Vitamin C (album) explained

Vitamin C
Type:studio
Artist:Vitamin C
Cover:Vitamincalbum.jpg
Released:August 31, 1999
Recorded:1998–1999
Genre:Pop
Length:47:27
Label:Elektra
Next Title:More
Next Year:2001

Vitamin C is the debut studio album by pop singer Vitamin C, released in 1999. The album was a success. Initially failing to chart, it later climbed the Billboard 200 to number 29[1] and was certified as Gold and later certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2]

The album spawned two hits, the Gold-selling top 20 hit "Smile"[3] and the Top 40 hit "Graduation (Friends Forever)". The album features guest appearances by Lady Saw, Count Bass D, and Waymon Boone. On the track "Fear of Flying" Vitamin C samples the Clash's "The Magnificent Seven".[4] The Japanese edition features the bonus track "The Only One".

Critical reception

The album elicited generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. Tom Demalon, writing for AllMusic, praised Vitamin C's range, adding that "there is no shortage of hooks" on the album and concluding that "there's not a weak track on this stellar record." Entertainment Weekly gave the album an "A−" and called the album "the unabashedly great pop album the Spice Girls might have made (but never quite did)."

However, some critics were less favorable in their assessments of the album. Rolling Stones Neva Chonin awarded the album two and a half stars, praising the album's stylistic range but criticizing its production, which she felt "makes it difficult to tell where the cut-and-paste production ends and Vitamin C begins."

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vitamin C Chart history: Billboard 200. Billboard.com. June 25, 2019.
  2. Web site: RIAA Gold & Platinum. RIAA. July 16, 2017.
  3. Web site: Vitamin C Gold single for "Smile" as certified by the RIAA. RIAA. July 16, 2017.
  4. Vitamin C: Vitamin C : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone . . September 17, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070821221155/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vitaminc/albums/album/111283/review/5943212/vitamin_c . August 21, 2007.
  5. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000. Billboard. December 6, 2020.