Title [Deluxe Edition]

by Meghan Trainor

Overview

"All About That Bass" spread throughout the globe with the speed of a pandemic disease, and its viral nature neatly camouflaged how Meghan Trainor was no naive ingenue. She landed a publishing deal at the age of 18 and had one of her songs recorded by pop-country superstars Rascal Flatts, show-biz bona fides that belied her Internet sensation status. Title, Trainor's full-length debut, suggests this tactic was deliberate: snag an audience via a near-novelty, then rely on her well-honed craft for the rest of the record. Certainly, echoes of "All About That Bass" can be heard throughout Title, particularly in how she and her chief collaborator Kevin Kadish balance a love of old-fashioned girl group pop with old-school hip-hop, but the cumulative effect of the album's 15 tracks is to shift attention away from her cutesy style to her songwriting skills. Admittedly, Trainor is eager to embrace her enthusiasm for musical theater -- she's the first post-Glee pop star, consciously putting on a show as she sways between rapped verses and cabaret choruses, liberally borrowing from Dion's "Runaround Sue" for "Dear Future Husband," making sure that she laughs after delivering a pun on her own last name -- but over the course of a record the affectations don't seem quite as potent as they do when they're distilled to a single. By the time the record winds its way around to the Motown bounce of "Lips Are Movin" -- a single equally inspired by vintage 45s and Amy Winehouse's snazzy new-millennial revival that's the best song here -- Trainor's giddiness has become ingratiating, so it's easier to warm to her considerable skill at pastiche and performance. Far from consigning her to one-hit wonder territory, the blend of strength of personality and music-biz savvy on Title shows that Meghan Trainor is clever enough to parlay a big hit into a real career. [A Deluxe Edition added four bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2015
Label:	Epic
UPC:	0888750469120
Rank:	54537

Tracks

1. The Best Part (Interlude)
2. All About That Bass
3. Dear Future Husband
4. Close Your Eyes
5. 3AM
6. Like I'm Gonna Lose You
7. Bang Dem Sticks
8. Walkashame
9. Title
10. What If I
11. Lips Are Movin
12. No Good for You
13. Mr. Almost
14. My Selfish Heart
15. Credit

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Meghan Trainor   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Ukulele,Clapping,Vocals (Background)
Eleonore Denig   Violin
Chris Gelbuda   Vocals (Background)
David Baron   Wurlitzer,French Horn,Sax (Tenor),Piano,Strings,Clavinet,Fender Rhodes,Sax (Baritone)
Shannon Forrest   Drums
Jim Hoke   Flute,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Jeremy Lister   Vocals (Background)
J.R. Rotem   Bass,Horn,Drums,Organ,Piano,Strings
Kevin Kadish   Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Ukulele,Vibraslap,Vox Organ,Synthesizer,Bass (Vocal),Bass (Upright),Sax (Baritone),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Guitar (Nylon String)
John Legend   Vocals,Featured Artist
Shy Carter   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Jesse Frasure   Composer
Ben Fagan   Composer
Kenta Yonesaka   Assistant
Caitlin Smith   Composer
Meghan Trainor   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer,Instrumentation,Drum Programming,Executive Producer
Bekah Connolly   A&R
Heather Santos   A&R
Chris Gelbuda   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Lisa Kasha   Marketing
Julio David Rodriguez   Composer
James G. Morales   Composer
Michael Klein   A&R
The Elev3n   Producer
Margeaux Rawson   Marketing
Jason Weaver   Composer
Caitlyn Smith   Composer
J.R. Rotem   Producer
Todd Carey   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Kevin Kadish   Mixing,Effects,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Sound Design,Drum Programming,String Arrangements
Justin Weaver   Composer
Brett James   Composer
David Baron   String Arrangements
Samuel Kalandjian   Mixing,Engineer
David Kutch   Mastering
Matthew Morales   Composer
Anita Marisa Boriboon   Design,Art Direction
Paul Pontius   A&R
Jason Angel   Engineer
Karen Thornton   Composer
Shy Carter   Composer
Marisa Pizarro   A&R
Brooke Nipar   Photography