The English Rose

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The English Rose
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Studio album by Coral Harris
Released 20 August, 2012
Genre(s) R&B, british hip hop, grime
Length 49:17
Label Next Generation Records
Producer C.Harris, Mark Hoppus, Richard Rawson
Chart positions #1
Certification Platinum
Coral Harris Chronology
The English Rose
(2012)
Singles from The English Rose
  1. "Last Night On Earth"
    Released: 21 May, 2012
  2. "City Lights"
    Released: 27 August, 2012


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[edit | edit source]

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Release and reception[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  • "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[edit | edit source]

  • "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[edit | edit source]

The tracklisting was confirmed on 6 August, 2012.

# Title Writer(s) Featured artist
"The English Rose: Standard Edition"
1. "My Name Is" Coral Harris
2. "Last Night On Earth" Coral Harris
3. "How To Break A Boy's Heart" Coral Harris
4. "Masquerade" Afrika Rose
5. "In Your Dreams" Afrika Rose
6. "City Lights" Coral Harris
7. "Shake You Off" Ama Slater
8. "Leavin'" Sienna Martinez
9. "Hard Shoulder" Coral Harris
10. "The Prettiest Of Girls" Coral Harris Vixen
11. "Ride It" Coral Harris
12. "Karate Chop" Coral Harris
13. "Rock Bottom" Coral Harris
14. "Man Dem" Coral Harris
15. "Female Domination" Coral Harris
"The English Rose: Deluxe Edition"
16. "Toyboy" Charlee Brookes Intoxicated
17. "The Haze" 8-BIT 8-BIT
18. "Guy Like You" Ruby Stephingham Ruby and the Gems

Charts[edit | edit source]

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.

Chart Run - Urapostar Albums Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Position 1 2 5 5 6 9 10 12 14 13 10 17

Overall sales: 471,026

Charts (2012) Peak
UK Albums Chart 1