I Wanna Be with You (album)

Moore recorded four of the five new songs on I Wanna Be with You in the beginning of 2000. The album was quickly conceived following the recording of the title track and its inclusion on the Center Stage soundtrack. Scott Carter, senior director of product marketing for 550 Music said: "Instead of just releasing it on the soundtrack, we thought we'd like to do something special. We didn't feel like waiting the standard 18 months [to release another album]. With the remixes and the videos, we loaded up to bring more value to it. It happened very quickly." The new track "Everything My Heart Desires" is a cover of the 1999 single originally by Adam Rickitt. Other tracks new to the release were "Want You Back", "The Way to My Heart", and "Your Face". "Let Me Be the One", which was previously included on So Real, is a cover of the 1985 single originally by Five Star and appears on the Japanese and Asian editions of I Wanna Be with You. The album was intended to feature a more mature side to Moore. Moore explained: "I've grown as a person. Obviously, I'm a more confident person and performer, and I don't know if 'Candy' was representing me as well anymore. Maybe at that point it was. I still don't think it was where I wanted to go with my music." ==Release==

I Wanna Be with You was released in numerous editions worldwide. In North America, the album followed the release of So Real five months prior. The album was marketed as "a new version of Mandy's debut", containing five new songs, three remixes, and four songs from So Real. Internationally, I Wanna Be with You was released as Moore's debut album as opposed to So Real. These international editions omit the remixes and borrow more heavily from So Real but still contain the five new songs. The European and Australian editions of the album have an alternative track list and feature eight songs from So Real. The Japanese edition of the album also has an alternate track list and features all of the songs from So Real except "Love Shot". The Australian release of I Wanna Be with You has the same cover photograph as the one featured on So Real. In Australia, the single spent 18 weeks on the ARIA charts, peaked at number two, and was certified Platinum. In the United States, "I Wanna Be with You" was the first single released from the album and as a single from the soundtrack to the 2000 film Center Stage on April 3, 2000. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 24 in its ninth week on the chart. In the UK, it was released as the second single from the album, spent five weeks on the chart, and peaked at number 21, becoming her second and final single to chart in the country. ==Critical reception==

The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Many reviewers were critical of the album containing material from So Real, with Rickey Wright from Amazon writing that the album was released "mainly to ride the success of its title single" and Rolling Stone describing the album as "reconfigured, slightly improved reissue" of So Real. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the album a "crass marketing move" and Linda Ryan of Rhapsody described the release as "ostentatious". Despite this, both Erlewine and Ryan described the album as stronger than its predecessor. Erlewine noted that the album contained "all [the] essential ingredients for a good teen pop album" and Ryan described the remixes on the album as "slick and radio-friendly". James Roberts from Dotmusic described the production style on the album as being different from the works of Spears, writing "there is more to Mandy than most who heard 'Candy' would give her credit for." ==Commercial performance==

I Wanna Be with You debuted at number 21 on the US Billboard 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week. In July 2000, it was certified gold in the US for shipments of 500,000 copies. In New Zealand, the album peaked at number six. ==Track listing==

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Credits for I Wanna Be with You adapted from AllMusic. • Mandy Moore – primary artist • Tiffany Arbuckle – backing vocals • Alan Armitage – assistant engineer • Chris Athens – mastering • Eric Bickel – assistant engineer • Chris Braide – guitar • Dakari – guest artist • Jive – guest artist • Billy Lawrence – guest artist • Alice Butts – design • Tom Coyne – mastering • Richard Dodd – cello • Fraser T. Smith – guitar • Terry Glenny – violin • Eric Gorfain – string arrangements, violin • Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar • David Guerrero – assistant engineer • Bobby Guy – producer • Roland Hartwell – violin • José Juan Sánchez – assistant • Shaun Shankel – digital editing, editing, production coordination • Dan Shea – keyboards, producer, programming • Roger Sommers – engineer, mixing • Manelich Sotolong – assistant engineer • Soul Solution – producer • Tom Tally – viola • Keith Thomas – arranger, bass, drum programming, acoustic guitar, producer, programming, synthesizer, synthesizer programming • Nick Trevisick – producer, programming • Marcy Vaj – violin • Bill Whittington – engineer, mixing • Robb Williams – engineer • John Yoakum – flute, oboe • Dan Muckala – programming • David Palmer – drums • Julian Peploe – art direction • Wade Robson – producer, remix producer • Corey Rooney – keyboards, mixing, producer, programming • Ken Ross – executive producer • Jose Sanchez – programming ==Charts==

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