Coco [Yellow LP]

by Colbie Caillat

Overview

Sweetness rules on Colbie Caillat's debut, Coco, which is perhaps only appropriate for an album bearing that name. The record doesn't play like a toasty mug of chocolate on a winter's day, though; it's a sugary lemonade on a breezy summer afternoon. It's light and comforting, a familiar blend of sunny pop and singer/songwriter tropes that flirt with cliche but never sound hackneyed -- a lighter, brighter spin on Norah Jones that sounds like an ideal soundtrack to a few hours in a cozy coffeehouse or a montage on Grey's Anatomy, whatever comes first. If that gives the impression that Caillat is a little calculated -- and if her music-biz heritage (her dad co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk) gives the sense that she may have had a silver spoon, and if her celebrated MySpace popularity is also initially suspect -- then as an album Coco shows no crassness or coldness: it flows easily and, yes, sweetly, filled with gently ingratiating melodies and delivered with warmth and a casual charisma that proves to be quite endearing by the end of the record. Caillat doesn't attempt anything approaching a major statement -- the album is filled with songs about love and life -- but that's her appeal: she sings about simple, everyday things in an unassuming manner, letting her melodies and girl-next-door charm carry the day, and they do so winningly on this nicely mellow debut. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/16/2022
Label:	Republic
UPC:	0602445879823
Rank:	56360

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Colbie Caillat   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Juanes   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Schiller   Primary Artist
Jaco Caraco   Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic)
Dave Marotta   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Yukihide Takiyama   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Victor Indrizzo   Drums
Luis Conte   Percussion
Justin Young   Featured Artist
Michael Baker   Drums
Brian Carr   Piano,Strings
Stevie Blacke   Cello,Viola,Violin
Jason Reeves   Piano,Ukulele,Music Box,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Mark Levang   Fender Rhodes,Piano (Grand)
Tim Fagan   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
The Wailers   Featured Artist
Dylan Charbeneau   Fender Rhodes,Organ (Hammond)
Annaliese Wolverton   Vocal Harmony
Cecil "Censi" Francis   Drums (Steel)
Mikal Blue   Bass,Keyboards,Moog Bass,Percussion,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Bass),Organ (Hammond),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Ken Caillat   Audio Production,Mixing,Producer,Executive Producer,Additional Production
Jason Reeves   Audio Production,Composer,Producer,Photography,Additional Production
Colbie Caillat   Audio Production,Composer,Producer,Photography,Additional Production
Mikal Blue   Audio Production,Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,String Arrangements
Christopher von Deylen   Composer
Andrew Southam   Photography
Meredith Ward   Photography
Sandy Brummels   Art Direction
Christopher Kornmann   Art Direction,Package Design
Coco   Liner Notes
Juan Esteban Aristizabal   Composer
Christopher Deylen   Composer
Bob Marley   Composer
Kenny Gamble   Composer
Lauryn Hill   Composer
Michael Blue   Composer
Doug Sax   Mastering
George Harrison   Composer
Howard Ashman   Composer
Juanes   Composer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Brian Carr   String Arrangements
Alan Menken   Composer
Emmanuel Lehmann Garcia De Enterria   Composer
Justin Gariano   Assistant Engineer
Theresa Bell   Composer