''Unfabulous and More'' is the debut and only

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for the television series ''

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'', performed by American actress and singer

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. It was released on September 27, 2005. The album contains songs from the show's first season, as well as several new songs. The tracks "I Wanna Be" and "Dummy" were both released as singles. The song "Mexican Wrestler", which was sung by Emma in the episode "The 66th Day", was originally on Jill Sobule's 2000 album '' Pink Pearl''. This album was one of the 52 from

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that were on the company's list of CDs shipped with the

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known as

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(XCP), as well as the only

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-related CD originally shipped with the software. As a result, any

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computer that has been used to play this CD is likely to have had XCP installed. This can cause a number of serious

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problems. Several security software vendors, including

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, regard XCP as a

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, or

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. Sony discontinued use of the technology on November 11, 2005, and recalled this and other titles affected by XCP, and asked customers to submit copies affected by the software to the company so that it could replace them with copies that did not contain the software.

Track listing

# "I Wanna Be" # "Punch Rocker" (

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) – 2:33 # "Say Goodbye to Jr. High" (

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Persaud) – 3:39 # "I Have Arrived" (Jeannie Lurie, Holly Mathis, Lindsay Sorensen, Christopher Sorensen) – 3:23 # "94 Weeks (Metal Mouth Freak)" (Sobule) – 3:49 # "This Is Me" (

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, Erin Workman) – 3:40 # "Dummy" (Franne Golde, Kasia Livingston, Andrew Williams) – 3:08 # "Mexican Wrestler" (Robin Eaton, Sobule) – 5:02 # "We Are Gonna Happen" (Dave Derby, Colleen Fitzpatrick,

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) – 3:35 # "New Shoes" (Sue Rose, Sobule) – 2:16 # "Look in the Mirror" Bonus Track – Limited Too Package – 1:05

Personnel

* Paul Bushnell – bass * Julian Coryell –

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* Dorian Crozier –

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s * Zach Danziger –

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* Nick Dimichino – bass * Dean Drouilliard – guitars * John Hampson – guitars * Keely Hawkes-Pressly –

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* Daniel Holter –

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* Sean Hurley – bass * Jon Levine –

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* Gabriel Mann – keyboards * Jim McGorman – keys * Dino Meneghin – guitar * Samantha Murphy – background vocals * Yurko Mychaluk – guitars * Lee Nadel – bass * Anjulie Persaud – background vocals, percussion *

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– bass *

–

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, background vocals * Lindsay Sorensen – background vocals * Michael Standal –

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* Aaron Sterling – drums * Vince Tattanelli – drums * Denton Whited – drums * Erin Wirkman – background vocals

Chart performance

Notes

External links

Emma Roberts' official music site
(including audio and music video streams)
Emma Roberts' ''Unfabulous: The Soundtrack'' clip
(with demo version of "I Wanna Be" and alternate album track listing) {{Authority control 2005 debut albums Emma Roberts albums Television soundtracks Albums produced by Marshall Altman 2005 soundtrack albums Columbia Records soundtracks