What's Left of Me (album)

What's Left of Me is the second solo album by American singer-songwriter Nick Lachey, released on May 9, 2006, by Jive Records and Zomba. The album includes the hit ballad "What's Left of Me", which to date is Lachey's most successful single as a solo artist. Other singles included are titled "I Can't Hate You Anymore" and "Resolution". On June 14, 2006, What's Left of Me was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 500,000 copies, making it the first Lachey solo album to be certified by the RIAA. Lachey embarked on the What's Left of Me Tour in support of the album.

What's Left of Me
Studio album by Nick Lachey
Released	May 9, 2006
Recorded	October 2005–February 2006
Studio	Various Chalice Studios (Los Angeles) Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles) Bliss Recordings (Hollywood, CA) Glorified Mono Productions (Nashville) Glomo Studios (Nashville) Warner-Chappell Studios (Los Angeles) Little Nicky's Studio (Calabasas, CA) Murlyn Studios (Stockholm) Decibel Studios (Stockholm) Dark Horse Studios (Franklin, TN) Rocket Carousel Studio (Los Angeles)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	44:30
Label	Jive Zomba
Producer	Xandy Barry Wally Gagel Emanuel Kiriakou Dan Muckala Rob Wells Anders Bagge Andreas Carlsson Peer Åström
Nick Lachey chronology
SoulO (2003) What's Left of Me (2006) A Father's Lullaby (2013)
Singles from What's Left of Me
"What's Left of Me" Released: February 21, 2006 "I Can't Hate You Anymore" Released: October 30, 2006 "Resolution" Released: December 12, 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What's Left of Me"	Nick Lachey Jess Cates Emanuel Kiriakou Lindy Robbins	Emanuel Kiriakou	4:06
2.	"I Can't Hate You Anymore"	Lachey Cates Robbins Rob Wells	Rob Wells	3:54
3.	"On Your Own"	Xandy Barry Wally Gagel Luke McMaster	Wally Gagel Xandy Barry	3:06
4.	"Outside Looking In"	Dan Muckala Robbins Cates Lachey	Dan Muckala	3:20
5.	"Shades of Blue"	Muckala Liz Vidal	Muckala	4:18
6.	"Beautiful"	Andreas Carlsson Anders Bagge Lachey Peer Åström	Anders Bagge Peer Åström Andreas Carlsson	3:34
7.	"Everywhere But Here"	Wells Greg Johnston David Martin	Wells	3:29
8.	"I Do It for You"	Carlsson Bagge Lachey Åström	Bagge Åström Carlsson	3:23
9.	"Run to Me"	Muckala Robbins Cates Lachey	Muckala	3:32
10.	"Ghosts"	Jamie Cullum Kara DioGuardi Greg Wells	Greg Wells Kara DioGuardi	4:10
11.	"You're Not Alone"	Carlsson Bagge Lachey Åström	Bagge Åström Carlsson	3:43
12.	"Resolution"	Lachey R. Wells Robbins Cates	R. Wells	3:55

Additional tracks

1. "Did I Ever Tell You" (Nick Lachey, Adam Anders, Pamela Sheyne) (US Target stores bonus track) – 3:53
2. "Alone" (UK and Japanese bonus track) – 3:28
3. "Because I Told You So" (Jonatha Brooke) (Japanese bonus track) – 3:45
4. "Don't Shut Me Out" (Nick Lachey, Adam Anders, Pamela Sheyne) – 3:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[2]

Vocals

• Emanuel Kiriakou – background vocals (1)
• Xandy Barry – background vocals (3)
• Dan Muckala – background vocals (4)
• Luke Brown – background vocals (5, 9)
• Nick Lachey – background vocals (1, 5, 9)

Instrumentation

• Emanuel Kiriakou – bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards (1)
• Greg Johnston – bass, electric guitar (2, 4)
• Wally Gagel – bass, guitar (1, 3)
• Sebastian Nylund – bass (6, 8), guitar (6, 8, 11)
• Greg Wells – bass, drums (9)
• Adam Lester – guitar (4, 9)
• Corky James – guitar (8, 11)
• David Martin – acoustic guitar (7)
• Chuck Butler – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (4, 5, 9)
• Jess Cates – piano (1)
• Peter Ljung – piano (6)
• Jamie Cullum – piano (10)
• Rob Wells – piano (2, 7, 12)
• Dan Muckala – piano, keyboards (4, 5, 9)
• Dan Needham – drums (4, 5, 9)
• Joey Waronker – drums, percussion (3)
• Jimi Englund – percussion (1)

Technical

• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Dim'e Krnjaic – assistant mix engineer
• Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineer
• Tom Coyne – mastering

Artwork

• Olaf Heine – photography
• Jackie Murphy – art direction, design
• Sean Kinney – art direction, design
• Samantha McMillen – stylist
• Diana Schmidtke – groomer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for What's Left of Me Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 13 Irish Albums (IRMA)[4] 21 UK Albums (OCC)[5] 91 US Billboard 200[6] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for What's Left of Me in 2006 Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[7] 107

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "What's Left of Me - Nick Lachey". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
2. What's Left of Me (booklet). Nick Lachey. Jive. 2006. 82876-83257-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. "Australiancharts.com – Nick Lachey – What's Left of Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
4. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 32, 2006". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
5. "Nick Lachey | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
6. "Nick Lachey Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
7. "Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2006". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
8. "American album certifications – Nick Lachey – What's Left of Me". Recording Industry Association of America.