From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spellbound (Paula Abdul album)
Spellbound (Paula Abdul album)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (C+)[2]
Robert Christgau [3]
Rolling Stone [4]
Slant [5]
Spellbound 5. "Will You Marry Me?"
Released: 1992
Spellbound is the second studio album released by Paula
Abdul in May 1991. The album was an international suc-
cess and spawned major radio hits with the singles "Rush
Rush", "The Promise of a New Day", "Blowing Kisses in
the Wind", "Vibeology" and "Will You Marry Me?". The
album went triple platinum in the United States and
peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200. Its worldwide sales
stand at 7 million.
Some tracks are mixed using Q-Sound.
Track listing
Studio album by Paula Abdul
Released May 14, 1991
Charts & certifications
Recorded September 1990-March 1991 No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "The Peter Lord; Peter Lord, 4:32
Genre Pop
Promise Of A Sandra St. V. Jeffrey
Length 49:03 New Day" Victor; V. Smith
Label Virgin Jeffrey
Smith;Paula
Producer Peter Lord, Paisley Park, V. Jeffrey Smith, Don Abdul
Was, Jorge Corante
2. "Rock Abdul, Lord, Lord, 4:11
Paula Abdul chronology House" Saint Victor, Smith
Smith
Shut Up and Dance Spellbound Head Over Heels
(1990) (1991) (1995) 3. "Rush Rush" Lord, Gior- Lord, 4:52
gio Moroder Smith
Singles from Spellbound 4. "Spellbound" Abdul, Lord, 4:48
DiNizio, Smith
1. "Rush Rush"
Lord, Saint
Released: May 2, 1991
2. "The Promise of a New Day" Victor,
Released: 1991 Smith, Vic-
3. "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" tor Young
Released: October 17, 1991
4. "Vibeology" 5. "Vibeology" Lord, Saint Lord, 5:16
Released: January 30, 1992 Victor, Smith
Smith
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Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 3
Canadian Albums Chart 6
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[6] 12
New Zealand Albums Chart 14
Norwegian Albums Chart 17
Swedish Albums Chart 6
Swiss Albums Chart 25
UK Albums Chart 4
U.S. Billboard 200 1
Country Certification Sales/Shipments
Australia Platinum 70,000+
Canada 3× Platinum 300,000+
United Kingdom Gold 100,000+
United States 3× Platinum 3,000,000+
6. "U" Prince Paisley 4:05 4. "Spellbound" (Paula Abdul; Peter Lord; Sandra St.
Park Victor; V. Jeffrey Smith) - 4:48
5. "Vibeology" (#16 U.S.) (Peter Lord; Sandra St. Victor;
7. "My Foolish Lord, Smith, Lord, 4:10
V. Jeffrey Smith) - 5:16
Heart" Ned Wash- Smith
6. "Will You Marry Me?" (#19 U.S.) (Paula Abdul; Peter
ington,
Lord; Sandra St. Victor; V. Jeffrey Smith) - 4:24
Young
7. "U" (Prince) - 4:05
8. "Blowing Lord Lord, 4:41 8. "My Foolish Heart" (Peter Lord; V. Jeffrey Smith) -
Kisses in the Smith 4:10
Wind" 9. "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" (#6 U.S.) (Peter Lord) -
9. "To You" Jorge Co- England, 3:31 4:41
rante, Ben- Corante 10. "To You" (Colin England; Jorge Corante) - 3:31
ny Davis, 11. "Alright Tonight" (John Hiatt) - 4:28
Tommy 12. "Goodnight My Love" (Pleasant Dreams) (George
Dorsey, Motora; John Marascalco) - 3:14
Colin Eng-
land, Thad Certifications
Jones, Ted
Shapiro
Production
10. "Alright John Hiatt Don Was 4:28
Tonight" • Produced By Peter Lord, Paisley Park, V. Jeffrey
Smith, Jorge Corante & Don Was
11. "Will You Abdul, Lord, Lord, 4:24
• Engineers: Wolfgang Aichholz, Ed Cherney, Don
Marry Me?" Saint Victor, Smith
Feinerg, Arne Frager, Rod Hull, Michael Koppelman,
Smith
Greg Laney, Dave Pensado
Japanese Edition Track listing Personnel
1. "The Promise Of A New Day" (#1 U.S.) (Peter Lord; V. • Lead Vocals & Synclavier II: Paula Abdul
Jeffrey Smith; Sandra St. Victor; Paula Abdul) - 4:32 • Backing Vocals: Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry
2. "Rock House" (Paula Abdul; Peter Lord; Sandra St. Bowens, Sally Dworsky, Colin England, The Family
Victor; V. Jeffrey Smith) - 4:11 Stand, Peter Lord, Arnold McCuller, Sandra St. Victor
3. "Rush Rush" (#1 U.S.) (Peter Lord) - 4:52
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Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album Succeeded by
Out of Time by R.E.M. June 8–21, 1991 Niggaz4Life by N.W.A.
• Guitars: Mike Campbell, Mark Goldenberg, Randy
Jacobs, Clifford Moonie Pusey, V. Jeffrey Smith
References
• Keyboards: Jorge Corante, Tom Hammer, Peter Lord, [1] http://www.allmusic.com/album/r62
Ivan Neville, V. Jeffrey Smith [2] http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,314320,00.html
• Organ: Jamie Muhoberac [3] Christgau, Robert. "Spellbound". Robert Christgau.
• Bass: Tim Drummond http://www.robertchristgau.com/
• Drums: Curt Bisquera, Rocky Bryant get_album.php?id=9476.
• Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa [4] http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/
• Trumpet: Greg Adams 116100/review/
• Tenor Sax: Steve Grove 5944220?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview
• Baritone Sax: Stephen Kupka [5] http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/
• Harmonica: Stevie Wonder music_review.asp?ID=473
• Violin: Stuart Canin [6] http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/
ranking_list.asp?itemcd=297528&samecd=1&chart_kbn=11A&link
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