Funky Dory
Studio album by
Rachel Stevens
Released29 September 2003
StudioLondon, England
Stockholm, Sweden
GenrePop
Length40:00
Label
Producer
Rachel Stevens chronology
Funky Dory
(2003)		 Come and Get It
(2005)
Singles from Funky Dory
  1. "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex"
    Released: 15 September 2003
  2. "Funky Dory"
    Released: 8 December 2003
Alternative cover
2004 re-issue artwork

Funky Dory is the solo debut album by English singer Rachel Stevens. It was released by Polydor Records on 29 September 2003 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by various record producers, including Bloodshy & Avant and Richard X. Funky Dory received a positive reception from music critics who complimented its surprising diversity, charm and relative depth.[1][2] It became Stevens' most successful album release, and reached number nine in the United Kingdom, where it was certified gold.[3] On 16 July 2004 the album was re-issued in the United Kingdom, including three new songs, and reached number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
RTÉ[1]
The Observer[2]

The Observer critic Peter Robinson called Funky Dory "an excellent album. It's stylish, decadent and temperamental, and it's teeming with melodrama: like a Geri Halliwell album, but not crap. And there's a total absence of desperation. While Halliwell's first album was about killing off Ginger, Stevens is not lumbered with any such task since, despite having spent half a decade as one of pop's biggest names, Rachel had no personality [...] Twelve-year-olds will rightly believe they're too old for S Club 8, but they won't be very impressed with the taut New Jill Swing of "I Got the Money", while the steely "Silk" (Erotica-era Madonna with Britney's "I'm a Slave 4 U" verse melody and a sudden, magnificent James Bond flourish in the middle eight) is cool and sassy but a massive Hi-NRG overhaul away from prompting a "Reach"-style amyl nitrate moment down at G-A-Y."[2]

Chart performance

Funky Dory debuted and peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart.[4] The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) after three days and reached gold status on 10 October 2003.[3] It descended from the top-seventy-five after six weeks.[4] The albums re-issue debuted at number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart in 2004, selling 14,600 copies in its first week, becoming the hundred and eightieth best-selling album of 2004 in the UK.[5] Together, both editions have sold over 110,000 copies in the UK.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Sweet Dreams My LA Ex"
Bloodshy & Avant3:28
2."Funky Dory"
3:12
3."Fools"
BAG & Arnthor3:13
4."Breathe In, Breathe Out"
  • Daniel Thørnqvist
  • Rikard Lögfgren
Stephen Lipson3:14
5."Glide"
  • Dennis
  • Karlsson
  • Jonback
  • Winnberg
Bloodshy & Avant3:38
6."Heaven Has to Wait"
  • Bagge
  • Birgisson
  • Dennis
Bloodshy & Avant4:10
7."Blue Afternoon"
Bondy4:14
8."I Got the Money"
  • Chapman
  • Harrington
4:05
9."Little Secret"
Eriksen3:28
10."Solid"
  • Eriksen
  • Sjølie
3:47
11."Silk"
Peden3:36
UK standard edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" (Bimbo Jones Club Mix)
  • Dennis
  • Karlsson
  • Jonback
  • Winnberg
  • Bloodshy & Avant
  • Bimbo Jones[a]
6:46
2004 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Some Girls"
  • Richard X
  • Pete Hofmann[b]
3:34
2."Sweet Dreams My LA Ex"
  • Dennis
  • Jonback
  • Karlsson
  • Winnberg
Bloodshy & Avant3:28
3."Funky Dory" (single version)
  • Bowie
  • Clark
  • Brammer
  • Eriksen
  • Sjølie
  • Jeremy Wheatley[b]
  • Brio Taliaferro[b]
3:13
4."Fools"
  • Bagge
  • Birgisson
  • Poole
BAG & Arnthor3:13
5."Breathe In, Breathe Out" (SWAT-Team version)
  • Thørnqvist
  • Lögfgren
3:14
6."Glide"
  • Dennis
  • Karlsson
  • Jonback
  • Winnberg
Bloodshy & Avant3:38
7."Heaven Has to Wait"
  • Bagge
  • Birgisson
  • Dennis
Bloodshy & Avant4:10
8."More, More, More"Gregg DiamondWild Oscar3:33
9."Blue Afternoon"
  • Korpi
  • Johansson
  • Bondy
Bondy4:14
10."I Got the Money"
  • Chapman
  • Silvas
  • Harrington
  • Chapman
  • Harrington
4:05
11."Little Secret"
  • Dennis
  • Chambers
Eriksen3:28
12."Solid"
  • Petersen-Øverleir
  • Eriksen
  • Greene
  • Eriksen
  • Sjølie
3:47
13."Silk"
  • Silvas
  • Peden
  • Nicholls
Peden3:36
UK reissue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Some Girls" (Rhythm Masters Vocal Mix)
  • Robinson
  • Richard X
6:46

Notes

  • ^a denotes remixer
  • ^b denotes additional producer

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, and editions
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s)
United Kingdom 29 September 2003
  • CD
  • digital download
 Polydor Original
Hong Kong 9 March 2004
Canada 16 March 2004
United Kingdom 16 July 2004 Re-release
United States 26 June 2007 Re-release

References

  1. 1 2 "Rachel Stevens – Funky Dory – RTÉ Ten". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rachel Stevens, Funky Dory: 5 stars | The Observer". The Guardian. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "British album certifications – Rachel Stevens – Funky Dory". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "2003 UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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