''Satisfied'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter

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. It includes the single, "Beautiful" which went to Number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Charts in April 2008. "Crash" was used in a promotional commercial for the ABC network. This is Dayne's first album in ten years as well as her latest album to date. The album includes both new material and recreations of some of her favorite contemporary songs. There are 3 cover songs on the album, including

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. Producers on this record include

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and

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Critical reception

The album has received positive to mixed reviews from music critics.

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described Taylor's voice on the album as older and more mature and said that she also sounded "warm, rounded, and tonal". The site gave a positive response to her covers of "

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", and " Kissing You", and praised the album's first single, "

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'' compliments the album track "Crash" by calling it a "bombastic

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-style power ballad".

has given it a 2.5 star rating.

Track listing

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, Helgi M. Hubner) – 3:49 # "I'm Over My Head" (Josh Alexander,

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) – 3:15 # "

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, Jayms Madison) – 4:06 # "

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) – 4:03 # "Satisfied" (Mike Mondesir, Andrew Lewis Taylor) – 4:19 # "Dedicated" (John Graham Hill, Keusch, Stephanie McKay) – 3:51 # " Kissing You" (Tim Atack,

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) – 4:09 # "Crash" (Jack David Elliot,

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) – 4:33 # "The Fall" (Luigie Gonzalez, Dayne, Margie Hauser) – 3:42 # "Love Chain" (Brown, Dayne, Sebastian Nylund) – 3:52 # "

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) – 3:33 # "Hymn" (Dayne, Luigie Gonzalez) – 3:10

References

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