A Girl Like Me (Emma Bunton album)

A Girl Like Me is the debut solo album by English recording artist Emma Bunton, released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2001 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, with 21,500 copies sold in its first week—the highest album debut from a solo Spice Girl. Although initial success was promising, A Girl Like Me fell down the chart quickly. However, singles "What Took You So Long?", "Take My Breath Away", and "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" helped the album stay on the UK Albums Chart for several weeks. On 7 September 2001, A Girl Like Me was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies, ultimately becoming the 147th best-selling album in the UK for 2001. Lacklustre sales may be partially explained by the fact that the album was not released in Latin America (except in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile) and North America.

References

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Personnel

Emma Bunton – vocals Tom Bender – mixing assistant (track 3) Stefan Boman – string engineer (track 3) Jason Bonilla – engineer (track 10) Chris Braide – arranger (tracks 6, 8) Will Catterson – engineer (track 10) Dylan "3D" Dresdow – mixing (track 10) Matt Fields – mixing assistant (track 1) Andrew Frampton – producer, arranger (tracks 6, 8); string arrangements (track 6) Daniel Frampton – engineer (tracks 6, 8) Ulf Forsberg – string concertmaster (track 3) Julian Gallagher – producer (tracks 1, 4, 9) Brad Gilderman – mixing (tracks 6, 8, 11) Mick Guzauski – mixing (track 3) Simon Hale – string arrangements (track 4, 9); brass arrangements (track 9) Al Hemberger – engineer (tracks 3, 5, 11) Ash Howes – engineer (tracks 1, 4, 9); programming (tracks 1, 4); mixing (track 4) Nick Ingman – string arrangements (track 6) Henrik Janson – string arrangements, string conductor (track 3)

Ulf Janson – string arrangements, string conductor (track 3) Lawrence Johnson – additional vocal arrangement (track 7) Jan "Stan" Kybert – mix engineer, Pro Tools (track 1) Rhett Lawrence – producer, arranger, programming, engineer, mixing, guitar (track 10) Chris Laws – engineer (track 2) Evan Lloyd – assistant engineer (track 10) Steve Mac – producer, arranger, mixing (track 2) Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing (track 10) Steve Price – string engineer (track 6) Terry Richardson – photography Evan Rogers – producer (tracks 3, 5, 11) Ian Ross – album design Ruth Rowland – lettering Ramon Stagnaro – guitar (track 10) Richard "Biff" Stannard – producer (tracks 1, 4, 9) Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (track 1) StoneBridge – additional producer, mixing, keyboards (track 5) Carl Sturken – producer (tracks 3, 5, 11) Alvin Sweeney – additional engineer (track 1, 4, 9); Pro Tools (track 1) Tin Tin Out – producer, mixing (tracks 7, 12)