Feel Good (Che'Nelle album) explained

Feel Good
Type:Album
Artist:Che'Nelle
Cover:Feel Good Album.jpg
Recorded:2008–09
Genre:Dancehall, hip hop, R&B, reggae fusion
Length:56:57
Label:EMI Music Japan
Prev Title:Things Happen for a Reason
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Luv Songs
Next Year:2011

Feel Good is the second studio album by Malaysian-Australian recording artist Che'Nelle. It was first released on 10 February 2010 by EMI Music Japan. It is a follow-up to her internationally released debut album "Things Happen for a Reason" (2007). The singer's manager Sir Charles Dixon served as the album's executive producer. "Feel Good" contains songs which were written by Che'Nelle herself and features production from Jason Gill, Toshinobu Kubota and The Insomniax. The album features collaborations with Jamaican artist Shaggy, the American singer Colby O'Donis and Japanese act Lecca. Two songs originally featured on her debut made it onto the album. It received a physical CD release solely in Japan and charted at number forty-one on the Japan Oricon album chart.

Background and promotion

Che'Nelle received a writing credit on eleven of the fifteen tracks featured on the "Feel Good". American singer Colby O'Donis features on the song "Razor". He also wrote and produced the song. Shaggy collaborated with her for the track "Running A Muck" and was produced by Tony "CD" Kelly. The song "First Love" from her special edition release of her debut album was included on the album. It also contains a remixed version featuring Japanese singer Lecca. Che'Nelle worked with production duo The Insomniax on a number of songs featured on the album. The album was exclusively produced by Sir Charles Dixon and Che'Nelle herself served as the project's associate producer. Chris Wami was in charge of the "Feel Good's" promotion work. The final mastering for the album was done by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound in New York City. The final three songs on the tracklist were marketed as bonus tracks.

The album's release was announced in January 2018.[1] The album entered the Japan Oricon album chart at number forty-one, on the week ending 14 February 2010.[2] This remained its highest position and spent a total of nine weeks in the chart.[3]

The first single from the album is its title track "Feel Good". It was written by Che'Nelle, Jason Gill and The Insomniax, then produced by the latter. The song's lyrics features her often used opening shout-out of "Che'Nelle got a story for ya".[4] A promotional CD for the song was released via EMI music Japan.[5] A music video for "Feel Good" was released in early 2010.[6]

"Missing" was marketed as the album's second single. A music video was later released to promote the song.[7] The song was later included on Che'Nelle's third studio album Luv Songs.[8]

Track listing

Japanese Edition[9] [10]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Feel Good.[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: Malaysian-born singer Che'Nelle is back with her second disk, "Feel Good". The Bajan Reporter. Air Bourne. 13 February 2010. 2 March 2010.
  2. Web site: Weekly Album Ranking Dated February 22, 2010 . . 28 July 2018 . 22 February 2010 . Japanese.
  3. Web site: Feel Good - Che'Nelle . . 28 July 2018 . Japanese.
  4. Web site: Feel Good . . 28 July 2018 . Japanese.
  5. . Feel Good. 2009. Liner Notes [CD] . EMI Music Japan. CHCD-001.
  6. Web site: Feel Good by Che'Nelle . . 28 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Che'Nelle - Missing (English Version) . . 20 July 2011 . 28 July 2018 . ja-JP.
  8. Web site: Missing (English Version) . . 28 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Artist - Che'Nelle. EMI Music Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20101009023954/http://www.emimusic.jp/artist/chenelle/. 9 October 2010. 2010. 2 March 2010.
  10. News: Amazon.com: Feel Good (Shm -CD) Import: Che'Nelle. February 2010. 21 March 2010.
  11. . Feel Good. 2010. Liner Notes [CD] . EMI Music Japan. TOCP-66928.