Funky Dory

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title: "Funky Dory" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2003-debut-albums", "rachel-stevens-albums", "albums-produced-by-stephen-lipson", "albums-produced-by-bloodshy-&-avant", "albums-produced-by-mike-peden", "19-recordings-albums", "polydor-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Dory" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Funky Dory
type	studio
artist	Rachel Stevens
cover	rachelfunkydoryoriginal.jpg
released	29 September 2003
studio	London, England
Stockholm, Sweden
genre	Pop
length	40:00
label
next_title	Come and Get It
next_year	2005
misc	{{Singles
name	Funky Dory
type	studio
single1	Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex
single1date	15 September 2003
single2	Funky Dory
single2date	8 December 2003
header	Alternative cover
type	studio
cover	Rachel Stevens Funky Dory rerelease.jpg
caption	2004 re-issue artwork
name	Funky Dory (re-issue)
type	studio
single1	Some Girls
single1date	12 July 2004
single2	More, More, More
single2date	4 October 2004
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| name = Funky Dory | type = studio | artist = Rachel Stevens | cover = rachelfunkydoryoriginal.jpg | released = 29 September 2003 | recorded = | studio = London, England Stockholm, Sweden | genre = Pop | length = 40:00 | label = | producer =

• Arnthor
• BAG
• Bloodshy & Avant
• Yak Bondy
• Ben Chapman
• David Eriksen
• Martin Harrington
• Pete Hoffmann
• Stephen Lipson
• Wild Oscar
• Michael Peden
• B Rich
• Richard X
• Martin Sjølie
• Brio Taliaferro
• Jeremy Wheatley | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Come and Get It | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Singles | name = Funky Dory | type = studio | single1 = Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex | single1date = 15 September 2003 | single2 = Funky Dory | single2date = 8 December 2003 | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Rachel Stevens Funky Dory rerelease.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 2004 re-issue artwork | name = Funky Dory (re-issue) | type = studio | single1 = Some Girls | single1date = 12 July 2004 | single2 = More, More, More | single2date = 4 October 2004 Funky Dory is the solo debut album by English singer Rachel Stevens. It was released by Polydor Records on 29 September 2003 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by various record producers, including Bloodshy & Avant and Richard X. Funky Dory received a positive reception from music critics who complimented its surprising diversity, charm and relative depth. It became Stevens' most successful album release, and reached number nine in the United Kingdom, where it was certified gold. On 16 July 2004, the album was reissued in the United Kingdom, including three new songs, and reached number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception

| rev1 = RTÉ | rev1score = | rev2 = The Observer | rev2score =

The Observer critic Peter Robinson called Funky Dory "an excellent album. It's stylish, decadent and temperamental, and it's teeming with melodrama: like a Geri Halliwell album, but not crap. And there's a total absence of desperation. While Halliwell's first album was about killing off Ginger, Stevens is not lumbered with any such task since, despite having spent half a decade as one of pop's biggest names, Rachel had no personality [...] Twelve-year-olds will rightly believe they're too old for S Club 8, but they won't be very impressed with the taut New Jill Swing of "I Got the Money", while the steely "Silk" (Erotica-era Madonna with Britney's "I'm a Slave 4 U" verse melody and a sudden, magnificent James Bond flourish in the middle eight) is cool and sassy but a massive Hi-NRG overhaul away from prompting a "Reach"-style amyl nitrate moment down at G-A-Y."

Chart performance

Funky Dory debuted and peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart. The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) after three days and reached gold status on 10 October 2003. It descended from the top-seventy-five after six weeks. The albums re-issue debuted at number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart in 2004, selling 14,600 copies in its first week, becoming the hundred and eightieth best-selling album of 2004 in the UK. Together, both editions have sold over 110,000 copies in the UK.

Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length =

| title1 = Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex | length1 = 3:28 | writer1 = | extra1 = Bloodshy & Avant

| title2 = Funky Dory | length2 = 3:12 | writer2 = | extra2 =

| title3 = Fools | length3 = 3:13 | writer3 = | extra3 = BAG & Arnthor

| title4 = Breathe In, Breathe Out | length4 = 3:14 | writer4 = | extra4 = Stephen Lipson

| title5 = Glide | length5 = 3:38 | writer5 = | extra5 = Bloodshy & Avant

| title6 = Heaven Has to Wait | length6 = 4:10 | writer6 = | extra6 = Bloodshy & Avant

| title7 = Blue Afternoon | length7 = 4:14 | writer7 = | extra7 = Bondy

| title8 = I Got the Money | length8 = 4:05 | writer8 = | extra8 =

| title9 = Little Secret | length9 = 3:28 | writer9 = | extra9 = Eriksen

| title10 = Solid | length10 = 3:47 | writer10 = | extra10 = | title11 = Silk | length11 = 3:36 | writer11 = | extra11 = Peden | extra_column = Producer(s) | headline = United Kingdom edition and 2023 digital reissue bonus track

| title12 = Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex | note12 = Bimbo Jones Club Mix | length12 = 6:46 | writer12 = | extra12 = | headline = 2004 reissue | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length =

| title1 = Some Girls | length1 = 3:34 | writer1 = | extra1 =

| title2 = Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex | length2 = 3:28 | writer2 = | extra2 = Bloodshy & Avant

| title3 = Funky Dory | note3 = single version | length3 = 3:13 | writer3 = | extra3 =

| title4 = Fools | length4 = 3:13 | writer4 = | extra4 = BAG & Arnthor

| title5 = Breathe In, Breathe Out | note5 = SWAT-Team version | length5 = 3:14 | writer5 = | extra5 =

| title6 = Glide | length6 = 3:38 | writer6 = | extra6 = Bloodshy & Avant

| title7 = Heaven Has to Wait | length7 = 4:10 | writer7 = | extra7 = Bloodshy & Avant

| title8 = More, More, More | length8 = 3:33 | writer8 = Gregg Diamond | extra8 = Wild Oscar

| title9 = Blue Afternoon | length9 = 4:14 | writer9 = | extra9 = Bondy

| title10 = I Got the Money | length10 = 4:05 | writer10 = | extra10 =

| title11 = Little Secret | length11 = 3:28 | writer11 = | extra11 = Eriksen

| title12 = Solid | length12 = 3:47 | writer12 = | extra12 =

| title13 = Silk | length13 = 3:36 | writer13 = | extra13 = Peden | extra_column = Producer(s) | headline = United Kingdom reissue bonus track

| title14 = Some Girls | note14 = Rhythm Masters Vocal Mix | length14 = 6:46 | writer14 = | extra14 =

| extra_column = Producer(s) | headline = B-side songs | title15 = Spin That Bottle | note15 = | length15 = 3:23 | writer15 = | extra15 = | title16 = Shoulda Thought of That | note16 = | length16 = 3:14 | writer16 = | extra16 =

Notes

• denotes remixer
• denotes additional producer

Charts

Weekly charts

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Year-end charts

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Chart (2003)	Position	UK Albums (OCC)	Chart (2004)	Position	UK Albums (OCC)
165
180
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Certifications

Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)	United Kingdom	Hong Kong	Canada	United Kingdom	United States
29 September 2003		Polydor	Original
9 March 2004
16 March 2004
16 July 2004	Re-release
26 June 2007	Re-release
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References

References

1. "Rachel Stevens – Funky Dory – RTÉ Ten". Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
2. (21 February 2011). "Rachel Stevens, Funky Dory: 5 stars | The Observer". The Guardian.
3. "2003 UK Singles Chart 2003". [[UKChartsPlus]].

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