According to Scherzinger, they took the time to put out the best record possible. Fair stated, "we scrambled, got into formation" and worked on the album within 30 days at The Record Plant in Hollywood, California. While "Don't Cha" became an international success worldwide, an album had not been recorded yet. Īt the suggestion of Doug Morris-then chairman of Universal Music Group, " Don't Cha", which was originally recorded by Tori Alamaze and became a minor success on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, was given to the Pussycat Dolls as the label was trying to reinvent the girl group.
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Fair stated that even though "there were some adequate voices in the original group," Scherzinger and Thornton where needed "to bring the ability." In 2004, they recorded "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" for the Shark Tale soundtrack and recorded their own version of " Sway", which was released as single to promote the movie Shall We Dance?. He explained that "there's going to be some technological changes as well as creative changes in the way we go about it." The auditions drew about 500 aspiring performers, of which two singers- Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton-were recruited, joining Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt to form a new recording group. Fair stated that he wanted to create an album which would "involve music and visuals". In 2003, Antin struck a joint venture with Interscope Records to develop the Pussycat Dolls into a brand, with Iovine assigning the project to Fair. In 2002, Gwen Stefani was invited to sing and perform with the Dolls and brought along Interscope Geffen A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine and then-president of A&M Records both took interest into turning it into a singing group. In 1995, the group began performing every Thursday at Johnny Depp's Los Angeles club, the Viper Room. The Pussycat Dolls were created by choreographer Robin Antin and her roommate Christina Applegate in 1993 after inviting several dancers to explore Antin's idea of classic Las Vegas-style burlesque and give it a more contemporary spin. In conjunction with these appearances, the Pussycat Dolls extensively toured the album in a combination of headlining and supporting shows until 2007. Promotion includes radio appearances, print interviews, and live performances of its songs in various television shows such as the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards and the American Music Awards of 2006. Subsequent singles, " I Don't Need a Man" and " Wait a Minute", were less successful. The first four singles from PCD-" Don't Cha", " Stickwitu", " Beep" and " Buttons"-were commercially successful topping the charts in various countries including New Zealand where all four of them reached atop the singles chart. In the United States, it peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 selling nearly three million copies and currently stands as fourth best-selling album by a girl group in the United Kingdom (with sales of 1.3 million copies) where it reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart. PCD exceeded industry expectations and became a commercial success, reaching the summit in New Zealand and peaking in the top-ten in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. PCD received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics who were favorable towards the selection of dance-pop songs but criticized the album's ballads and covers, feeling it contradicted the group's sexual image.
It features guest vocals from rappers Busta Rhymes, Timbaland and will.i.am.
Lyrically the album incorporates sexual innuendo and explores the themes of feminism and romance. The music style of PCD was described as pop/ R&B and urban dance-pop. As one of the executive producers Fair produced the majority of the album and collaborated with producers like Kwamé, Polow da Don and Rich Harrison. After attracting media attention, Antin struck a joint venture with Interscope Records to develop the Pussycat Dolls into a brand, with Jimmy Iovine assigning the project to Ron Fair. In 1995, the Pussycat Dolls were created as a burlesque troupe by choreographer Robin Antin. PCD is the debut studio album by American girl group The Pussycat Dolls, released on September 12, 2005, by A&M Records.
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