Caillat's debut album, Coco was released in 2007. Her debut single "Bubbly" peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Pop 100. Two other singles followed, "Realize" (number 20, Hot 100) and "The Little Things" (number 94, Pop 100).
Sweetness rules on Colbie Caillat's debut, Coco, which is perhaps only appropriate for an album bearing that name. The record doesn't play like a toasty mug of chocolate on a winter's day, though; it's a sugary lemonade on a breezy summer afternoon. It's light and comforting, a familiar blend of sunny pop and singer/songwriter tropes that flirt with cliché but never sound hackneyed -- a lighter, brighter spin on Norah Jones that sounds like an ideal soundtrack to a few hours in a cozy coffeehouse or a montage on Grey's Anatomy, whatever comes first.
If that gives the impression that Caillat is a little calculated and if her music-biz heritage (her dad co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk) gives the sense that she may have had a silver spoon, and if her celebrated MySpace popularity is also initially suspect then as an album Coco shows no crassness or coldness: it flows easily and, yes, sweetly, filled with gently ingratiating melodies and delivered with warmth and a casual charisma that proves to be quite endearing by the end of the record. Caillat doesn't attempt anything approaching a major statement the album is filled with songs about love and life but that's her appeal: she sings about simple, everyday things in an unassuming manner, letting her melodies and girl-next-door charm carry the day, and they do so winningly on this nicely mellow debut.
On the 2008 Deluxe Version on her Universal Republic debut, the songs mirror Caillat's low-key, refreshing style. Armed with her acoustic guitar and her dusky vocals, she evokes the same gentle, yet spirited style of her musical influences John Mayer, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill and The Weepies.
After touring with The Goo Goo Dolls and Lifehouse in 2007, she was the supporting act for John Mayer on his 2008 Summer Tour.
Track listing
01. "Oxygen" (Colbie Caillat, Jason Reeves) - 3:51
02. "The Little Things" (Caillat, Reeves) - 3:46
03. "One Fine Wire" (Mikal Blue, Caillat, Reeves) - 3:37
04. "Bubbly" (Caillat, Reeves) - 3:17
05. "Feelings Show" (Blue, Caillat, Reeves) - 3:10
06. "Midnight Bottle" (Caillat, Reeves) - 3:41
07. "Realize" (Blue, Caillat, Reeves) - 4:05
08. "Battle" (Blue, Caillat) - 4:03
09. "Tailor Made" (Caillat, Reeves) - 4:30
10. "Magic" (Caillat, Reeves) - 3:25
11. "Tied Down" (Caillat, Reeves) - 3:07
12. "Capri" (Caillat) - 3:04
Deluxe Edition
13. "Tell Him" (Lauryn Hill) - 4:53
14. "Brand New Me" (Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble) - 3:21
15. "Somethin' Special" (Beijing Olympic Mix) (Blue, Caillat) - 3:06
16. "Circles" (Blue, Caillat) - 3:53
17. "Hoy Me Voy" (featuring Juanes) (Caillat, García DeEnterria, Juanes, Emmanuel Lehmann) - 3:25
18. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (live) - 5:57
19. "Magic" (piano version) - 3:20
20 . "Bubbly" (acoustic version) - 3:33
Credits
Colbie Caillat - acoustic guitar
Jaco Caraco - electric guitar
Dave Marotta, Yukihide Takiyama - bass guitar
Tim Fagan - guitar
Jason Reeves - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele, piano
Mikal Blue - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer, bass guitar
Stevie Blacke - violin, viola, cello
Brian Carr - strings, piano
Mark Levang - grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano
Dylan Charbeneau - Fender Rhodes piano
Michael Baker, Victor Indrizzo - drums
Cecil "Censi" Francis - steel drum
Luis Conte - percussion
Executive-Producer, Mixed By, Producer [Additional] – Ken Caillat
Photography By – Andrew Southam, Meredith Ward
Producer [Additional], Photography By – Colbie Caillat, Jason Reeves
Producer - Mikal Blue, Ken Caillat, Colbie Caillat, Jason Reeves
Notes
European Special Edition
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Genre: Folk Pop
Length: 43:36
© 2008
Label - Universal Republic
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