''Rebuilt'' is the second and final
studio album
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by the American girl group
Girlicious
Girlicious was an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from The CW reality TV show ''Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious''. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members ...
. The album was released on November 22, 2010, by Universal Music Canada. The album draws from the
dance-pop
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genre while infusing hints of
R&B. Production initially started in 2009, after former member
Tiffanie Anderson
Girlicious was an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from The CW reality TV show '' Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious''. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of membe ...
parted citing personal differences between the girls.
The album has sparked four singles and one promotional single; The first being, "Over You" which was released on January 5, 2010. The song reached number fifty-two on the Canadian Hot 100. "Maniac" was released on April 6, 2010 as the album's second single. The song peaked lower than its previous single reaching number seventy-four. "Drank" was released on July 20, 2010 to Canada and to the United States as a promotional song for "Rebuilt" as well as being included on ''
Jersey Shore
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''s album soundtrack. The album's third single entitled "2 In The Morning" reached a peak of thirty-five giving the group their highest-charting single since "
Stupid Shit
"Stupid Shit" is the second single from the American girl group Girlicious's debut album ''Girlicious''. It was digitally released to iTunes on April 22, 2008 in the US and in Canada. After the departure of Tiffanie Anderson, Nichole Cordova star ...
". "Hate Love" was released on February 21, 2011 to Canadian radio stations as the group's fourth and final single from the album.
''Rebuilt'' was the only album released following the departure of group member
Tiffanie Anderson
Girlicious was an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from The CW reality TV show '' Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious''. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of membe ...
, and was the last album released with group members
Chrystina Sayers
Girlicious was an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from The CW reality TV show '' Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious''. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of membe ...
,
Nichole Cordova, and
Natalie Mejia, and the last to be released by the group itself.
Background
After the departure of
Tiffanie Anderson
Girlicious was an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from The CW reality TV show '' Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious''. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of membe ...
in mid 2009, the group began working on their follow up album after switching from Geffen Records to Universal Music Canada.
[ The album features more of a ]dance-pop
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genre while still incorporating hints of R&B. The group explained that they chose to switch genres so that their music would more accurately reflect their musical tastes as well as themselves.[ During the writing of the album, the girls had a bigger hand this time around explaining, "We got a bigger hand in the creative aspect of this album than the first one. ..There wasn't a person in the room saying, 'this is what we need it to be.' We got to pick the parts we want to sing ..the album will reflect more of who we are."][
]
Singles
" Over You" was released as the album's first single and was sent to Canadian radio on December 25, 2009. It was released to Canadian iTunes on January 5, 2010. The single reached number fifty-two on the Canadian Hot 100.
"Maniac
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Maniac may also refer to:
Film
* ' ...
" was released as the second single on April 6, 2010. The song charted at number seventy-four on the Canadian Hot 100. The song charted on the Serbian Top 50 singles, where it was listed for eleven weeks and reached a peak of eleven. The accompanying music video premiered on May 4, 2010. The girls were featured in a special "On Set" with Much Music where the video initially premiered.
"Drank" was released on July 20, 2010 to digital retailers in Canada and the United States. It was released as a promotional single from ''Rebuilt'' and is featured as the 11 track on the iTunes
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Deluxe Edition. The single version features a guest rap verse by artist Spose
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Early life
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. The song was also featured on the ''Jersey Shore Soundtrack
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'' album without the Spose verse.
" 2 in the Morning" was released as the album's third single on August 31, 2010. The song reached a peak of thirty-five on the Canadian Hot 100 becoming their highest charting song since "Stupid Shit". It contains a sample of "Pesenka
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" performed by Russian band Ruki Vverh!
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" Hate Love" was released as the album's fourth and final single on February 21, 2011. The song debuted at number 44 on the Canadian Airplay Chart on the week of March 14, 2011, and later peaked at number 26 on the chart. On the week of April 2, 2011, the song finally debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 97. The song reached a peak of 59.
Track listing
Notes
* " 2 in the Morning" contains a sample of a Russian band Ruki Vverh!
Ruki Vverh! (russian: Руки Вверх, meaning "Hands Up!") is the name of Russian pop and dance musician Sergey Zhukov. They were originally a duo which consisted of Zhukov and Aleksey Potekhin. The duo came to prominence in the 1990s. in a song ''Pesenka''
Lead Vocals
* Track 1 - Chrystina & Nichole
* Track 2 - Chrystina, Nichole & Natalie
* Track 3 - Nichole, Chrystina & Natalie
* Track 4 - Natalie, Nichole & Chrystina
* Track 5 - Chrystina, Natalie & Nichole
* Track 6 - Natalie, Chrystina & Nichole
* Track 7 - Nichole & Chrystina
* Track 8 - Chrystina, Nichole & Natalie
* Track 9 - Chrystina, Nichole & Natalie
* Track 10 - Chrystina, Nichole & Natalie
* Track 11 - Natalie, Chrystina & Nichole
* Track 12 - Nichole, Chrystina & Natalie
* Track 13 - Nichole, Natalie & Chrystina
Charts
Release history
References
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2010 albums
Girlicious albums
Universal Music Canada albums