What's Left of Me (album) explained

What's Left of Me
Type:	studio
Artist:	Nick Lachey
Cover:	What's Left of Me.jpg
Alt:	A black-and-white image of Lachey wearing a black t-shirt, with his right side covered in shadows. The artist's name and album title appear below him, colored white and red respectively.
Released:	May 9, 2006
Recorded:	October 2005–February 2006
Genre:	Pop rock
Length:	44:30
Prev Title:	SoulO
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	A Father's Lullaby
Next Year:	2013

What's Left of Me is the second solo album by American singer-songwriter Nick Lachey, released on May 9, 2006, by Jive Records and Zomba. The album includes the hit ballad "What's Left of Me", which to date is Lachey's most successful single as a solo artist. Other singles included are titled "I Can't Hate You Anymore" and "Resolution". On June 14, 2006, What's Left of Me was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 500,000 copies, making it the first Lachey solo album to be certified by the RIAA. Lachey embarked on the What's Left of Me Tour in support of the album.

Track listing

Additional tracks

1. "Did I Ever Tell You" (Nick Lachey, Adam Anders, Pamela Sheyne) (US Target stores bonus track) – 3:53
2. "Alone" (UK and Japanese bonus track) – 3:28
3. "Because I Told You So" (Jonatha Brooke) (Japanese bonus track) – 3:45
4. "Don't Shut Me Out" (Nick Lachey, Adam Anders, Pamela Sheyne) – 3:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

Vocals

• Emanuel Kiriakou – background vocals
• Xandy Barry – background vocals
• Dan Muckala – background vocals
• Luke Brown – background vocals
• Nick Lachey – background vocals

Instrumentation

• Emanuel Kiriakou – bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards
• Greg Johnston – bass, electric guitar
• Wally Gagel – bass, guitar
• Sebastian Nylund – bass, guitar
• Greg Wells – bass, drums
• Adam Lester – guitar
• Corky James – guitar
• David Martin – acoustic guitar
• Chuck Butler – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jess Cates – piano
• Peter Ljung – piano
• Jamie Cullum – piano
• Rob Wells – piano
• Dan Muckala – piano, keyboards
• Dan Needham – drums
• Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
• Jimi Englund – percussion

Technical

• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Dim'e Krnjaic – assistant mix engineer
• Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineer
• Tom Coyne – mastering

Artwork

• Olaf Heine – photography
• Jackie Murphy – art direction, design
• Sean Kinney – art direction, design
• Samantha McMillen – stylist
• Diana Schmidtke – groomer

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. What's Left of Me. Nick Lachey. Jive. 2006. booklet. 82876-83257-2.
2. Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2006. Billboard. January 11, 2019. subscription. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225004037/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums. February 25, 2021. live.