The English Rose

The English Rose is the debut studio album by British pop singer-songwriter and rapper Coral Harris, due to be released via her own label, Next Generation Records on 20 August, 2012.

The album was recorded for three years, with work starting in the Summer of 2010. By the following summer, material had began to form, and Coral felt she was ready to start introducing the world to her music. Despite the fact only half her album was done, a promotional download-only single "Hard Shoulder" was released in November 2011, and charted at #2 on the download chart. While she continued to work on the album, Coral maintained the public's attention by featuring on other artist's singles, such as "The Haze", "Toyboy" and the number one single "Guy Like You". This gave Coral enough time to finally come close to finishing her album, and in May the debut single, "Last Night On Earth" was released, peaking at #2. After only a few more months, the album was finally ready. As a build up for the album, it was released alongside another download-only promotional release, "Karate Chop" as well as Coral's second single "City Lights". The album is considered a mix of genres, featuring pop, dance and R&B, however it is primarily Grime. The majority of the tracks on the album were written by Coral herself, and she also produced several records. Due to the album being in development for such a long period of time, there is a lot of hype towards it's release.

Background
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Release and reception
The English Rose was released on 20 August, 2012, two weeks after the release of "Karate Chop" and one week before the album's second single, "City Lights".

Singles

 * "Last Night On Earth" was released as the album's first single on 21 May, 2012. It debuted at #2 on the charts and went on to spend 11 weeks on the chart and recieve a platinum certification.
 * "City Lights" is the second official single from the album with a release date of 27 August, 2012. It is released the week after the album and debuted at #? on the charts.

Other singles

 * "Hard Shoulder" was released on 21 November, 2011 as Coral's first promotional release. It was released only on the download chart, where it peaked at #2 in it's third week.
 * "Karate Chop" is the second promotional single, released on 6 August, 2012 on the download chart only. It is released as a buzz single for the album and "City Lights" which were both released later in the month. It peaked at #1 on the download chart.

Tracklisting
The tracklisting was confirmed on 6 August, 2012.

Charts
The English Rose was released on 20 August, 2012. It debuted at #1 on the album chart with first week sales of 98,324 copies sold.

Overall sales: 471,026