''Sunday Love'' is the third studio album (second recorded) by Canadian singer

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. The album was released independently on June 13, 2006, then released digitally on the

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on December 18, 2012. Originally slated for release in 2005, the release date was pushed back a number of times by

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before its eventual cancellation. The album had earned good reviews, including the highest rating given on any of the albums reviewed in the July 2006 issue of ''

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'' magazine. After the album was cancelled, Dobson commented on her Myspace blog, "I always believe everything happens for a reason, and that change is a very good thing." Before its official cancellation, a limited number of copies were shipped to stores, with it being fully leaked on the internet. The album remained unreleased for many years before its 2012 digital release.

Background

Dobson began work on ''Sunday Love'' during the summer of 2004. The album's fourteen tracks were recorded over an eight-month period in California. Island Records set an initial US release date of September 20, 2005. Neither single released from the album—" Don't Let It Go to Your Head" or "This Is My Life"—charted. There is an official music video for "Don't Let It Go to Your Head".
However, no video was made for "This Is My Life". Another song from the album, "Be Strong", appears on the ''

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Promotional items

There were " For Promotional Use Only" CDs, sometimes referred to as DJ singles, produced for the two singles. Two samplers were also produced to promote the album: * Fefe Dobson ''SUNDAY LOVE'' ALBUM SAMPLER * Fefe Dobson ''SUNDAY LOVE'' IN STORE ALBUM SAMPLER

Track listing

# "As a Blonde" (

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) – 2:49 # "In the Kissah" (

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, Dobson) – 3:09 # "If I Was a Guy" (

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, Dobson) – 3:20 # " Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (

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, Dobson) – 4:01 # "Get You Off" (Dobson, Michelle Robin Lewis,

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) – 3:50 # "This Is My Life" (Alexander, Dobson, Steinberg) – 3:49 # "Scar" (Wilder, Dobson) – 4:03 # "Miss Vicious" (Dobson, John Lowery aka John 5) – 3:07 # "Man Meets Boy" (Wilder, Dobson) – 3:28 # "Get Over Me" (

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, Lewis, Dobson) – 4:27 # "The Initiator" (Alexander, Steinberg, Dobson) – 3:39 # "Yeah Yeah Yeah" ( Walton Steven "Wally" Gagel, Peiken, Dobson) – 3:39 # "Be Strong" (Dobson, Wilder) – 3:31

Covers

Dobson's "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" is

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, a

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.'' They also produced an official music video. The music of "This Is My Life" is used by the Taiwanese

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in their song: "I Love Trouble" (我愛烦恼) on their 2008 album '' FM S.H.E'' which became quite popular in Asia. The song "As a Blonde" is covered on

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's 2009 debut album '' Kiss & Tell''.(Archived by

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covered "Don't Let Go To Your Head" on her 2009 album ''

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''. Shortly after Sparks's album was released Dobson said, "Jordin Sparks just did

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which was on ''Sunday Love'', which was very cool. She did kind of, like, a more R&B version of it, which I think is really nice, actually. It was really cool that she didn't try and do a rock version of it, and she did what she's more comfortable with, which I thought was awesome." Sparks's version was released as a single in the UK on January 4, 2010.

Personnel

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*Matthew Wilder – producer and co-writer (on "Scar", "Be Strong", "Man Meets Boy", and "If I Was a Guy") * John5 – co-writer,

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* Brent Paschke – guitar *

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– co-writer *

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– co-writer *

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– co-writer *

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– co-writer *Shelly Peiken – co-writer *Billy Steinberg – co-writer *

– co-writer *Nina Gordon –

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– producer (on "This Is My Life" and " Don't Let It Go to Your Head") *Ben Grosse – producer *

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– producer (on "This Is My Life")

Cover versions

Commercially released cover versions or other commercial usage of ''Sunday Love'' songs by other artists. ;Additional notes * ^A There is an official music video for this version.

References

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