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Identified is the second studio album by Vanessa Hudgens. The album was released via Hollywood Records July 1, 2008 in the U.S.[1] and June 24, 2008 in Japan. "Identified" received generally positive reviews from music critics. The New York Times gave the album a positive review, praising the song "Gone with the Wind" as Hudgens' best vocal performance.[2]

Singles

"Sneakernight" was the album's first single, released first to Radio Disney on April 11, 2008, followed by the release of the video on June 13, 2008. Though it didn't manage to stay on the Hot 100 for long weeks unlike her past two singles, Come Back to Me and Say OK, it was a top 10 hit as it stays on the Hot Dance Club Play for 9 weeks and peaked at #8. It is used as a promotion for Eckō sneakers.[3]

Critical reception

Identified has received generally favorable reviews.[4] Billboard said that the album "panders to the preteen demo with stop-start pop that ranges from pleasant (the title track) to dull ("Amazed") to off-putting ("Hook It Up"). But for little girls, this is one nonstop sing-along."[5]The New York Times said that "a handful of songs like this would have sufficed to help mature her image, and yet "Identified" is far more interesting and unexpected."[6] They noted that, when the album leans on Ms. Hudgens's vocals, it proves foolish — her Christina Aguilera impression on "Sneakernight" fizzles — and in places the songwriting is startlingly simple."[6]Entertainment Weekly said that "Identified, her second CD, stints on her HSM character's sweetness in favor of dance beats and sensual lyrics — while stopping short of anything risqué enough to recall last year's photo scandal."[7] However, Rolling Stone claimed that "Hudgens can't really sing, so her producers handle the heavy lifting." They also said that Hudgens sounds like a little girl who took a wrong turn and ended up in T-Pain's fun house. [8]

Blender gave it a three stars out of five, and claimed that her "voice was made to rip, and when she lets go just a little, the coyness turns sultry—proof that she might just have a life after high school." [9] allmusic asserted that Identified isn't drastically different from V . Hudgens still sings about love, dancing, and hanging with her girls, and once again, the production outclasses the songs and the singing. [10] "However, strangely for an album named Identified, these songs skip from sound to sound, hoping that some of them will stick." The track "Paper Cut" was compared to Leona Lewis’ chart-topping single, Bleeding Love, claiming that "Paper Cut" was as though a "Disneyfied" version of Lewis’ song.

Variety said that Identified "shows that the High School Musical veteran is definitely ready to graduate. The better parts of the album find her reaching for a more mature sound, but she hedges her bets with large portions of treacly teen-pop. On the plus side are "Hook It Up", a frisky, bubbly come-on produced by the production team Rock Mafia that sounds like a drum majorette's version of "Hips Don't Lie"; the sleek synthesized pop of "Party On The Moon"; and the aching piano ballad, "Gone With the Wind", where she tells an ex-boyfriend or possibly fans of the younger Vanessa, "the girl that you knew/well, she's gone with the wind." Less successful are "Sneakernight", an attempt to match Christina Aguilera in pipes and attitude that falls on its face and "Paper Cut", a tune as thin as the title. The weakest link in most of the songs is Hudgens thin, piping voice. Still, her attempt to shift gears and segue into more adult concerns is laudable."

Track listing

# Song title Writers and Producers Featured Guests Time
1 "Last Night" S. Nymoen, S. Jacoby 3:10
2 "Identified" L. Gottwald, C. Dennis, M. Martin 3:21
3 "First Bad Habit" L. Gottwald, C. Dennis 3:02
4 "Hook It Up" A. Armato, T. James, D. Karaoglu Rock Mafia 2:52
5 "Don't Ask Why" L. Gottwald, C. Dennis, B. Dozier 3:10
6 "Sneakernight" S. Nymoen, J. Rotem 2:59
7 "Amazed" L. Gottwald, C. Dennis, B. Levin, N. Kirkland Lil Mama 2:59
8 "Don't Leave" A. Armato, T. James, J. McCartney 3:08
9 "Paper Cut" Johnny Vieira 2:48
10 "Party on the Moon" C. Rojas, N. Atweh, A. Messinger 3:50
11 "Did It Ever Cross Your Mind" Johnny Vieira 3:10
12 "Gone with the Wind" M. Yourself, K. DioGuardi, W. Afanasieff, E. Kiriakou, Z. Bey, B. Howard 3:28

Bonus tracks

Japanese Edition
# Title Writers and Producers Featured Artist Time
13. "Set It Off" Klas Åhlund; Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald; Max Martin Windy Wagner 3:04
14. "Committed" Antonina Armato, Tim Price Rock Mafia 2:35
15. "Vulnerable" Nick Scapa, Tim James, John Fasse, Antonina Armato Rock Mafia 3:11
iTunes Edition
# Title Writers and Producers Featured Artist Time
13. "Vulnerable" Nick Scapa, Tim James, John Fasse, Antonina Armato Rock Mafia 3:11

Chart performance

Identified debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200 charts with a sales of 22,000 copies sold in its first week, 12,000 less than her first album, V.[11] Identified spent a total of 8 weeks in the Billboard 200. As of September 6, 2008 the album dropped out.[12]

Chart Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart 37[13]
U.S. Billboard 200 23
ARIA Australian Hitseekers album chart 15[14]

Release history

Region Date Label
Japan June 24, 2008 Hollywood Records
United States July 1, 2008
Latin America July 19, 2008
Brazil August 5, 2008
Philippines October 11, 2008
Australia October 19, 2008
Taiwan October 21, 2008 Hollywood Records/Universal Music

Identified Summer Tour

Identified Summer Tour
Tour by Vanessa Hudgens
Associated albumV
Identified
Another Side
Start dateAugust 1, 2008
End dateSeptember
No. of shows27
Vanessa Hudgens concert chronology

Identified Summer Tour is Vanessa Hudgens' first ever tour as a solo performer inorder to promote her first album, V and her latest one, Identified. She had Rooney, Corbin Bleu, Drew Seeley and Mandy Moore as her opening acts in her tour. The tour had 24 shows at State Fairs.[15]

Tour dates

Date State City Venue
August 1, 2008 Alabama Bessemer Alabama Adventure
August 2, 2008 Louisiana Baton Rouge Dixie Landin
August 5, 2008 Wisconsin West Allis State Fair
August 8, 2008 Michigan Jackson County Fair
August 9, 2008 - Canceled due to weather New York Hamburg County Fair
August 10, 2008 West Virginia Lewisburg State Fair
August 12, 2008 Michigan Midland County Fair
August 14, 2008 Iowa Des Moines State Fair
August 15, 2008 Kentucky Louisville State Fair
August 18, 2008 Pennsylvania Meadville Crawford County Fairgrounds
August 22, 2008 California Sacramento State Fair
August 23, 2008 Oregon Salem State Fair
August 24, 2008 British Columbia Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition
August 27, 2008 New York Syracuse State Fair
August 28, 2008 Ohio Canfield Mahoning County Fairgrounds
August 29, 2008 Michigan Detroit State Fair
August 30, 2008 Illinois Illinois Davis Memorial Park
September 9, 2008 New Mexico Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum State Fair


Set List

  1. Sneakernight[16]
  2. Come Back to Me
  3. Don’t Ask Why
  4. Identified
  5. Last Night
  6. Say OK
  7. Never Underestimate a Girl
  8. First Bad Habit
  9. Amazed
  10. Gotta Go My Own Way
  11. Let Go
  12. Let's Dance
  13. Hook It Up
Encore
  • Let's Dance

Album personnel

The following people contributed to Identified[17]

Production

References

  1. ^ Vanessa Hudgens 'Identified' Vanessa Hudgens releases her second album, 'Identified'. (July 1, 2008) Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  2. ^ 'Identified review''Gone With The Wind' is Hudgens best vocal performance on 'Identified'
  3. ^ Sneakernight on Hot Dance Club Play. 9 straight weeks on the chart.
  4. ^ "Identified". Metacritic. CNET Networks. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ Kerri Mason. "Identified". Billboard. Nielsen Company. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ a b Jon Caramanica (2008-06-30). "Vanessa Hudgens' 'Identified'". New York Times.
  7. ^ Chris Willmann. "Identified". Entertainment Weekly. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ "Identified". Rolling Stone. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ "Identified". Blender. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |Author= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Identified". allmusic. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |Author= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Vanessa Hudgen's New Identified CD Sales: 22,000 Copies Sold in First Week. Wow, looks like High School Musical queen Vanessa Hudgens’ new CD is bombing in record sales. "Identified", which debuted this week, has only sold 22,000 copies. This is Vanessa Hudgens’ second CD release (her first CD debuted with sales of 34,000 during the first week).Accessed 2008-09-23.
  12. ^ 'Identified' drops Identified is Gone With The Wind
  13. ^ Vanessa Hudgens - Identified - Canada Albums Chart
  14. ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081120-0000/issue974.pdf
  15. ^ Identified Summer Tour Dates
  16. ^ Identified Summer Tour Setlist
  17. ^ Creditsallmusic
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