The Story Goes...

The Story Goes...
Studio album by Craig David
Released September 6, 2005
Recorded 2004–05
Genre Urban R&B
Length 43:57
Label Warner Music
Producer
Craig David chronology
Slicker Than Your Average
(2002)		 The Story Goes...
(2005)		 Trust Me
(2007)
Singles from The Story Goes...
  1. "All the Way"
    Released: 8 August 2005
  2. "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"
    Released: 31 October 2005
  3. "Unbelievable"
    Released: 6 March 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Story Goes... is the third album by English recording artist Craig David, released on September 6, 2005 via Warner Music in the UK. The album entered the UK Albums Chart and peaked at #5 in late 2005. The album peaked at #9 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart around the same time. It was not released in United States, partly due to Atlantic Records' uncertainty over whether the album was the right material for that market.[2] Ultimately, in 2007, the album was released digitally and as an import in American record stores.

Recording

A promotional sampler for the album, entitled 'The Story Goes... and More, was distributed to radio stations prior to the album's release. This version contains snippets of unfinished tracks "Girls Around the World" and "My Friend, Let Me Down", as well as two full unreleased tracks - "Save the World" and "Cocoa Butter", plus an unreleased remix of "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" featuring American rapper Nelly. A digital version of this sampler surfaced online several years later, and incorrectly adds four previously released bonus tracks - "Key to My Heart" (from the American version of David's debut album, Born to Do It), "Apartment 543" (the B-side from David's debut single, Fill Me In), a remix of "Fill Me In", and "Four Times a Lady" (the B-side from What's Your Flava? and a bonus track from the Japanese version of Slicker Than Your Average). These tracks do not appear on the original sampler.

Critical reception

Allmusic rated the album 3 out of 5, and said of the record: "Picking himself up and signing to Warner Bros. after the demise of his Wildstar/Telstar record label, David offers The Story Goes... as a very personal album filled with his own experiences over the past few years, including his own relationship breakdown in "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)," being mesmerized by a woman during his partying phase on the tracks "Hypnotic" and "Just Chillin'," and another doomed liaison on the song "One Last Dance." The song "Johnny" delves deeper into his past as he explores the subject of bullying, and the line "I didn't want to tell you anything in case it made things worse" would strike a chord with many a victim. David has a unique style of singing more words than should have been able to fit into each line, but it works for him. "Separate Ways" is back to "Fill Me In" standards, and he also has a habit of answering his own lines through a voicebox, as on "Thief in the Night." He strays into Enrique Iglesias territory on the song "Unbelievable," but without the smoldering Latin passion. Produced by long-term David collaborator Mark Hill, The Story Goes... appears to fall between an urban R&B-flavored Usher-styled album and his earlier more hip-hop-influenced work with the Artful Dodger. It couldn't be both."[3]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "All the Way"  
Hill 3:56
2. "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"  
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 4:03
3. "Hypnotic"  
Nowels 4:19
4. "Separate Ways"  
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 4:01
5. "Johnny"  
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 4:20
6. "Do You Believe in Love?"  
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 3:46
7. "One Last Dance"  
  • David
  • Nowels
Nowels 3:47
8. "Unbelievable"  
Taylor 3:22
9. "Just Chillin'"  
  • David
  • Nowels
Nowels 4:41
10. "Thief in the Night"  DavidLee Groves 4:26
11. "Take 'Em Off"  
  • David
  • Antonio Dixon
  • Harvey Mason, Jr.
  • Eric Dawkins
  • Damon Thomas
The Underdogs 4:06
12. "My Love Don't Stop"  
  • David
  • Dixon
  • Mason, Jr.
  • Dawkins
  • Thomas
The Underdogs 4:12
13. "Never Should Have Walked Away"  
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 4:40
14. "Let Her Go"  
  • David
  • Hill
Hill 4:02

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 13
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 5
Irish Albums (IRMA) 45
Italy (FIMI)[10] 5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 3
UK Albums (Official Charts Company) 5

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/03/165121.php
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-story-goes-mw0000528413
  4. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Craig-David-The-Story-Goes/release/7686154
  5. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Craig+David/The+Story+Goes
  6. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Craig David – The Story Goes". Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Craig David – The Story Goes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Craig David – The Story Goes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Craig David – The Story Goes". Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Craig David – {{{song}}}". Top Digital Download.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Craig David – The Story Goes". Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Craig David – The Story Goes". Hung Medien.
Craig David
Studio albums
and singles
Born to Do It (2000)
Slicker Than Your Average (2002)
The Story Goes... (2005)
Trust Me (2007)
Greatest Hits (2008)
Signed Sealed Delivered (2010)
Following My Intuition (2016)
Featured singles
Other albums
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