Stronger (Kate Ryan album) explained

Stronger
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kate Ryan
Cover:	2004.Stronger.jpg
Released:	March 26, 2004
Length:	57:02
Label:	EMI Belgium
Producer:	AJ Duncan Martin Hanzén Jimmy Thörnfeldt Phil Wilde
Prev Title:	Different
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Alive
Next Year:	2006

Stronger is the second studio album by Belgian singer Kate Ryan, released in 2004 in Europe and 2005 in the United States.

Stronger includes the hits singles "Only If I", "The Promise You Made", and "Goodbye".

Critical reception

AllMusic editor John Lucas rated the album four out of five stars. He noted Alive was "notably less club-oriented than its predecessors, instead aiming for a modern pop sound" and called it her by "far her strongest, lacking the filler that weighed down her first two. Indeed almost any of the 13 tracks could have been strong singles in their own right, something that could certainly not have been said of Different or Stronger [...] All in all, Alive is an underrated set."

Track listing

"Hurry Up" was produced by Martin Hanzén and Jimmy Thörnfeldt; all other songs were produced by AJ Duncan and Phil Wilde

Personnel

• Kate Ryan – Vocals, lyricist
• Andy Janssens a.k.a. AJ Duncan – Producer, lyricist, conductor, pre–producer, keyboards, synths & protocols programming
• Phil Wilde – Producer, lyricist, conductor, keyboards, synths & protocols programming
• Martin Hanzén – Producer
• Jimmy Thörnfeldt – Producer
• Steven Tracey – Lyricist
• Niklas Bergwall – Lyricist
• Niclas Kings – Lyricist
• Jeanette Olsson – Lyricist
• Marc Gilson – Lyricist
• Wanda Walker Janssens – Lyricist
• Jo Lemaire – French translations ("La Promesse")
• Mieke Aerts – Backing vocals
• Jody Pijper – Backing vocals
• Patrick Vinx – Backing vocals
• Peter Bauwens – Backing vocals
• Eric Melaerts – Guitars
• Patrick Hamilton – Acoustic piano & strings arrangement
• Peter Bulkens – Mixing
• Sander van der Heide – Mastering
• Ivo Kljuce – Photography
• Bea Brych – Make–up