Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
Studio album by Geri Halliwell
Released 14 May 2001
Recorded 2000–2001
Studio Angel · The Aquarium
(London)
Genre
Length 46:55
Label EMI
Producer
Geri Halliwell chronology
Schizophonic
(1999)		 Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
(2001)		 Passion
(2005)
Singles from Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
  1. "It's Raining Men"
    Released: 30 April 2001
  2. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster"
    Released: 30 July 2001
  3. "Calling"
    Released: 26 November 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NMEnegative[2]

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster is the second studio album by British pop singer Geri Halliwell. It was released by EMI Records on 14 May 2001 and yielded the UK number-one single "It's Raining Men".

The album was not quite as commercially successful as Halliwell's debut album Schizophonic, but it still sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics.

Background

The album includes a cover version of The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men" (1983), which became Halliwell's fourth UK number-one hit single. The title track, "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" is Halliwell's most rock-based song to date, and was inspired by her listening to Led Zeppelin the previous summer as encouraged by close friend, Robbie Williams. Halliwell commented about the album: "There's deeper meaning underneath if you care and choose to look. Some of it is deep as a puddle, some of it is a bottomless pit, like a well".

Chart performance

Although not as successful as her debut album Schizophonic, it reached a peak position of number five on the UK Albums Chart. With first-week sales of 35,000 copies and total sales of 155,000, it became the 127th best selling album of 2001 in the United Kingdom. Sales in the United Kingdom ensured Gold status. It eventually received an American release digitally via the iTunes Store on 30 October 2007.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Scream If You Wanna Go Faster.[3]

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Scream If You Wanna Go Faster"
Nowels3:38
2."Shake Your Bootie Cutie"
  • Alexander
  • Nowels
4:02
3."Calling"
Stephen Lipson4:25
4."Feels Like Sex"
  • Halliwell
  • Tracy Ackerman
  • Andy Watkins
  • Paul Wilson
Absolute3:24
5."Circles Round the Moon"
  • Halliwell
  • Ackerman
  • Watkins
  • Wilson
Absolute3:59
6."Love Is the Only Light"
  • Halliwell
  • Elofsson
  • Lipson
Lipson3:26
7."Strength of a Woman"
  • Halliwell
  • Nowels
Nowels4:03
8."Don't Call Me Baby"
  • Halliwell
  • Watkins
  • Wilson
Absolute3:42
9."Lovey Dovey Stuff"
  • Halliwell
  • Ackerman
  • Watkins
  • Wilson
Absolute3:39
10."It's Raining Men"
Lipson4:18
11."Heaven and Hell (Being Geri Halliwell)"
  • Halliwell
  • Elofsson
  • Lipson
Lipson3:31
12."I Was Made That Way"
  • Halliwell
  • Vettese
Lipson4:47
Total length:46:55

B-sides

Title Single B-side Producer(s) Length
"New Religion" Scream If You Wanna Go Faster CD Single Absolute 3:05
"Breaking Glass" Peter John Vettese 3:37
"Getting Better" Calling CD Single 3:07
"Destiny" Rick Nowels, Wayne Rodrgues 4:29

Personnel

  • Geri Halliwell – vocals
  • Wayne Rodrigues – drum programming, Pro Tools editing
  • Rick Nowels – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Rusty Anderson – electric guitar
  • Charles Judge – keyboards
  • Greg Kurstin – keyboards, organ
  • Danielle Brisebois – vocal arrangement
  • Peter John Vettese – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
  • Stephen Lipson – programming
  • Tracey Ackerman – backing vocals

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
France (SNEP)[16] Gold 100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Promis, Jose F. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Ward, Christian. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster review". NME. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (CD liner notes). Geri Halliwell. EMI Music. 2001. 7243 5 33369 4 3.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2001. 31. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 20, 2001". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  13. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  15. ↑ Italian Albums Chart Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "French album certifications – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "British album certifications – Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Scream If You Wanna Go Faster in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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