PCD (album)

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PCD
Studio album by The Pussycat Dolls
Released	September 12, 2005 September 13, 2005
Genre	Pop, R&B, Dance
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Timbaland, Rich Harrison, Cee-Lo Green, Polow Da Don, Sean Garrett, will.i.am, Ron Fair, Young Smoke, Siobhan Fahey, Kwamé, Robin Antin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Pussycat Dolls chronology
	PCD (2005)	Double the Trouble (2007)
PCD Tour Edition

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. It was produced by Timbaland, Cee-Lo Green, will.i.am, and Rich Harrison, and incorporates a mixture of contemporary R&B originals, jazz-influenced tracks, and cover versions. The album was a critical and commercial success, and has gone on to sell over 6 million units worldwide[1].

The album ended 2006 as the 28th Best Selling album in the United Kingdom, with sales of 536,340 copies^[1], and as the 16th Best Selling album in The Netherlands.^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Wal Mart Bonus Tracks 1.2 International Bonus Tracks 1.3 Tour Edition Bonus CD 2 Singles 3 Commercial usage 4 Notes/Miscellaneous 5 Cover versions 6 Leftover tracks 7 Production 8 Chart performance 9 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes) (Callaway, Ray, Smith) – 4:34
2. "Beep" (featuring will.i.am) (Adams, DioGuardi, Lynne) – 3:48
3. "Wait a Minute" (featuring Timbaland) (Mosley, Hilson) – 3:41
4. "Stickwitu" (Frannie Golde, Livingston, Robert D. Palmer) – 3:26
5. "Buttons" (Garrett, Jones, Perry, Scherzinger) – 3:45
6. "I Don't Need a Man" (Brown, Harrison, Scherzinger, DioGuardi) – 3:39
7. "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" (Peter Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Fahey) – 3:46
8. "How Many Times, How Many Lies" (Warren) – 3:55
9. "Bite the Dust" (Hilson, Kwamé) – 3:32
10. "Right Now" (Mann, Sigman) – 2:27
11. "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go" (Cobb/Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 3:25
12. "Feeling Good" (Newley, Bricusse) – 4:19

[edit] Wal Mart Bonus Tracks

1. "Buttons" (featuring Snoop Dogg) – 3:52
2. "Wait a Minute (Ringtone)" - 0:30
3. "He Always Answers (Ringback Tone)" - 0:40
4. "Vibrate off the Table (Ringtone)" - 0:39
5. "Freaky Fun Message (Voicemail ID)" - 0:19
6. "Buttons" (Live video)
7. PCD Cell Phone Wallpapers

[edit] International Bonus Tracks

1. "Sway" (Pablo Beltran Ruiz, Gimbel) – 3:12
2. "Flirt" (Scherzinger, DioGuardi, Wells) – 2:56
3. "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) - 3:50
4. "Don't Cha" (Live Version) (Japanese Edition Exclusive Track) - 3:32

[edit] Tour Edition Bonus CD

1. "Sway" – 3:12
2. "Flirt" – 2:56
3. "Stickwitu (R&B Remix featuring Avant)" – 3:18
4. "Buttons (Final Edit featuring Snoop Dogg)" – 3:52
5. "Don't Cha (More Booty Mix featuring Busta Rhymes)" - 4:48
6. "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back) (Remix)" – 4:36
7. "He Always Answers (Ringback Tone)" - 0:40
8. "Vibrate off the Table (Ringtone)" - 0:39
9. "Freaky Fun Message (Voicemail ID)" - 0:19
10. "PCD (Text Alert)" - 0:06

[edit] Singles

• "Sway"
• "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes)
• "Stickwitu"
• "Beep" (featuring will.i.am)
• "Buttons" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
• "Wait a Minute" (featuring Timbaland)
• "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)"
• "I Don't Need A Man"

[edit] Commercial usage

• "Right Now" was used to promote Desperate Housewives on commercials and also on an 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 (Song was heard in a Best Buy music commercial)
• "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" was used to promote America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7

[edit] Notes/Miscellaneous

• Track 7, "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)", is a mash-up of two songs: the verses are from Siobhan Fahey's 2002 song "Bitter Pill" (with altered lyrics); the chorus is from Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff"

• Lead vocalist Nicole Scherzinger co-wrote three tracks including the bonus track "Flirt".

• The bonus track "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" is a version of a Bob Crewe/Kenny Nolan song. It was first recorded by Tim Curry (1973, released 1990), then a 1975 single by Labelle. The Dolls' version first appeared on the 2004 soundtrack to Shark Tale. The Doll's version includes an interpolation of S.O.S. Band's "Take Your Time (Do It Right)". Coincidentally, Crewe and Nolan also wrote Labelle's previous hit "Lady Marmalade". "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" appears as a bonus tracks on some editions of PCD.

• Track 5, the 'album version' of "Buttons", does not feature Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg is featured in the 'Final Edit' of the song. This edition appears on the Bonus Disc of the Tour Edition of PCD.

• "Don't Cha" was originally recorded and released as a single in 2004 by Tori Alamaze, and had even reached number 53 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. She was dropped by her label and the Producer/Writer Cee-Lo then gave it to the Pussycat Dolls to record.

• "Right Now" is an extremely faithful cover of the 1983 single of the same name by The Creatures.

• Track 11, "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" is covered in the same fashion as Soft Cell did as a Medley of the two separate songs originally recorded by Gloria Jones ("Tainted Love") and The Supremes ("Where Did Our Love Go?"), respectively.

[edit] Cover versions

Seven tracks (including bonus tracks) on the album are cover versions:

1. "Don't Cha" - Tori Alamaze
2. "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" - Donna Summer/Siobhan Fahey
3. "Right Now" - Mel Torme/The Creatures
4. "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" - Gloria Jones/The Supremes/Soft Cell
5. "Feeling Good" - Nina Simone
6. "Sway" (Bonus Track) - Dean Martin
7. "We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going" (Bonus Track) - Labelle

[edit] Leftover tracks

1. Discob***h
2. My Boo
3. Bad Boy
4. U don't Own Me
5. Fighter
6. Girls
7. Shame
8. Angel Of Mine
9. If u want me (U can't have me)
10. Don't tell me that
11. The Other Woman
12. That Girl is like me
13. Back off
14. Lovin' U
15. I turn 2 u

[edit] 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

[edit] Chart performance

U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart	5	2,653,705	2x Platinum
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart	7	-	-
UK Top 75 Albums Chart	7	1,200,000	4x Platinum
Australia Albums Chart	8	210,000	3x Platinum
New Zealand Albums Chart	1	30,000	2x Platinum
Portugal Albums Chart	12	10,000	Gold
Germany Albums Chart	6	400,000	2x Platinum
Belgium Albums Chart	6	25,000	Gold
Poland Album Chart	13	20,000+	Platinum
Mexican International Albums Chart[3]	5	50,000	Gold
Netherlands Album Chart	5	35,000+	Gold
Switzerland	9	15,000+	Gold
France Album Chart	23	160.300+	Gold
World Album Chart	7	6,713,000	3x Platinum

¹: Last certified: January 27, 2006

[edit] References

• BMI.com lists Scherzinger's official songwriting credits