Name: Slicker Than Your Average - Craig David
Brand: Craig David
SKU: 0824678002728
Price: 1.99 EUR
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Artist

Born: May 5, 1981, Southampton, Hampshire, England

Soulful vocalist whose early releases were a defining factor in the UK garage sound. More recently he has been moving towards a standard RNB style.

David was born in Holyrood, Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter. David's father is a Grenadian and David's mother is an English Jew related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert to Judaism. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was raised by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School.
David's father played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone.

David's earliest exposure came when he worked on a b-side to British group Damage's cover of "Wonderful Tonight". He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act Artful Dodger. The song "Re-Rewind", from the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers, hit Number 2 on the UK charts in 1999; thus, paving the way for a solo career. David's first single, "Fill Me In", released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar Records made him the youngest solo male artist ever to reach Number 1 in the United Kingdom (he was 18 years old at the time). This was the first of a string of four Top 10 singles from his debut album Born To Do It, which eventually sold more than seven million units worldwide, earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries. The song "Key To My Heart", taken from the US version of the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers animated film Osmosis Jones.

Tracks

1 Slicker Than Your Average 05:59

2 What's Your Flava? 03:36

3 Fast Cars 04:16

4 Hidden Agenda 03:54

5 Eenie Meenie 05:04

6 You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til The Well Runs Dry) 05:20

7 Rise & Fall 04:47

8 Personal 05:24

9 Hands Up In The Air 04:05

10 2 Steps Back 03:49

11 Spanish 05:03

12 What's Changed 04:41

13 World Filled With Love 03:44

Releases

Formats

Cassette, CD, Vinyl, CDr, File

Labels

Atlantic, Warner Bros. Records, WEA, Not On Label, Никитин, Warner Music Korea, Фирма Грамзаписи Никитин, Telstar, Sony Records , Orpheus Music , Not On Label (Craig David), Wildstar Records, Warner Music Taiwan , Wildstar Records , Radio City

Countries

Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Hong Kong

years

2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017

Members