heidi Montag's New Song". usmagazine.com. 2008-08-18. http://www.usmagazine.com/news/heidi-montag-debuts-new-song. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "The Hits Don't Stop With Heidi Montag". E! Online. 2008-09-02. http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b26816_hits_dont_stop_with_heidi_montag.html.
- ^ Trust, Gary (July 1, 2009), Chart Beat: Dierks Bentley, Seether, Heidi Montag, Billboard, http://www.billboard.com/#/column-chartbeat/chart-beat-dierks-bentley-seether-heidi-1003989497.story
- ^ Layton, Kieran (January 20, 2010), Music Review: Heidi Montag's 'Superficial', The Pitt News, http://pittnews.com/newsstory/music-review-heidi-montags-superficial, retrieved March 3, 2011
- ^ Heidi Montag Fights Back With 'Superficial' - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV
- ^ "Heidi Montag Lets It All Hang Out In Miss Universe Performance". Fox News. 2009-08-24. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/08/24/heidi-montag-lets-hang-miss-universe-performance/. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Superficial by Heidi Montag". iTunes. Apple. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/superficial/id348940801. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ Heidi Montag Album Sells Less Than 1,000 Copies, Us Weekly, January 20, 2010, http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/heidi-montag-album-sells-less-than-1000-copies-1970241, retrieved February 22, 2010
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