David Archuleta (album)

2008 studio album by David Archuleta

David Archuleta

Studio album by

David Archuleta

Released| November 10, 2008 (2008-11-10)
Recorded| 2008
Genre| Pop
Length| 44:28
Label|

* Jive
* 19

Producer|

* David Archuleta
* Antonina Armato
* Andreas Carlsson
* JC Chasez
* Desmond Child
* Dapo
* Matthew Gerrard
* Jimmy Harry
* David Hodges
* Tim James
* Steve Kipner
* Emanuel Kiriakou
* Mike Krompass
* Midi Mafia
* Steve McEwan
* Robbie Nevil
* Eric Rosse
* Wayne Wilkins

David Archuleta chronology
|  | David Archuleta
(2008)  | Christmas from the Heart
(2009)

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Singles from  David Archuleta

1. "Crush"
Released: August 12, 2008
2. "A Little Too Not Over You"
Released: January 6, 2009
3. "Touch My Hand"
Released: June 9, 2009

David Archuleta is the debut album by American singer David Archuleta.[1] It was released first released in the Asia on November 10, 2008, by Jive Records. The album was certified gold by the RIAA (denoting shipments of 500,000 copies) on January 29, 2009.[2] The first single, "Crush", was released to radio on August 1. The album was released in the UK on May 11, 2009. The UK album release was set to coincide with his UK tour with Rock/Pop band McFly in April/May 2009.

## Singles

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The first single, "Crush", was released to radio on August 1, 2008, and was commercially released on August 12, 2008. Its first week it debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 with 166,000 units sold.[3][4] The single has sold almost 2 million copies in the United States.[5]

Archuleta confirmed on his official MySpace blog on November 21, 2008, that "A Little Too Not Over You", a song which he co-wrote, was the next single following "Crush". It was released to radio on January 6, 2009.[6]

On March 13, 2009, Archuleta released a couple of songs from David Archuleta on iTunes that were previously not available as single downloads. "Works for Me" came as a bonus track on the Walmart version of David Archuleta, and "Somebody Out There" was exclusive to those who pre-ordered the album on iTunes. Both songs were also included in a four-track EP titled Four for the Fans, released in 2010 exclusively on iTunes, before the release of Archuleta's single, "Something 'Bout Love", from his third studio album, The Other Side of Down (2010).

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 58/100[7]
Review scores
Source| Rating
About.com| [8]
AllMusic| [9]
Entertainment Weekly| C+[10]
Los Angeles Times| [11]
Rolling Stone| [12]
USA Today| [13]

David Archuleta received mixed reviews from critics.[14] Billboard praised David Archuleta, calling it "charming" and filled with performances "meant for arenas". It also credited Archuleta as having a "once-in-a-decade pop voice: A silky tenor with a natural melancholy."[15] Ken Barnes of USA Today gave the album a positive review saying, "On American Idol runner-up David Archuleta's first, self-titled album, the 17-year-old singer delivers a non-stop succession of polite pop songs swathed in gauzy cotton-candy textures and catchy choruses. And that's exactly what he should be doing." The New York Times writes "(Archuleta) has a lovely, foggy R&B voice out of scale with his small body". Writes the review, "The music, made by many producers and songwriters, averages out different forms of radio-format blandness, with tinges of Coldplay and Shania Twain, and a few dollops of good writing."[16] Los Angeles Times wrote "The record is larded with awkward modernist R&B, Christian semaphore ballads like 'You Can' and warm-milk mewling that makes David Cook, Archuleta's "Idol" foe, sound like Robert Plant".[11]

## Commercial performance

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The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart (issue of November 29, 2008), with sales of 183,000 copies in the United States, behind Fearless by Taylor Swift.[17] As of January 2011, the album has sold 764,000 copies in the United States.[18]

## Track listing

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David Archuleta track listingNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Crush"|

* Jess Cates
* David Hodges
* Emanuel Kiriakou

| 3:32
2.| "Touch My Hand"|

* Steve Kipner
* Steve McEwan
* Wayne Wilkins

| 4:21
3.| "Barriers"|

* Kipner
* McEwan
* Wilkins

| 3:50
4.| "My Hands"|

* Kiriakou
* Zukhan Bey
* James Fauntleroy

| 4:04
5.| "A Little Too Not Over You"|

* David Archuleta
* Matthew Gerrard
* Mike Krompass
* Robbie Nevil

| 3:18
6.| "You Can"|

* Antonina Armato
* Tim James

| 3:42
7.| "Running"|

* Fauntleroy
* Waynne Nugent
* Kevin Risto
* Steve Russell
* Dapo Torimiro

| 3:35
8.| "Desperate"|

* Andreas Carlsson
* Desmond Child
* Alexander Rethwisch, Konstantin Rethwisch

| 3:41
9.| "To Be with You"|

* Kiriakou
* Kara DioGuardi

| 3:25
10.| "Don't Let Go"|

* Archuleta
* JC Chasez
* Jimmy Harry

| 3:47
11.| "Your Eyes Don't Lie"|

* Armato
* James
* Devrim Karaoğlu

| 3:04
12.| "Angels"|

* Guy Chambers
* Robbie Williams

| 4:09

Walmart bonus trackNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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13.| "Works for Me"|

* Daniel Bedingfield
* Toby Lightman

| 3:17

Japanese and UK edition bonus tracks[19]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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7.| "Works for Me"|

* Archuleta
* Bedingfield
* Lightman

| 3:17
11.| "Waiting for Yesterday"|

* Hodges
* McMorran
* J. Williams

| 3:27
13.| "Save the Day"|

* M. Seminari
* C. Nielsen
* D. Baker

| 3:53
14.| "Crush" (Blast Off Productions Radio Remix)|

* Cates
* Hodges
* Kiriakou

| 4:01

Digital expanded edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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13.| "Waiting for Yesterday"|

* Hodges
* Steven McMorran
* Joy Williams

| 3:27
14.| "Falling"| Archuleta| 4:32
15.| "Let Me Go"|

* Thomas Meredith
* Sheppard Solomon

| 3:46

iTunes Store pre-order edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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16.| "Somebody Out There"|

* David Archuleta
* Mike Krompass
* Steve Diamond

| 3:42

2021 digital deluxe edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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17.| "Works for Me"|

* Bedingfield
* Lightman

| 3:17
18.| "Zero Gravity"|

* Archuleta
* Gerrard
* Krompass
* Diamond

| 3:27
19.| "Save the Day"|

* Seminari
* Nielsen
* Baker

| 3:53
20.| "A Thousand Miles"| Vanessa Carlton| 4:23

## Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic.[20]

* David Archuleta – piano, lead vocals, background vocals
* Antonina Armato – producer
* Jeff Baker – audio engineer
* Jeff Baker – assistant engineer
* Brett Banducci – viola
* Zukhan Bey – drum programming
* Jeff Bova – arranger, string arrangements, strings
* Cara Bridgins – production coordination
* Andreas Carlsson – producer
* JC Chasez – piano, producer, background vocals
* Desmond Child – producer
* Adam Comstock – audio engineer, engineer
* Randy Cooke – drums
* Tom Coyne – mastering
* Dorian Crozier – drums, engineer
* Tim Davies – conductor
* Tommy Denander – engineer, guitar, guitars
* Thomas Diener – viola
* Kara DioGuardi – background vocals
* Marcus Englöf – keyboards, programming
* Stephen Erdody – celli, cello
* James Fauntleroy – background vocals
* Jeff Fenster – a&r
* Marlow Fisher – viola
* Chris Fudurich – engineer
* Storm L. Gardner – background vocals
* Brian Gately – production coordination
* Humberto Gatica – vocal engineer
* Matthew Gerrard – audio engineer, engineer, keyboards, producer, programming
* Julie Gigante – violin
* Conor Gilligan – assistant
* Matty Green – assistant
* Steve Hammons – audio engineer, engineer
* Trevor Handy – cello
* Jimmy Harry – bass, bass instrument, engineer, guitars, keyboards, producer
* Paula Hochhalter – cello
* David Hodges – keyboards, piano, producer, programming, background vocals
* Ross Hogarth – audio engineer, engineer
* Sean Hurley – bass, bass instrument
* Devrim "DK" Karaoglu – producer
* Steve Kipner – producer
* Emanuel Kiriakou – bass, bass instrument, drum programming, engineer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), keyboards, piano, producer, background vocals
* Mike Krompass – audio engineer, engineer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), producer
* Natalie Leggett – violin
* Dimitrie Leivici – violin
* Thomas Lindberg – bass, bass instrument
* Nigel Lundemo – audio engineer, engineer
* Brian Macleod – drums
* Erik Madrid – assistant
* Manny Marroquin – mixing
* Maria P. Marulanda – art direction, design
* Luke Maurer – viola
* Steve McEwan – producer
* Justin Meldal-johnsen – Bass Instrument
* Corey Miller – assistant engineer, audio engineer
* Robbie Nevil – keyboards, producer, programming
* Paul Palmer – mixing
* Alex Papaconstantinou – keyboards, programming
* Searmi Park – violin
* Cameron Patrick – violin
* Brian Paturalski – mixing
* Tim Pierce – guitar, guitars
* Christian Plata – assistant
* Shari Reich – artist coordination
* Chris Reynolds – audio engineer, digital editing, engineer
* Jeff Riedel – photography
* Cristián Robles – vocal engineer
* Andros Rodriguez – engineer
* Francesco Romano – guitar (acoustic)
* Eric Ivan Rosse – arranger, keyboards, mixing
* Peter Rotter – contractor
* Ken Sarkey – assistant
* Nicole Simon – production coordination
* Jake Simpson – background vocals
* Jeanne Skrocki – violin
* Spike Stent – mixing
* Aaron Sterling – drums
* Cameron Stone – celli, cello
* Shane Swayney – guitar, guitars, keyboards, programming
* Sarah Thornblade – violin
* Pat Thrall – digital editing, engineer, mixing
* Dapo Torimiro – keyboards, producer
* Cecilia Tsan – cello
* Marc VanGool – guitar, guitars
* Jon Vella – engineer, guitar, guitars
* Bruce Watson – guitar, guitars
* Bruce Waynne – producer
* Wayne Wilkins – drums, keyboards, producer
* Margaret Wooten – violin

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for David Archuleta Chart (2008)  | Peak
position

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Canadian Albums Chart[21] | 14
US Billboard 200[17] | 2
US Billboard Comprehensive Albums[22] | 2

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for David Archuleta Chart (2009)  | Position

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US Billboard 200[17] | 51

## Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for David Archuleta Country  | Certification  | Sales

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United States (RIAA)  | Gold[2] | 764,000[18]

## Release history

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Release history for David Archuleta Region  | Date  | Label

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Hong Kong  | November 10, 2008  | Sony Music Entertainment
Indonesia
Singapore
South Korea  | November 11, 2008
United States  |

* Jive
* 19

Canada  | Sony Music Entertainment
Philippines
Malaysia  | November 17, 2008
Australia  | December 6, 2008
Taiwan  | December 12, 2008[23]
Japan  | February 25, 2009
Brazil  | March 11, 2009
United Kingdom  | May 11, 2009[19] | RCA

## References

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1. ^ American Idol News: David Archuleta's Debut Album Archived September 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine American Idol News, September 18, 2008 – by Marnie.
2. ^ a b "David Archuleta Certified Gold". Riaa.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
3. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (August 21, 2008). "Rihanna Fends Off Archuleta Atop Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
4. ^ Bronson, Fred (August 21, 2008). "Chart Beat: David Archuleta, Rihanna, Brandy and Monica, Journey, Isaac Hayes". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
5. ^ Mansfield, Brian (April 8, 2009). "David Cook's sales go up, Kelly Clarkson's go down". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
6. ^ Archuleta, David (November 21, 2008). "Concerts, AMAs, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and more!". Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2008. "A Little Too Not Over You has been selected to be the next single now!"
7. ^ "David Archuleta reviews". CBS Interactive. November 11, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
8. ^ "About.com review". Top40.about.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
9. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( David Archuleta > Overview )))". AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
10. ^ Chris Willman (November 5, 2008). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
11. ^ a b "Los Angeles Times review". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. November 10, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
12. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
13. ^ Barnes, Ken (November 25, 2008). "USA Today review". Usatoday.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
14. ^ "David Archuleta Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
15. ^ "David Archuleta Review". Billboard. 2008. Archived from the original on November 10, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
16. ^ "The New York Times review". The New York Times. November 9, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
17. ^ a b c Cohen, Jonathan (November 19, 2008). "Taylor Swift Soars To No. 1 Debut". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
18. ^ a b Mansfield, Brian (January 7, 2011). "Bonus sales numbers: Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, David Archuleta, more". USA Today.
19. ^ a b "David Archuleta: (American Idol): David Archuleta: Uk Version (2009): CD". hmv.com. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
20. ^ "David Archuleta – David Archuleta | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
21. ^ "Top Canadian Albums". Billboard. 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008. [dead link‍]
22. ^ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums". Billboard. 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009. [dead link‍]
23. ^ ":: 台灣索尼音樂 Sony Music Entertainment (Taiwan) ::". Sonymusic.com.tw. December 12, 2008. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* David Archuleta
* Christmas from the Heart
* The Other Side of Down
* Forevermore
* Begin
* Postcards in the Sky
* Winter in the Air
* Therapy Sessions

Compilation albums|

* No Matter How Far

Singles|

* "Crush"
* "A Little Too Not Over You"
* "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
* "Something 'Bout Love"
* "Nandito Ako"

Featured singles|

* "I Wanna Know You"
* "Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti"

Books|

* Chords of Strength

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