Passion (Geri Halliwell album)

Passion
Studio album by Geri Halliwell
Released 6 June 2005
Recorded 2001–2004
Studio
  • Sphere
  • Thriller Jill's
  • Whitfield Street
  • Murlyn
Genre
Length 42:39
Label
Producer
Geri Halliwell chronology
Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
(2001)		 Passion
(2005)		 Playlist
(2016)
Singles from Passion
  1. "Ride It"
    Released: 22 November 2004
  2. "Desire"
    Released: 30 May 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC Musicmixed[2]
entertainment.ie[3]
Hot Pressmixed[4]
The Guardian[5]
Yahoo! Music[6]

Passion is the third studio album by English singer Geri Halliwell. It was released on 6 June 2005 by Innocent Records. Two singles were released from the album: "Ride It", which charted at number four, and "Desire", which charted at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. Although the album was praised for Halliwell's improved voice[2] the album was a commercial disappointment, peaking at number 41 with only 5,432 copies sold[7] and charting for only one week on the UK Albums Chart.[8] However, the album did manage to become a moderate hit worldwide, selling over half a million copies according to the Daily Mail.[9]

Background

The album was originally titled Disco Sister with Halliwell focusing the album on electropop, EDM and Europop sounds.[10] She wrote many songs between 2001 and 2004 with a number of producers. Songs recorded during this period that did not appear on the final album include "Set Me Off", "Turn It On", "Into the Night", "Putting on the Bling", "Geri's Got Her Groove Back", "Disco Sister", "My Sweetest Pain", "Gimme Your Love" and a cover version of "100% Pure Love". Halliwell also wanted to record the track "Some Girls" (written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson) for the album, but the track was instead given to Rachel Stevens.[11]

But in 2004, EMI changed the focus of the album and the title to Passion, replacing some of the dance songs with ballads, jazz-pop, and electro-pop songs, including the newly recorded songs "Passion", "Desire", "Surrender Your Groove", "There's Always Tomorrow", "So I Give Up on Love", and the B-side "True Love Never Dies".

Halliwell described the album as "a journey through a range of extreme emotions from passion and love through to fear and hope". According to her, Passion can be seen to chart her development as both a vocalist and songwriter. For the singer it has been a matter of "finding out who I am not as much as I what I am. I think this album catches me at a real transitional point as a songwriter".[12]

Promotion

A tour had been planned in order to promote the album, but was canceled.[13][14]

A documentary promoting Passion, titled There's Something About Geri, was premiered by Channel 5 on 15 May 2005. It covered her life and career and following her from Moscow to Milan and Britain as she prepares for a relaunch of her singing career.[15] The documentary attracted an audience of 1.1 million viewers, garnering above-average Sunday ratings for the network.[16] Despite rating success, it was criticised by the media for showing a "self-obsessed, painfully vain little girl in need of constant mollycoddling".[17] She regretted doing the documentary film, commenting, "I shouldn't have done it! Even thinking about it makes me cringe!".[17]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Passion.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Passion"
Vettese2:56
2."Desire"
Korpi & BlackCell3:22
3."Love Never Loved Me"
  • Halliwell
  • Robinson
  • Ian Masterson
Masterson4:04
4."Feel the Fear"
  • Halliwell
  • Andy Watkins
  • Paul Wilson
Absolute4:15
5."Superstar"
Steve Power3:28
6."Surrender Your Groove"
  • Halliwell
  • Korpi
  • Wollo
  • Ronald
Korpi & BlackCell2:58
7."Ride It"
3:46
8."There's Always Tomorrow"
  • Halliwell
  • Robinson
  • Masterson
  • Holweger
Masterson3:48
9."Let Me Love You More"
  • Halliwell
  • Robinson
  • Masterson
Masterson4:06
10."Don't Get Any Better"
  • Halliwell
  • Tracy Ackerman
  • Watkins
  • Wilson
Absolute3:23
11."Loving Me Back to Life"
  • Halliwell
  • Chambers
Power3:24
12."So I Give Up on Love"
  • Halliwell
  • Vettese
Vettese2:43
Total length:42:39

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Argentinian Albums (CAPIF) 17
Greek International Albums (IFPI) 37
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18] 49
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 41

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. 1 2 "Music – Review of Geri Halliwell – Passion". BBC. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Music Review | Geri Halliwell – Passion". entertainment.ie. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ↑ O'Hare, Colm (21 June 2005). "Passion | Music Review | Album". Hot Press. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Clarke, Betty (3 June 2005). "CD: Geri Halliwell, Passion". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Townsend, Tom (21 June 2005). "Geri Passion Album Review, New album reviews and latest album releases on Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Geri Halliwell's sales in U.K." Forever Spice. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Geri Halliwell". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Watch your fingers... Geri Halliwell makes a new furry friend at London Zoo". Daily Mail. 17 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Has Geri 'sacked' her baby's father?". Daily Main. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  11. ↑ O'Mance, Brad (28 September 2012). "Richard X has confirmed the existence of a song he and Hannah Robinson did with Nicola Roberts • Popjustice". Popjustice. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  12. ↑ http://www.therecordmag.com/jun2005/geri.htm
  13. ↑ "Geri Halliwell Cancels Tour After Ticket Sales Flop". Female First. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  14. ↑ Vivian, Rhiannon (19 June 2005). "GERI HALLIWELL: FROM DIVA TO DESPERADO; She used to fill stadiums all over the world, but her terrible single and album have reduced her to visiting supermarkets to flog her records... – Free Online Library". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "There's Something about Geri (2005)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  16. ↑ Conlan, Tara (16 May 2005). "TV ratings: May 13-15 | Media". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  17. 1 2 Duerden, Nick (27 May 2005). "Geri Halliwell: Spice odyssey". The Independent. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Geri Halliwell – Passion". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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