The Story Goes...

The Story Goes... is the third studio album by English singer Craig David, released on 6 September 2005 by Warner Bros. Records in the UK. The album entered the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number 5 in late 2005. The album peaked at number 9 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart around the same time. It was not released in United States, partly due to Atlantic Records' uncertainty over whether the album was the right material for that market.[2] Ultimately, in 2007, the album was released digitally and as an import in American record stores. The album sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

The Story Goes...
Studio album by Craig David
Released	6 September 2005
Recorded	2004–05
Genre	Hip hop soul R&B
Length	43:57
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Craig David Mark Hill The Underdogs Rick Nowels Lee Groves Soulshock and Karlin
Craig David chronology
Slicker Than Your Average (2002) The Story Goes... (2005) Trust Me (2007)
Singles from The Story Goes...
"All the Way" Released: 8 August 2005 "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" Released: 31 October 2005 "Unbelievable" Released: 6 March 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Recording

A promotional sampler for the album, entitled The Story Goes... and More, was distributed to radio stations prior to the album's release. This version contains snippets of unfinished tracks "Girls Around the World" and "My Friend, Let Me Down", as well as two full unreleased tracks – "Save the World" and "Cocoa Butter", plus an unreleased remix of "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)", featuring American rapper Nelly. A digital version of this sampler surfaced online several years later, and incorrectly adds four previously released bonus tracks – "Key to My Heart" (from the American version of David's debut album, Born to Do It), "Apartment 543" (the B-side from David's debut single, "Fill Me In"), a remix of "Fill Me In", and "Four Times a Lady" (the B-side from "What's Your Flava?" and a bonus track from the Japanese version of Slicker Than Your Average). These tracks do not appear on the original sampler.

Critical reception

AllMusic rated the album 3 out of 5, and said of the record: "Picking himself up and signing to Warner Bros. Records after the demise of his Wildstar/Telstar record label, David offers The Story Goes... as a very personal album filled with his own experiences over the past few years, including his own relationship breakdown in "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)," being mesmerized by a woman during his partying phase on the tracks "Hypnotic" and "Just Chillin'," and another doomed liaison on the song "One Last Dance." The song "Johnny" delves deeper into his past as he explores the subject of bullying, and the line "I didn't want to tell you anything in case it made things worse" would strike a chord with many a victim. David has a unique style of singing more words than should have been able to fit into each line, but it works for him. "Separate Ways" is back to "Fill Me In" standards, and he also has a habit of answering his own lines through a voicebox, as on "Thief in the Night." He strays into Enrique Iglesias territory on the song "Unbelievable," but without the smoldering Latin passion. Produced by long-term David collaborator Mark Hill, The Story Goes... appears to fall between an urban R&B-flavored Usher-styled album and his earlier more hip-hop-influenced work with the Artful Dodger. It couldn't be both."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Way"	Craig David Mark Hill	Hill	3:56
2.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"	David Hill	Hill	4:03
3.	"Hypnotic"	David Rick Nowels	Nowels	4:19
4.	"Separate Ways"	David Hill	Hill	4:01
5.	"Johnny"	David Hill	Hill	4:20
6.	"Do You Believe in Love?"	David Hill	Hill	3:46
7.	"One Last Dance"	David Nowels	Nowels	3:47
8.	"Unbelievable"	David Mark Taylor Paul Barry	Taylor	3:22
9.	"Just Chillin'"	David Nowels	Nowels	4:41
10.	"Thief in the Night"	David	Lee Groves	4:26
11.	"Take 'Em Off"	David Antonio Dixon Harvey Mason, Jr. Eric Dawkins Damon Thomas	The Underdogs	4:06
12.	"My Love Don't Stop"	David Dixon Mason, Jr. Dawkins Thomas	The Underdogs	4:12
13.	"Never Should Have Walked Away"	David Hill	Hill	4:40
14.	"Let Her Go"	David Hill	Hill	4:02

Limited tour edition bonus disc[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Unbelievable" (Metro mix)	David Taylor Barry	Taylor
2.	"All the Way" (H-Money mix featuring Lyracis)	David Hill	Hill
3.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (Redstar remix)	David Hill	Hill
4.	"All the Way" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)	David Hill	Hill
5.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)	David Hill	Hill
6.	"Rise & Fall" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)	David Gordon "Sting" Sumner Dominic Miller	Soulshock and Karlin
7.	"Walking Away" (Live in Seoul, September 2005)	David Hill	Hill
8.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (music video)
9.	"7 Days" (music video)

Promotional version – The Story Goes... and More[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Way"	David Hill	Hill	3:56
2.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (snippet)	David Hill	Hill	1:32
3.	"My Love Don't Stop" (snippet)	David Dixon Mason, Jr. Dawkins Thomas	The Underdogs	1:32
4.	"Hypnotic"	David Nowels	Nowels	4:19
5.	"Girls Around the World" (snippet)	David Hill	Hill	1:22
6.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (JD remix featuring Nelly)	David Hill Cornell "Nelly" Haynes, Jr.	Hill JD	3:13
7.	"Johnny" (snippet)	David Hill	Hill	1:20
8.	"My Friend, Let Me Down" (snippet)	David Hill	Hill	1:44
9.	"Take 'Em Off"	David Dixon Mason, Jr. Dawkins Thomas	The Underdogs	4:06
10.	"Save the World" (unreleased)	David Hill	Hill	4:53
11.	"Cocoa Butter" (unreleased)	David Hill	Hill	5:20
12.	"All the Way" (remix)	David Hill	Hill	3:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.[6]

• Craig David - vocals (all tracks), producer (tracks 3, 7, 9, 10)
• Alex Dromgoole - mixing assistant (tracks 1-7, 9, 10, 13, 14)
• Lee Groves - producer (track 10), programming (tracks 1-7, 9, 10, 13, 14)
• Rob Haagart - mixing assistant (tracks 1-7, 9, 10, 13, 14)
• Mark Hill - producer (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 13, 14)
• Harvey Mason Jr. - producer (tracks 11, 12)
• Rick Nowels - producer (tracks 3, 7, 9)
• Aaron Renner - assistant engineer (tracks 11, 12)
• Dave Russell - mixing (tracks 11, 12)
• Philip Sheppard - string arrangement (track 8)
• Alex Smith - assistant engineer (track 8)
• Mark "Spike" Stent - mixing (tracks 1-7, 9, 10, 13, 14)
• Ren Swan - mixing (track 8)
• Mark Taylor - producer, mixing, and string arrangements (track 8)
• Damon Thomas - producer (tracks 11, 12)
• David Treahearn - mixing assistant (tracks 1-7, 9, 10, 13, 14)
• Tim Young - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 9 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 46 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 7 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 6 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 36 French Albums (SNEP)[14] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 13 Irish Albums (IRMA) 45 Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 34 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 11 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 3 UK Albums (Official Charts Company) 5

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 93 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 98 French Albums (SNEP)[23] 132 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 84 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 77

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[26]	Gold	100,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)[27]	Gold	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	Platinum	300,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. AllMusic review
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5. http://www.last.fm/music/Craig+David/The+Story+Goes
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22. "Rapports Annuels 2005". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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28. "British album certifications – Craig David – Slicker Than Your Average". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Slicker Than Your Average in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.