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Includes 2 bonus tracks.
Personnel: Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Melody Thornton (vocals, background vocals); John Goux (guitar); Alyssa Park, Songa Lee, Anatoly Rosinsky, Katia Popov, Robin Olson, Phillip Levy , Alan Grunfield, Mario de Len, Sara Parkins, Joel Derouin, Sid Page, Jacqueline Brand , Roberto Cani, Bruce Dukov, Natalie Leggett, Sarah Thornblade, Armen Garabedian, Josefina Vergara, Endre Granat (violin); Matthew Funes , Simon Oswell, Darrin McCann, Samuel Formicola (viola); Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Stephen Erdody , Armen Ksadjikian, David Low (cello); Ron Fair (harmonica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, organ, Wurlitzer organ, glockenspiel); Dan Higgins (woodwinds, horns); Larry E. Williams, Joel Peskin, Bill Liston, Brandon Fields (woodwinds); Ray Herrmann (saxophone); Larry Hall , Andrew Martin (trumpet, trombone); Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (trumpet, horns); Chris Tedesco , Wayne Bergeron, Bill Churchville (trumpet); Nick Lane, Bruce Otto (trombone); Cori Jacobs (Fender Rhodes piano); Tim Carmon (organ); Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Bob Zimmitti (timpani); Luis Conte (percussion); Polow da Don, Rich Harrison, Tal Herzberg (programming); Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dave Pensado; Jack Joseph Puig; Peter Mokran; Ron Fair; Steve Baughman; Tony Maserati .
Recording information: Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL.
Arrangers: Polow da Don; Ron Fair.
There's a kind of beautifully perverse brilliance to the Pussycat Dolls. Not only are they a sextet who got their start as neo-burlesque dancers in Los Angeles, but they make no bones about being a gleefully manufactured dance-pop act. Open the booklet for their 2005 debut, PCD, and their artificiality is made clear: the first page reads "All lead and background vocals by Nicole Scherzinger," a former member of Eden's Crush, the failed prefab teen pop group assembled on the WB's pre-American Idol reality music show Popstars. There is no pretense that Kimberly Wyatt, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Melody Thornton, and Jessica Sutta are there for anything besides filling out the illusion that this is a real performing musical group and providing some serious eye candy for a group that is all about the visuals. The great thing about PCD is that the producers and songwriters behind the album -- and, since this is a big-budget urban dance-pop album in the early 2000s, there are many credited writers and producers -- are eager to play with the Pussycat Dolls' hyper-sexual image, creating a sleek, sexy sound ideal for both nightclubs and strip joints across this great land. And, at least at first, the songs are about how irresistibly sexy the Pussycat Dolls are, starting with the genius hit single "Don't Cha," where Nicole and the rest of the Pussycats strut around, taunting a hapless man with such come-ons as "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me/Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me." There has never been a sex song quite as knowingly ironic yet undeniably sexy as this, and for a while the album keeps the momentum up, first with will.i.am's "Beep," a rewrite of Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps," except this is funny, not embarrassing, and since Nicole is sexier than the Peas' Fergie, it's also sultrier. Timbaland's "Wait a Minute" is in the same vein and, for a brief moment, it seems like PCD will be that rare thing: a mainstream club/dance album devoted to nothing but dance songs. Then, reality comes crashing in with the fourth song, "Stickwitu," the inevitable romantic slow jam whose sappiness undercuts the joyous carnal celebration of the first three songs. Although the rest of the album has more dance tunes than ballads -- and some catchy ones, too, like Beyonc-styled "I Don't Need a Man" -- the album never quite recovers, since the fantasy of a girl group that's only it for the sex, not love, has been ruined. Since that fantasy is the very reason the Pussycat Dolls exist as either a dance troupe or a pop group, it's a bit of a disappointment, but PCD is still worthwhile because there enough good cuts to make it a fun soundtrack to parties or strip clubs, even if there aren't quite enough to make this the camp classic that the beginning of the album suggests it could have been. [The Malaysia edition contains two bonus tracks ("Sway" and "Flirt").] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Album: Pussycat Dolls
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Don't Cha Album Version	More Info...	4:32
2)	Beep Album Version	More Info...	3:49
3)	Wait A Minute Album Version	More Info...	3:42
4)	Stickwitu Album Version	More Info...	3:28
5)	Buttons Album Version	More Info...	3:46
6)	I Don't Need A Man Album Version	More Info...	3:39
7)	Hot Stuff (I Want You Back) Album Version	More Info...	3:47
8)	How Many Times, How Many Lies Album Version	More Info...	3:56
9)	Bite The Dust Album Version	More Info...	3:33
10)	Right Now Album Version	More Info...	2:27
11)	Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go Album Version	More Info...	3:26
12)	Feelin' Good Album Version	More Info...	4:19
13)	Sway	More Info...	3:11
14)	Flirt Non-LP Version	More Info...	2:56

Album: Pussycat Dolls
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Don't Cha Album Version	More Info...	4:32
2)	Beep Album Version	More Info...	3:49
3)	Wait A Minute Album Version	More Info...	3:42
4)	Stickwitu Album Version	More Info...	3:28
5)	Buttons Album Version	More Info...	3:46
6)	I Don't Need A Man Album Version	More Info...	3:39
7)	Hot Stuff (I Want You Back) Album Version	More Info...	3:47
8)	How Many Times, How Many Lies Album Version	More Info...	3:56
9)	Bite The Dust Album Version	More Info...	3:33
10)	Right Now Album Version	More Info...	2:27
11)	Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go Album Version	More Info...	3:26
12)	Feelin' Good Album Version	More Info...	4:19
13)	Sway	More Info...	3:11
14)	Flirt Non-LP Version	More Info...	2:56