Identified

 ( 2008 Albums ) 

Identified is the second studio album by Vanessa Hudgens, released on June 24, 2008 in Japan. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. Hudgens embarked on her first concert tour, Identified Summer Tour between August and September 2008 in support of the album.

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Release

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Singles "Sneakernight" was released as the first and only single from the album. The track, produced by J.R. Rotem, was released on May 27, 2008 in the United States and February 8, 2009 in Europe. The song peaked at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video was filmed by R. Malcolm Jones and premiered on June 13, 2008.

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Critical reception Identified has received generally favorable reviews, having a 63 out of 100 score based on 7 reviews. Billboard said that the album "panders to the preteen demo with stop-start pop that ranges from pleasant (the title track) to dull ("Amazed") to off-putting ("Hook It Up"). But for little girls, this is one nonstop sing-along." The New York Times said that "a handful of songs like this would have sufficed to help mature her image, and yet "Identified" is far more interesting and unexpected."

Blender gave it a three stars out of five, and claimed that her "voice was made to rip, and when she lets go just a little, the coyness turns sultry—proof that she might just have a life after high school." Variety said that Identified "shows that the High School Musical veteran is definitely ready to graduate. The better parts of the album find her reaching for a more mature sound, but she hedges her bets with large portions of treacly teen-pop...The weakest link in most of the songs is Hudgens thin, piping voice."

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Track listing

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Personnel

The following people contributed to Identified

• Vanessa Hudgens – lead vocals
• Lil Mama – featuring vocals
• Vanessa Hudgens, Rock Mafia, Cathy Dennis, Kara DioGuardi, Leah Haywood, Nasri, Tim James, Ashley Valentin, Christopher Rojas, Carlos Alvarez – additional and background vocals
• Lukasz Gottwald – keyboards
• Jack Daley – bass
• Tyrone Johnson, Scott Jacoby – guitar

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Production

• Jonathan "J.R." Rotem, Dr. Luke, Christopher Rojas, Emanuel Kiriakou, Devrim Karaoglu, Daniel James, Scott Jacoby, Antonina Armato, Matt Beckley – executive producers
• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Nick Banns – mastering assistant
• Jason Recon Coons, Matty Green, Steve Hammons, Scott Jacoby, Emily Wright – engineers
• Jon Lind, Mio Vukovic – A&R
• Miranda Penn Turin – photography

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Chart performance

Identified debuted at #23 on the US Billboard 200 with 22,000 copies sold in its first week, 12,000 less than her first album, V.

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Charts

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Weekly charts

+ Weekly chart performance for Identified ! scope="col"	Chart (2008–09) ! scope="col"	Peak position

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Monthly charts

+ Monthly chart performance for Identified ! scope="col"	Chart (2008) ! scope="col"	Peak position

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Release history

+ Release history for Identified ! Region ! Date ! Label
Japan	June 24, 2008	Avex Trax
United States	July 1, 2008	Hollywood
Hong Kong	July 18, 2008	Universal Music
Brazil	August 5, 2008
United Kingdom	February 16, 2009	EMI
Finland	February 18, 2009
Sweden	February 18, 2009

Categories: 2008 Albums, Vanessa Hudgens Albums, Albums Produced By Benny Blanco, Albums Produced By Dr. Luke, Albums Produced By Emanuel Kiriakou, Albums Produced By J. R. Rotem, Albums Produced By Rock Mafia, Albums Produced By The Messengers, Hollywood Records Albums

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