Lindsay Lohan - Speak (2004) [1st Japanese pressing with Bonus Tracks] RESTORED

Speak is the debut studio album by American recording artist Lindsay Lohan. Album was peaking at number four on the Billboard 200 and earning Platinum certification by early 2005. Lohan cowrote six of the twelve songs on the album. The album was praised by Linda McGee of RTÉ, who awarded it 4 out of 5 stars and commented that "Speak opens with all the raw emotion and teenage angst that you'd expect from an artist of Lohan's age" and that, "while her vocals are not sensational, their gritty edge keeps Lohan more than afloat throughout this album" as well as comparing the album to the early music of Avril Lavigne. The album was the first high-seller from Casablanca Records in several years, selling 1,000,000 units in the U.S.

Lohan planned on releasing an album in the summer of 2001, according to her official website, LLrocks.com. No album was released in 2001, but Lohan had begun recording demo tracks with Emilio Estefan, Jr.. He and his wife, Gloria Estefan, signed Lohan a five-album production deal in September 2002. "I am extremely excited to be working with Emilio. I am surrounded by a group of very talented people whom have made me feel like part of their family", Lohan said to the press. Also in September, Lohan landed the role as the daughter in Disney's remake, Freaky Friday, which required her to learn how to play the guitar and to sing. Lohan recorded a song for the film, "Ultimate", which was released to Radio Disney to help promote the film. The song peaked at #18 on Radio Disney's Top 30. Lohan announced that the song was separate from her singing career, since many teen idols such as Hilary Duff and Raven Symone were expanding their career from acting to singing.

In 2003, Lohan recorded four songs including a Radio Disney hit, "Drama Queen (That Girl)", that were released for the soundtrack to Lohan's film, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Lohan began writing the tracks on her album in April 2004. "I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to", Lohan said. "I'm just trying to feel it out and see where it goes. I'm playing guitar and I also love to dance, so [the music will be] somewhere along the lines of hip-hop and rock." She had begun working with Diane Warren and Randy Jackson, who were going to help write and produce her album. Diane Warren wrote the song, "I Decide", for Lohan which was originally going to be on her album. When Lohan decided not to collaborate with Warren and Jackson, "I Decide" was instead released on the soundtrack to the film, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and on to Radio Disney.

By 2004, Lohan's deal with Emilio Estefan, Jr., had been cancelled and Lohan began looking for producers for her album. When asked by MTV about what label she would be working with, Lohan said, "I met with Jive, Universal and I spoke to someone at Bad Boy the other day, which would be kind of cool, but we'll see what happens". In the summer, Lohan revealed that she had signed a deal with Casablanca Records, whose parent company is Universal Music Group. Music producers Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks both wrote and produced ten of the tracks, six with Lohan. Cory Rooney produced her first single, "Rumors", with Taryll and TJ Jackson, sons of Tito Jackson.




The album features different styles of music such as pop rock, electro-pop, and soft rock ballads. "I wanted to have a mixture like that because I love those kinds of club tracks that you can listen to before you go out at night with all your friends. And I also wanted stuff that was a little bit more rock that you could get into if you were like angry or depressed or sad or that. I wanted to be able to touch upon all those feelings and I wanted to speak about all different things, too, which is why I titled the album Speak", Lohan said in an interview with IGN. The lead single, "Rumors", has been called a "bass-heavy, angry club anthem" by Rolling Stone.

Tracklist:

01. First
02. Nobody 'Til You
03. Symptoms Of You
04. Speak
05. Over
06. Something I Never Had
07. Anything But Me
08. Disconnected
09. To Know Your Name
10. Very Last Moment In Time
11. Magnet
12. Rumors
13. Rumors (Sharp Boys Remix Radio Edit) [Bonus Track]
14. Over (Full Phatt Remix) [Bonus Track]
15. Rumors (Music Video.mov) [DATA Track]


Executive Produced by Tommy Mottola
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC, except
"Rumors" Mastered by Herb Powers at The Hit Factory, NYC.
All additional information read inside the booklet.

Original Release Date: December 7, 2004
Release Date: January 26, 2005
Label: Casablanca / Universal Japan
Catalog No.: UICU-9010