![]() Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe found its songs "stronger, and Hudson sounds more poised" than on her debut album. Chicago Sun-Times writer Thomas Conner noted its songs as "mid-tempo" and complimented their "deft and delicate rhythmic elements". Entertainment Weekly 's Mikael Wood gave I Remember Me a B+ rating and complimented its "lighter vibe". Īllmusic editor Andy Kellman gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and praised Hudson's performance and her collaborators' contributions, writing that they both "provide the kind of mature R&B that is not felt merely in the mind, throat, chest, or hips but the entire body". Elysa Gardner of USA Today gave the album three-and-a-half out of four stars and stated "Even when the material flirts with the banal, Hudson's unmannered strength and class shine through, as surely as the technical prowess she wields with confidence and discretion". Despite writing that "Hudson is still searching for songs to do right by her voice", Allison Stewart of The Washington Post found its "pretty-good assortment of R&B songs" an improvement over her previous album and wrote that Hudson "dispatches even the most technically difficult tracks as if she were swatting away flies, her unblinking confidence reminiscent of Adele". Club wrote that the album "can occasionally get a touch exhausting in its relentless emoting", but complimented its "empowered (and empowering) anthems that inevitably climax with Hudson’s vocal fireworks", but viewed that most of its songs "deserve such bravado" in "cranking her performance to 11 regardless of whether any given song warrants it". Simon Price of The Independent stated "while she unquestionably has a voice, the material's nothing you'll want to remember". At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 15 reviews. I Remember Me received generally positive reviews from music critics. However, the song first appeared in the UK version of Natasha Bedingfield's 2007 second album, N.B.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores Songwriter Diane Warren revealed to E! in January 2011 that she penned a new song for Hudson titled "Still Here". I Remember Me was recorded at various recording studios, namely Maximedia Recording Studio in Dallas, Instrument Zoo in Miami, Chicago Recording Company and The Chocolate Factory in Chicago, Germano Studios, Oven Studios, and Roc The Mic Studios in New York City, Mason Sound and Vanilla Sky Studios in North Hollywood, No Excuses Studios in Santa Monica, and Patriot Studios in Denver. She quoted "I wanted to take it to the next level in every way-from the image to the music to the subjects of the songs". Hudson told InStyle magazine that she wanted this album to be a "feel good" album. Hudson mentioned to Billboard that she wanted her second album to be more personal than her debut and expressed that she wanted to become more hands on with the project. Hudson herself announced on Twitter in September 2009 that she would begin the process of her second studio album. It received positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 165,000 copies in its first week and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. ![]() Kelly, Harvey Mason Jr., Ryan Tedder, Diane Warren, and among others. Hudson worked with a variety of producers and writers on the album, including Alicia Keys, Rich Harrison, Ne-Yo, R. ![]() I Remember Me is the second studio album by American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, released on March 22, 2011, by Arista Records.
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