Stronger (Kate Ryan album)

Stronger
Studio album by Kate Ryan
Released	March 26, 2004
Length	57:02
Label	EMI Belgium
Producer	AJ Duncan Martin Hanzén Jimmy Thörnfeldt Phil Wilde
Kate Ryan chronology
Different (2002) Stronger (2004) Alive (2006)
Singles from Stronger
"Only If I" Released: February 21, 2004 "The Promise You Made/La Promesse" Released: June 12, 2004 "Goodbye" Released: November 06, 2004

Stronger is the second studio album by Belgian singer Kate Ryan, released in 2004 in Europe and 2005 in the United States.

Stronger includes the hits singles "Only If I", "The Promise You Made", and "Goodbye".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

AllMusic editor John Lucas rated the album four out of five stars. He noted Alive was "notably less club-oriented than its predecessors, instead aiming for a modern pop sound" and called it her by "far her strongest, lacking the filler that weighed down her first two. Indeed almost any of the 13 tracks could have been strong singles in their own right, something that could certainly not have been said of Different or Stronger [...] All in all, Alive is an underrated set."

Track listing

"Hurry Up" was produced by Martin Hanzén and Jimmy Thörnfeldt; all other songs were produced by AJ Duncan and Phil Wilde

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Another Day"	Andy Janssens Phil Wilde Steven Tracey	4:43
2.	"Only If I"	Jeanette Olsson Niclas Kings Niklas Bergwall	3:52
3.	"Je lance un appel"	Wilde Marc Gilson	4:04
4.	"The Promise You Made" (originally by Cock Robin)	Peter Kingsbery	3:28
5.	"Hands Up"	Kate Ryan Janssens Wilde Tracey	3:43
6.	"I Like the Way"	Ryan Janssens Wilde Tracey	3:42
7.	"Scream & Shout"	Ryan Janssens Wilde Tracey	4:25
8.	"Can You Fix This?"	Ryan Janssens Wilde Wanda Walker Janssens	4:04
9.	"Start Me Up"	Ryan Janssens Wilde Tracey	3:33
10.	"Hurry Up"	Ryan Janssens Wilde	3:14
11.	"The Rain"	Ryan	3:21
12.	"We Belong Together"	Ryan Janssens	3:56
13.	"Hard to Reveal"	Kate Ryan Janssens Wilde Walker Janssens	4:09
14.	"Goodbye"	Ryan Wilde	3:42

German bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"La promesse"	Kingsbery Jo Lemaire	3:29

2005 North American edition by Water Music Dance

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"The Promise You Made" (Extended Version)	Kingsbery	6:00
16.	"So In Love"	Ryan Janssens Wilde Shamrock	3:49
17.	"Libertine" (French lyrics)	Laurent Boutonnat Jean-Claude Déquéant	6:42

Personnel

• Kate Ryan – Vocals, lyricist
• Andy Janssens a.k.a. AJ Duncan – Producer, lyricist, conductor, pre–producer, keyboards, synths & protocols programming
• Phil Wilde – Producer, lyricist, conductor, keyboards, synths & protocols programming
• Martin Hanzén – Producer
• Jimmy Thörnfeldt – Producer
• Steven Tracey – Lyricist
• Niklas Bergwall – Lyricist
• Niclas Kings – Lyricist
• Jeanette Olsson – Lyricist
• Marc Gilson – Lyricist
• Wanda Walker Janssens – Lyricist
• Jo Lemaire – French translations ("La Promesse")
• Mieke Aerts – Backing vocals
• Jody Pijper – Backing vocals
• Patrick Vinx – Backing vocals
• Peter Bauwens – Backing vocals
• Eric Melaerts – Guitars
• Patrick Hamilton – Acoustic piano & strings arrangement
• Peter Bulkens – Mixing
• Sander van der Heide – Mastering
• Ivo Kljuce – Photography
• Bea Brych – Make–up

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Stronger

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	43
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	14

Certifications

Certifications for Stronger

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)	Gold	20,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.