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From the Inside
Laura Pausini →31,764 listeners722,266 plays
female vocalistsitalian pop00s2002adult contemporary
about this album
From the Inside is Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini's English language debut album, issued by Atlantic Records in 2002. Most of the album's twelve tracks fall in the pop genre, Two of the songs, "Love Comes From The Inside" and "I Do 2 Be" are outside pop. Two songs were first released in Italian and Spanish in former albums: It's Not Goodbye and Everyday Is A Monday. The latter was originally written in English and adapted later into Italian and Spanish, though it first released in these languages. Important songwriters appear in the credits of the album, such as Andreas Carlsson, K. C. Porter, but above all longtime Madonna's collaborator Patrick Leonard. The recording company (Atlantic Records) promoted the single "Surrender" more as a dance song (helped by the several remixes of the song) than a pop song. In this way, "Surrender" was able to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. The same happened for the second single "If That's Love". In January 2003 the album was released in Europe as well. Despite all Pausini's efforts, the album did not get the success she expected in the United States, where it sold 100,000 copies, according to Nielsen-Soundscan. Some blamed what they called an incorrect promotion strategy by Atlantic Records, which promoted it as a dance album. Laura Pausini disliked that choice and asked to meet with Atlantic's president. She asked to have From the Inside promoted in line with what she considers her singing style, i.e., Ad
