Personnel: Stacie Orrico (vocals); Aaron Featherstone, David May (acoustic guitar); Lynn Nichols, Kenneth Bell, Corky James, Tony Reyes, Kyle Cook (guitar); David Davidson, David Angell (violin); Kristen Wilkinson (viola); Anthony LaMarchina (cello); Matt Rollings (piano); Mookie (keyboards, drums, programming, background vocals); Dent, Spi (keyboards); Tedd T. (bass, programming); Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Teddy Campbell, Victor Indrizzo (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Damon Riley, Robert Marvin, Anthony Anderson (programming); Melody Chambers, Kenya Ivy (background vocals); The Underdogs; The Nashville String Machine.
Producers include: Matt Serletic, Dallas Austin, Anthony Dent, Underdogs, Dianne Warren.
STACIE ORRICO was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.
Despite coming from a Christian music background, Stacie Orrico makes a full-fledged splash into the secular world with a self-titled album that puts her squarely amongst the Mandy Moores and Jessica Simpsons of the teen pop world. Like her secular sisters, Orrico has a big voice that fits hand-in-glove with the dance-pop template of this outing. The big difference is that this talented 16-year-old co-wrote a good percentage of these songs, which deal with weightier matters like the idea of life after death (the acoustic guitar-mottled "Hesitation") and spiritual beliefs (the soaring "Strong Enough"). Even Orrico's breakout single "Stuck" does an impressive job of intelligently addressing heartbreak in a way that's struck a chord with teenage girls everywhere. Reminiscent of Janet Jackson's finer moments, STACIE ORRICO is packed with a fusion of hard-hitting beats and well-written lyrics that are harbingers of greater things to come for this sharp pop idol.
