''Elbow Beach'' is the third solo album by English singer
Louise
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. It was released on 31 July 2000 and reached no.12 on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
Background
After the success of her 1997 album ''
Woman in Me'', Louise married her longtime boyfriend, footballer
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973) is an English former professional footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is a pundit at Sky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at the ''Daily Mail''. A technically skillful and creat ...
. Louise then spent just under a year making what she claimed was her "most personal album to date". Titled ''Elbow Beach'', it was named after
the location of her honeymoon.
Creatively, Louise was more involved in the process of this album than her previous two, co-writing nine of the twelve tracks.
Single releases
In July 2000, the album's first single "
2 Faced
"2 Faced" is a song by English singer Louise, released on 17 July 2000 as the lead single from her third studio album, ''Elbow Beach'' (2000). It is her highest-charting single, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart and number 13 on the ...
" went straight into the
UK Singles Chart
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at no.3, becoming Louise's highest charting single.
The track "
Beautiful Inside
Beautiful Inside is a song by English singer Louise, released on 30 October 2000. The single was taken from her third solo album, '' Elbow Beach'' (2000), and contains a sample from the Wu-Tang Clan, which in turn samples "Different Strokes" by ...
" was released as the second single from the album and peaked at no.13 in November 2000.
A third single, "For Your Eyes Only", had been selected and remixed, but the single was dropped due to the low charting of "Beautiful Inside". The single mix samples
Chic
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's "
Le Freak
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" and appeared on Louise's
Myspace profile.
Commercial performance
Despite the hype and critical praise, total sales for ''Elbow Beach'' were weaker than Louise's previous two albums and it peaked at no.12 in the
UK Albums Chart
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in August 2000.
It was certified Silver by the
BPI for sales of over 60,000 copies (in comparison to the Platinum certifications of her first two albums).
Track listing
#"
Beautiful Inside
Beautiful Inside is a song by English singer Louise, released on 30 October 2000. The single was taken from her third solo album, '' Elbow Beach'' (2000), and contains a sample from the Wu-Tang Clan, which in turn samples "Different Strokes" by ...
"
(Louise Redknapp/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden/Wu Tang Clan
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) – 3:40
#"First Kiss (The Wedding Song)"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 3:27
#"
2 Faced
"2 Faced" is a song by English singer Louise, released on 17 July 2000 as the lead single from her third studio album, ''Elbow Beach'' (2000). It is her highest-charting single, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart and number 13 on the ...
"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison) – 3:38
#"For Your Eyes Only"
( Alison Clarkson/Shaun Ward/Mike Ward) – 3:20
#"Egyptian Queen"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 4:48
#"The Best Thing"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 3:37
#"Bedtime"
(Graham Plato/Julie Morrison) – 3:24
#"That's What Friends Are For"
(Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison) – 4:22
#"Take You There"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 4:37
#"City Boy Fix"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 3:00
#"In Our Room"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 4:01
#"Lost"
(Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden) – 3:02
#"Better Back Off"
Japanese bonus track (Graham Plato) – 3:24
#"Say Yes"
Japanese bonus track (Louise Redknapp/Matt Elliss/Julie Morrison/Cathi Ogden/Sylvia Bennett-Smith) – 3:27
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2000 albums
Louise Redknapp albums