Say It Again (2002) (unreleased album)

Say It Again is the unreleased second album by American singer - songwriter Stacie Orrico. It was targeted for a release date of April 9, 2002. ForeFront Record, at first, postponed the release date, but when the mainstream label Virgin Record saw the mainstream potential with Orrico, ForeFront decided to cancel Say It Again's release and rework her second album. The first single, "Bounce Back," was released to mainly Christian CHR radio stations. And even though at the time Say It Again's album release was postponed before it was cancelled, it did chart on Radio & Records Christian CHR chart peaking at number 7. An enhanced CD single of "Bounce Back" was released in the summer of 2002, containing the radio edit of the song omitting the spoken intro from the album version, a remix version of "Genuine" (originally from her 2000 debut album) and a 53-second medley of three songs that later appeared on Stacie Orrico: "Hesitation," "Strong Enough" and "I Could Be the One."

The Billy Preston cover of "That's the Way God Planned It," titled as "That's the Way (God Planned It)," later appeared on Bishop T.D. Jakes' 2002 compilation album God's Leading Ladies. While reworking on her second album, Virgin and ForeFront dropped four tracks: "That's the Way (God Planned It)," "Truth," "Until I Find You" and "Star of My Story." When the Japanese Edition of Stacie Orrico was released, "Until I Find You" and "Star of My Story" were included. Four tracks differ from Stacie Orrico: "Bounce Back" was re-worked as an R&B song, very different from the Say It Again recording. "Maybe I Won't Look Back" has a slightly different track, including the bridge being performed as a rap verse by Orrico. "Security," unlike its commercial version, contains a rap verse from an uncredited Mat Kearney that was omitted from Stacie Orrico. Even though "I Could Be the One" did not appear on the album, it did appear on an 3-track extended play sneak peak of Say It Again that was released only in Europe with the original track listing at 3:55. The Stacie Orrico version trims the song by 17 seconds to 3:38. Say It Again had a partial track listing of ten songs and was not mastered. After the album was cancelled, pre-release copies for press were sent out and have since been appearing on eBay and leaked albums of Say It Again have surfaced on YouTube, which you can hear below this article.

Track listing

1. Tight (Michael-Anthony Taylor) -2:29

2. Hesitation (Stacie Orrico, Tedd Tjornhom, Robert "Aurel M" Marvin, Antonio

Phelon, Shannon Ford) -3:17

3. Bounce Back (S7evon Daze, Marcellus Grove Smith, Sylvia Bennett-Smith)

-3:51

4. That's What Love's About (Stacie Orrico, Michael-Anthony Taylor) -4:50

5. Truth (Stacie Orrico) -3:02

6. Until I Find You (Michael-Anthony Taylor, Shannon Ford, Todd Collins) -3:03

7. Maybe I Won't Look Back (Stacie Orrico, Tedd Tjornhom) -4:40

8. That's the Way (God Planned It) (Billy Preston) -4:02

9. Star of My Story (Gary Brown, Ira Schickman, Steven Wolf) -3:36

10. Security (featuring Matt Kearney) (Stacie Orrico, Tedd Tjornhom, Britt Huston)

-3:28

11. I Could Be the One (Stacie Orrico, Tedd Tjornhom, Tasia Tjornhom, Antonio

Phelon) -3:55

Production credits

Tedd T. and Michael-Anthony Taylor (credited as Mooki) were the main producers each producing tracks. Mark Heimermann only produced "Bounce Back." The track "Truth" is supposedly produced by all three. I got this information from the lyrics website Genius. These are not finalized producer credits, but the six tracks on Say It Again did appear on Stacie Orrico:

Tedd T. -producer (tracks 2, 5, 7, 10 and 11)

Michael-Anthony Taylor (Mooki) -producer (tracks 1, 4 -6, 8 and 9)

Mark Heimermann -producer (tracks 3 and 5)

Radio singles

2002 "Bounce Back" -#7 R&R Christian CHR

Previous release: Christmas Wish (EP) (2001) 

Next release: Stacie Orrico (2003)

Listen to Stacie Orrico's unreleased 2nd album Say It Again here: