Welcome to the Dollhouse (album)

Welcome to the Dollhouse is the second studio album by American girl group Danity Kane, released by Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records on March 18, 2008 in the US and March 25, 2008 in Canada.[1] Danity Kane recorded the album in under five weeks, while filming the second season of Making the Band 4 with fellow label mates Day26 and Donnie Klang first in New York City, New York, then in Miami, Florida. It became the group's second consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was the last album released before the group broke up in early 2009, and it was also their final album to be released with their full original lineup as D. Woods who did not rejoin the group following their 2013 reunion, and Aundrea Fimbres, who announced that she was leaving the group on May 16, 2014 to start a family with her fiance.

Welcome to the Dollhouse
Studio album by
Danity Kane
ReleasedMarch 18, 2008 (2008-03-18)
RecordedJuly 2007 – January 2008
Genre
Length48:42
Label
Producer
Danity Kane chronology
Danity Kane
(2006)		 Welcome to the Dollhouse
(2008)		 DK3
(2014)
Singles from Welcome to the Dollhouse
  1. "Damaged"
    Released: January 29, 2008
  2. "Bad Girl"
    Released: July 1, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic 2008
Billboard(favorable) 2008
The Boston Globe(negative) 2008
Entertainment WeeklyC 2008
Slant Magazine 2008
USA Today 2008

Production

For this album, all of the girls had written and/or produced some kind of song, that they thought was suitable for their second effort. As mentioned in interviews, Danity Kane has stated that they came up with the name of the album when they all had brought in their own material into the studio to see which tracks would make the cut. They also expressed, that it felt as if they were in a music box, hence getting the name, Welcome to the Dollhouse. Each of the girls, also, were given chances to co-write a handful of the tracks that are on the record.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Damaged",[1] was chosen through an online fan poll. In January 2008, Danity Kane had posted a bulletin on their respective MySpace page expressing that they were giving their fans the chance to choose their newest single. Fans were given two choices, "Damaged" and "Pretty Boy". Of the two choices, "Damaged" dominated the poll by a vast majority, and thus, became the lead single from Welcome to the Dollhouse. The single "Damaged" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at #64, and in its second week it shot up to #27.

Erik White directed and Gil Duldulao choreographed the music video for "Bad Girl".[2] The video featured cameos from Missy Elliott, Qwanell Mosley from their fellow Bad Boy Records band Day26, and Talan Torriero of the MTV show Laguna Beach. The concept of the video is a graphic novel and stays true to the line in the song "When the red light comes on, I transform" as each member transforms into an alter ego of theirs after a flash of red light. This is their last single as a group before their early 2009 breakup, and the last single to be released with now-former members D. Woods and Aundrea Fimbres, peaking at #85 on the Billboard Pop 100. One more promo single “Is Anybody Listening?” was serviced to radio with no video. [3]

Commercial performance

Welcome to the Dollhouse debuted on top of the US Billboard 200, with first week sales of 236,000 copies making it the band's second consecutive #1 album.[4][5] Danity Kane is the first female group in Billboard history to have both their debut and second albums enter the main charts at #1. Less than a month after its release, Welcome to the Dollhouse was certified gold by the RIAA as of April 22, 2008.[6] On September 28, 2008, the album had sold over 546,790 copies in the US. Billboard's weekly release of its popular Top 200 Albums, known as the Billboard 200, saw the album's biggest gain in sales for the magazine of October 11, 2008. Welcome to the Dollhouse landed at #75 on the year end Billboard 200.[7]

The group intended to open for Janet Jackson's Rock Witchu Tour for promotion, but had to withdraw due to label conflicts.[8]

Track listing
Standard edition[9][10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Welcome to the Dollhouse" (featuring P. Diddy)
  • Thompson
  • Pierre
0:46
2."Bad Girl" (featuring Missy Elliott)
  • Mary Brown
  • James Washington
  • Devin Parker
  • Nathanial Hill
  • Missy Elliott
Danja[A][B]4:01
3."Damaged"
  • Jonathan Yip
  • Jeremy Reeves
  • Micayle McKinney
  • Ray Romulos
  • Shannon Lawrence
  • Rose Marie Tan
  • James Smith
  • Justin Walker
  • Combs
  • Mario Winans
  • Stereotypes
  • Combs*
  • Winans*
4:06
4."Pretty Boy"
  • Balewa Muhammad
  • Candace Nelson
  • Ezekiel Lewis
  • P. "J. Que" Smith
  • Hill
Danja3:59
5."Strip Tease"
Nard & B3:15
6."Sucka for Love"
2:55
7."Secret Place" (Interlude)
  • Winans
  • Richard
  • W. Woodgett
  • Fimbres
  • Bex
  • O'Day
Winans**[B]1:16
8."Ecstasy" (featuring Rick Ross)
  • Andrew Harr
  • Jermaine Jackson
  • Brown
  • William Roberts
The Runners[C]4:36
9."2 of You"
  • Cox
  • State of Emergency
  • Adonis Shropshire
  • Dean
  • Aian David Clarke
  • Wynter Gordon
  • Cox
  • State of Emergency
  • Wyldcard*[D]
3:53
10."Lights Out"
  • Richard
  • Neil Betz
  • Craig Betz
  • Winans
  • Combs
3:25
11."Picture This" (Interlude)
  • O'Day
  • W. Woodgett
  • Winans
Winans**1:14
12."Poetry"
  • Remington-Christopher Dambach
  • James Hoe
  • Tiff Star
  • Winans
  • Combs
Nard & B4:42
13."Key to My Heart"
  • Jeffrey White
  • Shanell Woodgett
  • Reggie Perry
Marvelous J2:29
14."Flashback" (Interlude)
  • Romeo IX
  • W. Woodgett
  • Richard
Romeo IX1:13
15."Is Anybody Listening..."
  • Niara Scarlet
  • Fridolin Nordsoe
  • Winans
  • Combs
  • White
Marvelous J3:27
16."Ain't Going" (featuring Day26 and Donnie Klang)
  • Iyanna Dean
  • Dawn Richard
  • W. Woodgett
  • Rackley
  • Rosser
Nard & B3:12
Target edition bonus track[11][12][13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Make Me Sick"
  • Anesha Birchett
  • Antea Joy Birchett
  • Chris Grayson
  • Kateeb Muhammad
  • Kevin Cates
Khao, Rockwilder3:40
US iTunes edition bonus tracks[14][15]
No.TitleLength
16."Show Stopper" (Dave Audé Club remix)7:26
17."Show Stopper" (Solitaire Club remix)7:29
18."Damaged" (Acapella)4:06
19."Ain't Going" (featuring Day26 and Donnie Klang)3:12
20."Damaged" (Music video) 

Notes

  • (*): Co-producer.
  • (**): Produced and arranged by:
  • (A): ^ Backing vocals by Mary Brown.
  • (B): ^ Vocals produced and arranged by Mary Brown.
  • (C): ^ Vocals produced by Mary Brown. Addition vocal production by Harve Pierre.
  • (D): ^ Addition vocal production by Adonis and Voyce Alexander.
  • (E): ^ Vocal production by Tiff Star and Jim Beanz.
  • (F): ^ Vocal production by Harve Pierre and Shannon Lawrence.

Personnel

According to the album's booklet and the BMI Repertoire.[9][10][13]

  • Sean Combs – executive producer
  • Harve Pierre – co-executive producer
  • Conrad Dimanche - associate executive producer, A&R
  • Shannon Lawrence - A&R
  • Daniel Mitchell - A&R coordinator
  • Hughes Felizor - A&R coordinator
  • Gwendolyn Niles - A&R administration
  • Sharon Tucker - A&R administration
  • Francesca Spero - Bad Boy Films/Making the Band 4 executive
  • Eric Wong - marketing
  • Kamala Salmon - marketing
  • Mark Obriski - art direction and design
  • Rod Gold - art manager
  • Carolyn Tracey - packaging production
  • Rodger Erickson - photographer
  • Marni Senofonte - styling
  • Julius Erving - management
  • Kenneth Meiselas - legal representation
  • Ed Shapiro - legal representation
  • Brian Gardner - mastering
  • Akeem Lee - producer ("Lights Out")
  • Antwan Thompson - producer ("Welcome to the Dollhouse")
  • Bernard Malik Doss - producer ("Ain't Going")
  • Bryan-Michael Cox - producer ("Sucka For Love" and "2 of You")
  • Danja - producer ("Bad Girl", "Pretty Boy" and "Strip Tease")
  • Flex & Hated - producer ("Lights Out")
  • Fridolin - producer ("Is Anybody Listening")
  • Harve Pierre - producer ("Welcome to the Dollhouse")
  • Mario Winans - producer ("Damaged", "Secret Place (Interlude)", "Lights Out", "Picture This (Interlude)", "Poetry" and "Is Anybody Listening")
  • Rockwilder - producer ("Make Me Sick")
  • Romeo IX - producer ("Flashback Interlude")
  • Scyience - producer ("Key to My Heart")
  • Sean Combs - producer ("Damaged", "Lights Out" and "Is Anybody Listening")
  • Stereotypes - producer ("Damaged")
  • The Clutch - producer ("Sucka for Love")
  • The Runners - producer ("Ecstasy")
  • Wyldcard - producer ("Sucka for Love" and "2 of You")
  • Victor Abijaudi - engineer
  • Steve Dickey - engineer
  • Paul J. Falcone - engineer
  • Andy Geel - engineer
  • Koil - engineer
  • Bernard Malik - engineer
  • Matthew Testa - engineer
  • Sam Thomas - engineer
  • Jeff Villanueva - engineer
  • Kevin Wilson - engineer
  • Marcella Araica - mixing engineer
  • Giz - mixing engineer
  • Ken Lewis - mixing engineer
  • Bernard Malik - mixing engineer
  • Fabian Marasciullo - mixing engineer
  • Matthew Testa - mixing engineer
  • Sam Thomas - mixing engineer
  • Adonis - vocal producer
  • Voyce Alexander - vocal producer
  • Jim Beanz - vocal producer
  • Mary Brown - vocal producer
  • Shannon Lawrence - vocal producer
  • Harve Pierre - vocal producer
  • Tiff Starr - vocal producer
  • Mary Brown - backing vocals on "Bad Girl"
  • Bryan-Michael Cox - arranger, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, programming, strings ("Sucka for Love" and "2 of You")*
  • Steve Dickey - mixing assistant
  • Daniel Mitchell - assistant engineer
  • Donnie Scantz - bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards ("2 of You")
  • Jahi Sundance - bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards ("2 of You")
  • Mario Winans - arranger ("Secret Place", "Picture This" and "Is Anybody Listening")
  • Wyldcard - keyboard, strings ("Sucka for Love"** and "2 of You")

Charts
Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 1

Release history
Region Date
United States March 18, 2008
France March 18, 2008[16]
United Kingdom April 21, 2008[17]
Canada March 25, 2008[18]
Germany May 9, 2008[19]
Australia September 13, 2008[20]
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