:Beautiful Intentions

After the release of her previous album Reason, Chisholm was dismissed by her original record label, Virgin Records. The main reason for her being dropped was the disappointing sales of her second album "Reason".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/14/popandrock|title=Melanie C, Barfly, Glasgow|last=Pidd|first=Helen|date=2004-06-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-01-18|issn=0261-3077}} Talking about being dropped by Virgin during an interview on The Guardian, Melanie C stated that "[I had] mixed feelings. I knew that they were starting to lose faith in me, so I was actually quite relieved to go. I looked at my options and starting my own label was the most exciting thing".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/31/popandrock.questiontime|title=Melanie C talks about her depression and being dropped by her record label|last=Pool|first=Hannah Azieb|date=2007-05-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-01-18|issn=0261-3077}} In the spring of 2004, she created her own independent record label, "Red Girl Records", to record and release her own projects, alongside her manager, Nancy Phillips.{{cite news|url=http://www.festivalbar.it/artisti/scheda.php?id=177|title=Nel frattempo l'artista interrompe il suo rapporto di lavoro con la Vrigin e crea una propria label, la Red Girl Records|publisher=Festibar|date=17 December 2007}} The name was inspired by the colours of the football Liverpool F.C., which Chisholm is supporter.

The album was Chisholm's labour of love for a year, and she previewed six tracks on her Barfly mini-tour in June 2004 before going into the studio to record the tracks. Following the release of the first single, "Next Best Superstar", the album was released on 11 April 2005 in the UK and some other countries. Later the album was re-released in some countries (with a new song—"First Day of My Life"). Chisholm stated in an Australian interview that she was pleased that Beautiful Intentions outsold Reason. Beautiful Intentions has received Gold certification in Germany and Switzerland. In Portugal, it has gone Platinum (9 weeks at number 1).

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AllMusic editor Matthew Chisling found that the "new creative control that Melanie C had over her album broadened her horizons considerably; Melanie allowed herself to fly more freely on Intentions, giving her solo music a sharp new look. On Beautiful Intentions, Melanie C developed her style into an aggressive pop-angled album boasting heavy beats with dramatic rock swings doused in musical cyclones of energy. She borrowed qualities from other heavy-talented rock divas such as Anastacia to produce a more bombastic sampling this time around." He concluded: "The final product is simply dazzling; and Beautiful Intentions is without a doubt the strongest solo album by any of the Spice Girls. Truth be told, it was one of the strongest solo pop albums of 2005, regardless of artist." Paul Taylor from Manchester Evening News also compared the songs with Anastacia's self-titled 2004 album and called it "a much finer album than we had any right to expect."{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/melanie-c---beautiful-intentions-1064310|title=Beautiful Intentions - opinion|website=Manchester Evening News|date=30 June 2005}}

Betty Clarke, writing for The Guardian remarked: "Released on her own, self-funded Red Girl Records label, the album is a bitter attack on her old employers. A chorus-led confection of vulnerability and hurt, its needling intent – "You'll Get Yours" and "Don't Need This" are just two titles – and aggressive pop-rock sound make it Chisholm's strongest album to date."{{cite web|first=Betty|last=Clarke|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/17/popandrock|title=Melanie C, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London|website=The Guardian|date=17 May 2005|access-date=4 November 2022}} Irish website Entertainment.ie found that "she certainly delivers these riff-laden songs with gutsy conviction, and her backing band are as tight as they come. But the overall sound has a generic, processed feel to it, and poor old Mel can't write an interesting lyric to save her life. Beautiful Intentions certainly rocks hard, but ultimately it fails to convince."{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/uncategorized/melanie-c-beautiful-intentions-177344/|title=Melanie C – Beautiful Intentions|website=Entertainment.ie|date=18 April 2005 |access-date=4 November 2022}} Matthias Manthe from laut.de called Beautiful Intentions "a rock-solid album that doesn't compromise on chart compatibility; Sitting between the rock and pop chairs without stepping on anyone's toes. Mel C sings pleasant tunes about love and the injustices of business."{{cite web|first=Matthias|last=Manthe|url=https://www.laut.de/Melanie-C/Alben/Beautiful-Intentions-8071|title=Nicht weiter auffallen scheint ihre größte Stärke|website=laut.de|language=de|access-date=4 November 2022}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Beautiful Intentions.

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• Melanie Chisholm
• Paul Boddy
• Dele Ladimeji}}

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• Greg Haver
• Boddy}}

| length1 = 3:52

| title2 = Next Best Superstar

| writer2 = Adam Argyle

| extra2 = Haver

| length2 = 3:29

| title3 = Better Alone

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• Chisholm
• Peter-John Vettese}}

| extra3 = Haver

| length3 = 4:35

| title4 = Last Night on Earth

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• Chisholm
• Phil Thornalley
• Dave Munday}}

| extra4 = Haver

| length4 = 3:28

| title5 = You Will See

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• Chisholm
• Carsten Kroeyer
• Jacob Binzer
• Ajelown Owais
• Deborah Joshua}}

| extra5 = Haver

| length5 = 3:29

| title6 = Never Say Never

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• Chisholm
• Charlie Grant
• Peter Woodroffe}}

| extra6 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Grant
• Woodroffe}}

| length6 = 3:11

| title7 = Good Girl

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• Chisholm
• Tore Johansson}}

| extra7 = Haver

| length7 = 4:07

| title8 = Don't Need This

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• Chisholm
• Greg Hatwell
• Marc Lane}}

| extra8 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Hatwell}}

| length8 = 3:50

| title9 = Little Piece of Me

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• Chisholm
• Richard Buckton
• Woodroffe}}

| extra9 = Haver

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| title10 = Here and Now

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• Chisholm
• Mathew William Benbrook
• Simmons}}

| extra10 = Haver

| length10 = 4:29

| title11 = Take Your Pleasure

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• Chisholm
• Paul Boddy
• Dele Ladimeji}}

| extra11 = Haver

| length11 = 3:11

| title12 = You'll Get Yours

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• Chisholm
• Vettese}}

| extra12 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Vettese}}

| length12 = 4:43

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| headline = 2006 re-issue edition

| title1 = First Day of My Life

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• Enrique Iglesias
• Chambers}}

| extra1 = Richard Flack

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = Beautiful Intentions

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• Chisholm
• Boddy
• Ladimeji}}

| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Boddy}}

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Next Best Superstar

| writer3 = Argyle

| extra3 = Haver

| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = Better Alone

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• Chisholm
• Vettese}}

| extra4 = Haver

| length4 = 4:35

| title5 = Last Night on Earth

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• Chisholm
• Thornalley
• Munday}}

| extra5 = Haver

| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = You Will See

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• Chisholm
• Kroeyer
• Binzer
• Owais
• Odedere}}

| extra6 = Haver

| length6 = 3:29

| title7 = Never Say Never

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• Chisholm
• Grant
• Woodroffe}}

| extra7 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Grant
• Woodroffe}}

| length7 = 3:11

| title8 = Good Girl

| writer8 = {{flat list|

• Chisholm
• Johansson}}

| extra8 = Haver

| length8 = 4:07

| title9 = Don't Need This

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• Chisholm
• Hatwell
• Lane}}

| extra9 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Hatwell}}

| length9 = 3:50

| title10 = Little Piece of Me

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• Chisholm
• Buckton
• Woodroffe}}

| extra10 = Haver

| length10 = 3:00

| title11 = Here and Now

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• Chisholm
• Benbrook
• Simmons}}

| extra11 = Haver

| length11 = 4:29

| title12 = Take Your Pleasure

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• Chisholm
• Boddy
• Ladimeji}}

| extra12 = Haver

| length12 = 3:11

| title13 = You'll Get Yours

| writer13 = {{flat list|

• Chisholm
• Vettese}}

| extra13 = {{flat list|

• Haver
• Vettese}}

| length13 = 4:43

| title14 = First Day of My Life

| note14 = Making of the music video

| length14 = 4:05

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{{track listing

| headline = Brazilian bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = First Day of My Life

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• Iglesias
• Chambers}}

| extra13 = Flack

| length13 = 4:04

| title14 = Everything Must Change

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• Chisholm
• Henry Priestman
• Guy Batson}}

| extra14 = The Erneez

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• Chisholm
• Johansson}}

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• Chisholm
• Johansson}}

| extra16 = Haver

| length16 = 3:24

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| title13 = First Day of My Life

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• Iglesias
• Chambers}}

| extra13 = Flack

| length13 = 4:04

| title14 = Runaway

| writer14 = {{flat list|

• Chisholm
• Johansson}}

| extra14 = Haver

| length14 = 3:24

| title15 = Next Best Superstar

| note15 = Culprit One club mix

| writer15 = Argyle

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| length15 = 5:29

| title16 = Better Alone

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{{Track listing

| headline = Portuguese re-release bonus tracks

| title13 = First Day of My Life

| note13 = RFM − live acoustic

| length13 = 4:05

| title14 = Better Alone

| note14 = RFM − live acoustic

| length14 = 3:01

| title15 = Here and Now

| note15 = RFM − live acoustic

| length15 = 3:27

| title16 = Next Best Superstar

| note16 = RFM − live acoustic

| length16 = 3:21

| title17 = Beautiful Intentions

| note17 = RFM − live acoustic

| length17 = 4:03

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{{Track listing

| headline = Singaporean bonus DVD

| title13 = Next Best Superstar

| note13 = Music Video

| length13 = 3:31

| title14 = Better Alone

| note14 = UK Music Video

| length14 = 3:59

| title15 = Beautiful Intentions

| note15 = E.P.K

| length15 = 17:52

| title16 = Photo Gallery

| length16 = 3:00

| title17 = Biography

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| title13 = Next Best Superstar

| note13 = music video

| length13 = 3:31

| title14 = Better Alone

| note14 = European music video

| length14 = 3:06

| title15 = First Day of My Life

| note15 = music video

| length15 = 4:04

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• Melanie Chisholm – vocals
• Paul Gendler – guitars
• Trevor Barry – bass guitar
• Martin Slattery – piano
• Paul Stanborough – acoustic guitar
• Greg Hatwell – guitars, backing vocals
• Jenni Tarma – bass guitar
• Nick Nasmyth – keyboards

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• Richard Flack – percussion, drum programming
• Vinnie Lammi – drums, percussion, additional programming
• Fergus Gerrand – drums, percussion
• Paul Boddy – synthesizers, programming
• Peter-John Vettese – synthesizers, keyboards
• Jimmy Robertson – additional programming
• Clint Murphy – additional programming

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class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Weekly chart performance for Beautiful Intentions ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Peak position

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{{album chart|UK|24|artist=Melanie C|rowheader=true|access-date=21 April 2017}}

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2005 year-end chart performance for Beautiful Intentions !scope="col"|Chart (2005) !scope="col"|Position

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Beautiful Intentions|artist=Melanie C |type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2005|relyear=2005|access-date=8 September 2019}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=Beautiful Intentions|artist=Melanie C |type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2005|relyear=2005|access-date=8 September 2019}}

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