''Underage Thinking'' is the debut album by singer-songwriter

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, released on March 21, 2006. Geiger wrote or co-wrote all the songs featured on the album herself, as well as a

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of Avion's "Seven Days Without You".

Album information

The album was produced by

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and Paul Pimsler. In its first week in the charts, the album sold over 56,500 copies, enough to debut at number eight (#8) in the ''Billboard'' 200. The album has sold 360,000+ copies, and is yet to be certified. The first single released from the album, "For You I Will (Confidence)", which also appears on Geiger's ''

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'' EP as just "Confidence", has been certified

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according to

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. A Japanese edition of the album was released on July 19, 2006, including the two bonus tracks "Do You Even Care" and "Hallelujah". Geiger re-released the album on October 10, 2006. The special edition with second title 'Look Where We Are Now' includes a bonus DVD that includes the making of and final cuts for the music videos "

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" and " These Walls". A home video of Teddy Geiger and a photo scrapbook are also featured on the DVD. The special edition includes remixes of Geiger's latest singles, a newly recorded track, and some never-before-heard demos that she made before her mainstream success with ''Underage Thinking''. The audio portion of the re-release is available on

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along with the exclusive bonus track "Amazingly Fat Cows", one of the first songs Teddy recorded. The song "Gentlemen" featured in the film '' Aquamarine'' (2006).

Singles

*"For You I Will (Confidence)" is the first single from ''Underage Thinking''. The song was released on September 6, 2005. Later, the song was released as a CD single on June 27, 2006. The song can also be found on her 2005 EP Step Ladder under the name "Confidence". The single version has more rock music influences. The single was certified platinum by RIAA on April 13, 2006. *"These Walls" is Teddy Geiger's second single from her debut album. The single was released in September 2006 in the US. The song was less successful than "For You I Will".

Track listings

Standard album

Japanese bonus tracks

Special edition

CD part DVD part #"For You I Will (Confidence)" (video) #"For You I Will (Confidence)" (making of video) #"For You I Will (Confidence)" (live video) #"These Walls" (video) #"These Walls" (making of video) #A Day in the Life of Teddy Geiger #Home videos #Photo scrapbook *Only tracks 14 and 15 and the hidden track were included on the Australian edition of the 'Look Where We Are Now' CD/DVD. This release also differs from the American one in that it is subtitled 'Australian Tour Signature Edition' and comes with Teddy's signature printed on the cover.

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Underage Thinking'' media notes. Musicians *

– bass, guitar, percussion, piano, arrangement, programming, vocals *

– bass, guitar, percussion, piano, arrangement, programming, background vocals *Peter Wallace – bass, guitar, piano, Hammond/Wurlitzer, arrangement, programming *

– bass, guitar, piano, arrangement, programming *Lee Levin – drums *

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– guitar *Paul Pimsler – guitar Production *Billy Mann – executive producer, engineering *Christopher Rojas – additional production , engineering *Peter Wallace – additional production , engineering *Paul Pimsler – additional production , engineering *Torre Catalano – production coordination *Lana Israel – production coordination *

Andy Zulla Andy Zulla (born 1966) is an American record mixer, record producer, composer and songwriter. Over the last 20 years, Zulla has been part of a diverse collection of projects including mixing major label and independent albums and singles, produci ...

– mixing *Adam Ayan – mastering Imagery *Stephen Danelian – cover photo *Teddy Geiger – illustrations *Maria Paula Marulanda – art direction *Daniel Moss – photography *Gabrielle Revere – photography

Charts

*¹: It is unclear if this is the peak position. The official debut position of the album on the Canadian Albums Chart is not known.

References

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