Paris (Paris Hilton album)

Infobox Album
Name = Paris
Type = album
Artist = Paris Hilton


Released = August 22, 2006
Recorded = 2004–2006
Genre = Pop, dance-pop, pop rock
Length = 40:05
Label = Heiress
Producer = Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Wells, J. R. Rotem, Kara DioGuardi, Scott Storch, Sheppard Soloman
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5ph9kectgq79 link]
* "Billboard" (positive) [http://billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=699848&aid=788894#review link]
* "Blender" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4106 link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,1333765_4_0_,00.html link]
* Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|dud [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=paris+hilton link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11131178/review/11515648/paris link]
* Slant Magazine Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=934 link]
* "The Guardian" Rating|2|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1841306,00.html link]
* "The Observer" Rating|3|5 [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1818701,00.html link]
* Yahoo! Music UK (7/10) [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060823/33/20l2f.html link]
Last album =
This album = "Paris"
(2006)
Next album = TBA
(2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Paris
Type = studio
Single 1 = Stars Are Blind
Single 1 date = June 5 2006
Single 2 = Turn It Up
Single 2 date = August 15 2006
Single 3 = Nothing in This World
Single 3 date = September 12 2006
Single 4 = Screwed
Single 4 date = February 7 2007

"Paris" is Paris Hilton's debut album, released on her own label, Heiress Records, in association with Warner Bros. Records. The albumwas released in the U.S. on August 22, 2006. The entire album was posted on AOLMusic on August 13, 2006, causing the album to be leaked on the internet before the release date.

History

Hilton first announced plans to record an album in 2003. In 2004, she met with producerRob Boldt and began recording demo tracks. While collaborating with Boldt, Hiltoncame across the song "Screwed". Hilton recorded a demo for the song and begantalking about it in many interviews, saying it would be the first single from the album.That same summer, Haylie Duff said in an interview that "Screwed" was actually goingto be recorded by her and would be the first single from her album. The two girls begana legal battle for the song. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=MTV News | Haylie Duff Not Giving Up On 'Screwed' | date= | publisher= | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490143/20040812/story.jhtml | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2004-08-12 | language =English ] Not long afterwards, Duff was dropped by her recordlabel which allowed Paris to claim the song as hers.

In 2005, Hilton was signed to Warner Bros. Records for distribution of her album. Atthat time, Hilton began working with Rob Cavallo, who had produced tracks forGreen Day, Jewel, and Alanis Morissette. Initially, the album was planned to have apop/rock sound. However, Hilton decided to move towards a pop/hip-hop soundafter meeting with Scott Storch in Miami. After months of collaboration with Storch,the album was finally complete and ready for release.

Producers for "Paris" included Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Jane Wiedlin and Scott Storch. Hilton collaborated with Fat Joe and Jadakiss on the song "Fighting Over Me." The first single from "Paris", "Stars Are Blind," produced by Fernando Garibay, was released for download on June 20 2006 and peaked at number eighteen on the "Billboard" Hot 100; "Turn It Up" and "Nothing in This World" followed as worldwide singles. Allmusic commented that the album was "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too." On the whole, critical reception was mixed. [ [http://billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=699848&aid=788894 Discography - Paris Hilton - Paris CD/DVD] "Billboard.com"]

Banksy

In August 2006, British graffiti artist Banksy and hip-hop producer and Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton's album in British music stores (HMV) with altered album artwork of Paris Hilton topless with a dog head and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made. Those 500 album copies were quickly removed from shelves after several complaints about it. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank | date= | publisher= | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm | language = ] Hilton had delayed the album's release to include a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" (co-written by Danger Mouse), though it was not included in the final release. Gnarls Barkley and Hilton share a record company. [ cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds33262.html
title=Hilton's album release put back again?
last=Kilkelley|first=Daniel|publisher=Digital Spy
date=May 20 2006|accessdate=May 24|accessyear=2006]

Track listing

# "Turn It Up" (Scott Storch, Anthony Asher, Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton) – 3:12
# "Fightin' over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) (Storch, Magnet, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Jackson, Jackson, Hilton) – 4:01
# "Stars Are Blind" (Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy) – 3:56
# "I Want You" (J. R. Rotem, DioGuardi, Bogart, Gibb) – 3:12 (sampled from "Grease" by Frankie Valli)
# "Jealousy" (Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton) – 3:40
# "Heartbeat" (Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander) – 3:43 (sampled from "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper)
# "Nothing in This World" (Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Solomon) – 3:10
# "Screwed" (DioGuardi, Wells) – 3:41
# "Not Leaving without You" (Kara DioGuardi, Wells, Hilton) – 3:35
# "Turn You On" (Storch, Hilton, Jackson, Jackson, Triggs) – 3:06
# "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Stewart, Appice, Hitchings) – 4:34

pecial edition

The special edition featured the same songs as the standard edition, with a bonus DVD, containing:
# Paris - The Music Special (featuring Making The Album and Behind the Scenes Footage)
# Jealousy in the Studio

iTunes edition

Includes three extra remixes.
# "Stars Are Blind" [The Scumfrog's Extreme Makeover Edit] – 4:57 (iTunes bonus track)
# "Turn It Up" [Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit] – 4:59 (iTunes bonus track)
# "Turn You On" [Claude Le Gache Le Club Edit] – 3:38 (iTunes bonus track)

ales and chart performance

The album sold approximately 180,000 copies in the U.S. and shipped 722,488 copies worldwide. The album entered the United World Chart selling over 147,000 copies within it's initial week of release.cite web
url = http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/story/_a/new-paris-hilton-album-in-the-works/20070717093809990001
title = New Paris Hilton Album in the Works
accessdate = 2007-11-24
date = 2007-07-17
work = AOL Music News
publisher = AOL
quote = The album got some buzz thanks to the hit single, "Stars Are Blind," and sold 722,488 copies.]

References

External links

* [http://parishiltonrecord.com Official "Paris" album site]