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Glee: The Music, Volume 6 is the eighth soundtrack album by the cast of the American musical television series Glee, released on May 23, 2011 through the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Columbia Records. The album serves as the sixth and final release for the series' second season, and contains three original tracks including "Light Up the World", which was co-written by Swedish songwriter Max Martin. All of its eighteen tracks have been released as singles, available for digital download.
Glee: The Music, Volume 6 | ||||
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Released | May 23, 2011 | |||
Genre | Pop, dance, soul | |||
Length | 64:19 | |||
Label | Columbia / 20th Century Fox TV | |||
Producer | Dante Di Loreto (exec.), Brad Falchuk (exec.), Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Max Martin, Ryan Murphy, Shellback | |||
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Announced on May 3, 2011, Glee: The Music, Volume 6 is the final release from the second season of Glee, featuring music from the episode "A Night of Neglect" through the end of the season.[1] The album's final three tracks—"As Long As You're There", "Pretending", and "Light Up the World"—are original songs. "As Long As You're There" is performed by guest star Charice and "Light Up the World" was co-written with Swedish songwriter Max Martin, who had previously helped to write "Loser like Me", another song for the series.[1][2] Recurring guest stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Kristin Chenoweth, and Jonathan Groff appear as featured artists on the album.[3] Glee: The Music, Volume 6 was released on May 23, 2011.[3] "Light Up the World" premiered through Ryan Seacrest's website on May 10, 2011.[4]
Andrew Leahey of AllMusic gave the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of a possible five, and wrote that it "plays up the show's creative side". He cited "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty" as being "one of the show's prettiest tributes to self-acceptance", and also commends the Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams". Leahey noted that "the second half of the album doesn't fare as well as the first", but added that the album was better "than some of its predecessors". He criticized the inclusion of a "lackluster version of 'Dancing Queen'" when there were "better songs that didn't make the cut".
Many of the songs on the album were reviewed positively when they appeared on the show. Meghan Brown of The Atlantic wrote that "As If We Never Said Goodbye" sung by Chris Colfer was "absolutely stunning in every conceivable way".[6] John Kubicek of BuddyTV called "Rolling in the Deep" as sung by Groff and Lea Michele "one of the best vocal performances this show has ever seen".[7] Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone called the performance a "passion-filled winner", though she detected "some oversinging".[8] Other songs were not as well received, including Paltrow's rendition of Adele's "Turning Tables". Futterman said the vocals "lacked the texture that made Adele's version so heartbreaking", and MTV's Aly Semigran wrote that while Paltrow is "a nice enough singer," she "in no way has the chops" the song requires.[9][10]
Glee: The Music, Volume 6 debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and number one on Billboard's Soundtracks chart, selling 80,000 copies in its first week,[11][12] giving it the second-lowest opening sales figure for a Glee release after the 48,000 copies sold by extended play Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show. It sold 25,000 copies in its second week, and stayed at the top of the soundtracks chart for three consecutive weeks.[13][14]
All tracks on the album have been released as singles, available for digital download.[15] Glee's cover of Adele's "Turning Tables", performed by Paltrow, has charted at number sixty-six on both the Canadian Hot 100 and the US Billboard Hot 100.[16][17] The single sold 47,000 copies in its first week in the US.[17] A mash-up of "I Feel Pretty" from the musical West Side Story and "Unpretty" by TLC reached number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 and also became a top forty hit in Canada, Ireland, and the UK.[18][19][20][21] Selling 112,000 copies in the US, its appearance marked the first time "I Feel Pretty" charted on the Hot 100.[18][22]
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Liner Notes[23]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Version covered | Length |
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1. | "Turning Tables" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow) | Adele Adkins, Ryan Tedder | Adele [24][25](Samples Instrumental track from version covered) | 4:06 |
2. | "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty" (featuring Dianna Agron and Lea Michele) | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim / Dallas Austin, Tionne Watkins | West Side Story / TLC[26][27] | 3:59 |
3. | "As If We Never Said Goodbye" (featuring Chris Colfer) | Don Black, Christopher Hampton, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Patti LuPone from Sunset Boulevard[26][27] | 4:54 |
4. | "Born This Way" (featuring Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz and Amber Riley) | Stefani Germanotta, Jeppe Laursen, Paul Blair, Fernando Garibay | Lady Gaga[26][27] (Samples Instrumental track from version covered) | 4:06 |
5. | "Dreams" (Matthew Morrison featuring Kristin Chenoweth) | Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac[28] | 4:16 |
6. | "Songbird" (featuring Naya Rivera) | Christine McVie | Fleetwood Mac[28] | 3:18 |
7. | "Go Your Own Way" (featuring Lea Michele) | Lindsey Buckingham | Fleetwood Mac[28] | 3:41 |
8. | "Don't Stop" (featuring Chord Overstreet, Dianna Agron, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith) | McVie | Fleetwood Mac[29] | 3:17 |
9. | "Rolling in the Deep" (Lea Michele featuring Jonathan Groff) | Adkins, Paul Epworth | Adele (A Capella arrangement based on the John Legend cover version)[30] | 3:24 |
10. | "Isn't She Lovely" (featuring Kevin McHale) | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder[31][32] | 1:38 |
11. | "Dancing Queen" (featuring Naya Rivera and Amber Riley) | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | ABBA[33] | 3:39 |
12. | "Try a Little Tenderness" (featuring Amber Riley) | Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods | Ray Noble Orchestra (Musical arrangement based on the Otis Redding version)[34] | 4:01 |
13. | "My Man" (featuring Lea Michele) | Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain | Barbra Streisand from Funny Girl[35] | 2:15 |
14. | "Pure Imagination" (featuring Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale) | Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory[36] | 3:18 |
15. | "Bella Notte" (featuring Mark Salling, Kevin McHale and Chord Overstreet) | Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke | Lady and the Tramp[37] | 2:31 |
16. | "As Long as You're There" (featuring Charice) | Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Claude Kelly | Original composition | 4:16 |
17. | "Pretending" (featuring Lea Michele and Cory Monteith) | Anders, Åström, Shelly Peiken | Original composition | 3:57 |
18. | "Light Up the World" (featuring Heather Morris, Kevin McHale, Naya Rivera, Cory Monteith, Jenna Ushkowitz and Lea Michele) | Anders, Åström, Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha | Original composition | 3:43 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Version covered | Length |
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19. | "Ain't No Way" (featuring Amber Riley) | Carolyn Franklin | Aretha Franklin | 3:52 |
20. | "Friday" (featuring Mark Salling, Kevin McHale, Chord Overstreet) | Clarence Jey, Patrice Wilson | Rebecca Black | 3:32 |
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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Country | Release date | Format(s) |
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Canada[57][58] | May 23, 2011 | CD, digital download |
United States[3][59] | CD, digital download | |
Australia[60] | May 27, 2011 | Digital download |
Ireland[61] | ||
New Zealand[62] | May 30, 2011 | |
United Kingdom[63] | June 6, 2011 | |
Italy[64] | October 25, 2011 | CD, digital download |
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