Camouflage

Camouflage
Studio album by Meaghan
Released	March 15, 2010
Recorded	2009-2010
Genre	Pop, dance
Length	45:47
Label	Club Penguin Music Records
Producer	Childpengu1, Meaghan, Yusei, TrillBron
Meaghan chronology
Camouflage (2010) CandyLand (2011)
Singles from Camouflage
"Silence" Released: January 5, 2010 "Dance or Else..." Released: February 5, 2010 "Flipper Zone" Released: March 25, 2010 "Ding Dong" Released: April 25, 2010 "My Luck: Reloaded" Released: May 7, 2010 "Snow Fairytale" Released: June 2, 2010

Camouflage is the first studio album by Telahphonian DJ, dancer and singer Meaghan. The album was released on March 15, 2010 in Tel Ah Phon, UnitedTerra and several other countries. The recording of the album look place between early 2009-2010 when Meaghan was invited by DJ Crow to the Night Club to sign a record deal for the album to be done. Meaghan said on an interview that all songs were inspired of having fun, and silence was not the exception, she said that silence was about being on a boring day and hearing music was the best idea in that experience. The album was set to be released in early Autumn 2010, but as the songs were ready, they released it early. Six singles were released from the album. The album had adequate success.

Background

The album was set to release in early Autumn 2010, but as it was finished early, they released it in March, 2010. It is available to download via iceTunes and in stores. Is rumored that DJ Crow is going to be featured in one of the songs for the Deluxe Edition, this hasn't been confirmed yet by Meaghan or DJ Crow himself. Something that has been told by Meaghan is that in one of her songs for the Deluxe Edition she will introduce 2 new singers in the music industry. Nothing more is released.

Meaghan also said that she is trying to introduce Cadence in one of the deluxe edition bonus tracks, and Cadence said that Meaghan hadn't contact her but she would be glad to participate. Silence is one of the much songs Meaghan likes. Meaghan said proudly in an interview: "I'm glad I can say that there are going to be 7 singles from my record Camouflage". The album is produced by Childpengu1. He said: "I'm producing the album for my friend Meaghan as she is starting this business right now".

Meaghan's parents are very proud of her effort and of what she has done, and they say that if it keeps like this, Meaghan will be a big penguin. Meaghan appeared in the Antarctic Music Awards performing 3 songs: The Campfire Song Song, an unknown song that Meaghan said "It's an upcoming thing! Stay tuned!" and Silence.

Recording

The recording of the album was started right after Meaghan signed the record deal with DJ Crow. She started recording her remixes using the DJ3K. The recordings were made at Tel Ah Phon, at the private studio called "No Music comes out" for preventing the leakage of songs; Meaghan stated: "I wanna have this recording very exclusively as it is my first album and I wanna take it very professionally". Meaghan invited 2 of her old friends into the recordings, and she said they are gonna help her soon. The currently unknown boys told an interviewer: "We have known MJ since we were chicks! She said she wants to introduce us into the music industry".

Reception

The album peaked at number 1 on the Top 10 Album Chart in Tel Ah Phon. It made 32,000,000 EpsilonO'Megas (Tel Ah Phon currency) in the first 4 days of the release. Meaghan said "I'm so glad many people liked my debut album as I know by the earnings, lol!" The first single of the album, Silence, peaked at #2 in downloads on iceTunes. It had a Double Platinum certification by the RIAAC, as it sold 2,320,142 units.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Meaghan A	2:29
2.	"Flipper Zone"	Childpengu1 C	3:32
3.	"Forgetful"	Cadence A	2:50
4.	"Ding Dong"	Childpengu1 B C	3:20
5.	"Dance or Else..."	Childpengu1 A B C	3:57
6.	"Just My Luck"	TrillBron	5:11
7.	"You're Only a Useless Toy"	Meaghan	4:05
8.	"Switch to Plan B"	Yusei	3:53
9.	"My Luck: Reloaded" (featuring DJ Crow, Cadence & Tim and Tom)	Childpengu1B	4:29
10.	"Can You Hear Me"	Childpengu1 C	4:38
11.	"Snow Fairytale"	Childpengu1 B C	4:14
12.	"Silence"	Meaghan B	3:09

iceTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Mega Rockstar"	Childpengu1	3:14
14.	"Backwards"	Childpengu1	2:52
15.	"Charger"	Meaghan	3:20
16.	"Wallet"	Childpengu1	2:34
17.	"Something In My Name"	Childpengu1	3:49

Notes:

^A - Indicates it is an instrumental song, and has no lyrics.
^B - Was written by Meaghan.
^C - Was written by Childpengu1.

Release and promotion

Artwork

According to Childpengu1, Meaghan wanted a fresh and new concept for a cover art. Meaghan stated that she didn't want herself to appear on the cover for the album, as she said it was already "repeated". She wanted a unique cover. Childpengu1 said Meaghan told him "I want to be different. I try not to be one of those pop or R&B stars that take everything too seriously. I do this because I love music, not for the money, so I don't want to appear on the cover."

There's one cover for each of the 3 different editions.

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  The cover of the standard edition of Camouflage.

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  The deluxe edition cover.

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  The Limited deluxe edition cover art.

Singles

Originally, there were 7 planned singles for Camouflage. At the press conference for the last single "Snow Fairytale", it was stated that there were only 6 singles at the end. The planned 7th single was "You're Only A Useless Toy", but Meaghan's record label cancelled it for unknown reasons.

The first single "Silence" was a universal hit. Meaghan got her name on the world by releasing the song. The second single "Dance or Else..." had a bigger reception that that of Silence, as "Dance or Else..." got 4,470,895 units sold, making it a 4× Platinum single by the RIAAC.

The third single "Flipper Zone" was the least selling single, but still managed to get a Golden certification. The fourth single "Ding Dong" peaked at #1 in the Tel Ah Phon "Hot 50", followed by a previously mentioned single from Meaghan: Silence. In UnitedTerra charts it peaked #3. In Club Penguin charts it peaked at #2. The fifth single "My Luck: Reloaded" was the second most selling single from Meaghan, after "Dance or Else...". It sold 4,077,624 units. The sixth and final single from the album, "Snow Fairytale", didn't get many interest from the media and fans. Still, it managed to get a Golden certification.

Overall, critics enjoyed the singles spawned from Camouflage.

Editions

There are officially 3 different editions for Camouflage.

• Standard Edition
  • Includes the 12 songs of Camouflage.

• Deluxe Edition
  • Includes the 12 songs of Camouflage plus 5 bonus tracks
    • Only available on iceTunes.

• Limited Deluxe Edition
  • Included the same material as the Deluxe Edition plus the music videos of all singles and Behind the Scenes footage.
    • Only available on iceTunes.

Reception

Critical response

There were lots of reviews, the best was by the magazine "Penguins Right Now" as it gave a rating of 9.8/10 and the reporter said "I have never heard a fresh, cool and professional work like this, Meaghan is here to stay!". There were bad reviews too, the worst was from Mabel; "This Meaghan is totally boring, her sounds are horrible!" and gave a rating of 2/100. Meaghan answered with this: "We all know her, she's as grumpy as one of my grandpas!"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Club Penguin	March 15, 2010	Club Penguin Music Records	CD, digital download
UnitedTerra
USA
Freezeland
Pengolia
Puffle'and
Dorkugal
Castillan Empire
Snowzerland
Frankterre

See also

• DJ Crow
• Tel Ah Phon
• Club Penguin Island
• Penguin Official Music Charts
• United States of Antarctica