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Trust Me (Craig David album)

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Trust Me
The cover features Craig David wearing a three-piece black suit, standing in front of a black block wall. Both the artist's name and the album title appear in front of him, colored in white.
Studio album by
Craig David
Released12 November 2007
Recorded2006–2007
Genre
Length43:19
Label
Producer
Craig David chronology
The Story Goes...
(2005) 		Trust Me
(2007) 		Greatest Hits
(2008)
Singles from Trust Me
  1. "This Is the Girl"
    Released: 27 August 2007
  2. "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)"
    Released: 5 November 2007
  3. "6 of 1 Thing"
    Released: 18 February 2008
  4. "Officially Yours"
    Released: 16 June 2008

Trust Me is the fourth studio album by the English singer Craig David. It was released on 12 November 2007 in the United Kingdom and on 6 May 2008 in the United States. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 18, but failed to make any impact on the Billboard 200, although it did manage to peak at number 58 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

The album was recorded in Havana, Cuba, with the producer Martin Terefe (KT Tunstall, James Morrison) and the writer, producer and mixer Fraser T Smith (Kano, Beyoncé Knowles, Plan B, Jamelia and James Morrison). The second single, "Hot Stuff", contains a sample of "Let's Dance" by David Bowie. The third single, "6 of 1 Thing", was released in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2008 and the fourth single, "Officially Yours", was released in that same country on 23 June 2008 and peaked at number 158.

The album was certified Gold by BPI on 7 March 2008 for sales of over 100,000 in the United Kingdom.[2]

Background and singles

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In 2007, David collaborated with the rapper Kano on "This Is the Girl" for his album London Town. Released as a single on 27 August 2007, "This Is the Girl" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 18.

The first single from Trust Me, "Hot Stuff", was released on 5 November 2007. It was a top ten hit and the album charted at number 18 on the UK Albums Chart. "6 of 1 Thing", the second single taken from Trust Me, charted at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his third-lowest charting single to date. "Officially Yours" was released on 23 June 2008 and peaked at number 158 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his lowest-charting single to date and was the final single from Trust Me.

In July, a new track titled "Are You Up for This" started receiving airplay on various radio stations as part of a promotion with Ice Cream Records, which also had a remix with Witty Boy called "Nutter Butter". On 17 August, David performed at a birthday tribute concert for the songwriter Don Black at the London Palladium. He performed the song "Ben", originally a hit for Michael Jackson.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBCFavorable[4]
BillboardFavorable[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME[7]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[8]
Yahoo! Music UK6/10[9]

Trust Me received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Trust Me has an average score of 53 based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

Billboard contributor Mikael Wood was commendable towards Terefe's production having "loads of ear-tickling detail" throughout the track listing, but singled out "Just a Reminder" for having David's "strongest vocal performance", saying "[I]t's perfect for Robin Thicke fans worried that Thicke's upcoming disc won't include another "Lost Without U.""[5] A writer for NME said, "'Trust Me' works, kinda, by doing R&B without palely imitating US fare", highlighting the "smooth '80s dance-pop" of "Hot Stuff" for its use of Bowie's "Let's Dance".[7] Alex MacPherson of The Guardian critiqued that the album's "triptych of horn-section-and-samples R&B numbers" couldn't remove the "cut-price dancefloor feeling" that surrounds British pop, but found them preferable to the "puppy-eyed ballads" being "devoid of interest or edge".[6]

Track listing

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Trust Me track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)"
Fraser T Smith3:42
2."6 of 1 Thing"
  • David
  • Smith
Fraser T Smith3:47
3."Friday Night"
Martin Terefe3:33
4."Awkward" (featuring Rita Ora)
  • David
  • Terefe
  • Glen Scott
  • Martin Jonsson
  • Tommy Sims
Martin Terefe3:37
5."Just a Reminder"
  • David
  • Terefe
  • Scott
  • Jonsson
  • Sims
Martin Terefe3:49
6."Officially Yours"
  • David
  • Iain James
  • Curtis Richardson
  • Hiten Bharadia
  • Paulo Mendonca
Martin Terefe3:55
7."Kinda Girl for Me"
  • David
  • Smith
  • Linda Creed
  • Thomas Bell
  • Martin Terefe
  • Fraser T Smith
3:47
8."She's on Fire"
  • David
  • Smith
  • Christopher Harrison
  • Cleveland Browne
  • Patrick Thomas
  • Phillip Smart
  • Wycliffe Johnson
  • Martin Terefe
  • Fraser T Smith
5:04
9."Don't Play with Our Love"
Martin Terefe3:59
10."Top of the Hill"
  • David
  • Terefe
Martin Terefe3:54
11."This Is the Girl" (with Kano)
  • David
  • Smith
  • Kane Robinson
  • Craig David
  • Kano
  • Fraser T Smith
4:10
Total length:43:19
iTunes Store edition bonus tracks[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Just a Reminder" (live)
  • David
  • Terefe
  • Scott
  • Jonsson
  • Sims
Martin Terefe4:10
13."Officially Yours" (live)
  • David
  • James
  • Richardson
  • Bharadia
  • Mendonca
Martin Terefe3:55
Total length:51:24
Japanese bonus tracks[11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)" (Touche mix)
  • David
  • Smith
  • Bowie
Fraser T Smith5:49
13."Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)" (Chase & Status remix)
  • David
  • Smith
  • Bowie
  • Fraser T Smith
  • Chase & Status
4:08
Total length:53:16

Personnel

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Credits adapted from album's liner notes.[12]

  • Alexander Aberu – trumpet (tracks 2-4, 9)
  • David Angell – violin (tracks 4, 5, 10)
  • Joaquin Betancourt – horns (tracks 2-4, 9)
  • John Catchings – cello (tracks 4, 5, 10)
  • Craig David – vocals (all tracks), producer (track 11)
  • David Davidson – string arrangements and violin (tracks 4, 5, 10)
  • Emilio "Emilito" Del Monte Jr. – congas (tracks 2-6, 9, 10)
  • Emilio "Puro" Del Monte Sr. – timbales (tracks 2-5, 9, 10)
  • Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing (track 11)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering (all tracks)
  • Dyre Gormsen – engineer (tracks 2-6, 9, 10)
  • Isobell Griffiths – strings contractor (track 11)
  • Jose Louis "Chewy" Hernandez – saxophone (tracks 2-4, 9)
  • Iain Hill – additional recording (tracks 2-6, 9, 10)
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements and strings conductor (track 11)
  • Ian James – backing vocals (track 6)
  • Martin Jonsson – drums (tracks 2-6, 9)
  • Thomas Juth – mixing assistant (tracks 3, 5, 6, 10)
  • Kano – producer and vocals (track 11)
  • Chris Laurence – string bass (track 11)
  • Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 3-6)
  • Paulo Mendonca – guitar (track 6)
  • Perry Montague-Mason – violin (track 11)
  • Andreas Olsson – programming (tracks 2-5, 9), beats and programming (track 6), beats and guitar (track 10)
  • Rita Ora – vocals (track 4), backing vocals (track 2)
  • Amaury Perez – trombone (tracks 2-4, 9)
  • Kelly Pribble – additional recording (tracks 4, 5, 10)
  • Glen Scott – Hammond organ, piano, and backing vocals (tracks 2-6, 9), synthesizer (tracks 6, 9)
  • Baeho "Bobby" Shin – additional recording (tracks 4, 5, 10)
  • Tommy Sims – electric bass and backing vocals (tracks 2-4, 6, 9), acoustic guitar (track 5)
  • Fraser T Smith – producer (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11), mixing, keyboards, and drum programming (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8), guitar (track 1)
  • Kristoffer Sonne – drums (track 10)
  • George Tandero – mixing assistant (tracks 3, 5, 6, 10)
  • Martin Terefe – producer (tracks 3-6, 9, 10), additional production (tracks 7, 8), guitar (tracks 2-4, 6, 9, 10), bass and backing vocals (tracks 5, 10)
  • Ivo Van Der Werff – viola (track 11)
  • Jose-Raul Varonay – additional recording (tracks 2-6, 9, 10)
  • Kris Wilkinson – viola (tracks 4, 5, 10)
  • Jonathan Williams – cello (track 11)
  • Nina Woodford – backing vocals (track 7)
  • Warren Zielinski – violin (track 11)

Charts

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Chart performance for Trust Me
Chart (2007–2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 37
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 62
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 76
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 19
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 47
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23] 28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 53
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 16
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 18
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[27] 8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 58

Certifications

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Certifications of Trust Me, with sales where available
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[2] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b Mawer, Sharon. "Trust Me - Craig David". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "British album certifications – Craig David – Slicker Than Your Average". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Reviews for Trust Me by Craig David". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ Young, Tom. "Craig David - Trust Me". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Wood, Mikael. "Trust Me". Billboard. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  6. ^ a b MacPherson, Alex (16 November 2007). "Craig David, Trust Me". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Craig David". NME. 9 November 2007. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Robert Christgau Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. ^ Britten, Anna (15 November 2007). "Craig David - Trust Me". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Craig David - Trust Me". Discogs. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Craig David - Trust Me". Discogs. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  12. ^ Trust Me (booklet). Warner Bros. 2007.
  13. ^ "ARIA Charts > ARIA Report > 3 December 2007" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Craig David – Trust Me" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Craig David – Trust Me" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Craig David – Trust Me" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Lescharts.com – Craig David – Trust Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Craig David – Trust Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Craig David". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  20. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Craig David – Trust Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  21. ^ "トラスト・ミー" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  22. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Craig David – Trust Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Craig David – Trust Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Craig David – Trust Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  27. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Craig David Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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