Katy Perry - Fingerprints (2007)

As mentioned in the previous post for Katy Perry's '(A) Katy Perry' album, Glen Ballard's Java Records label severed ties with The Island Def Jam Music Group in 2006, and Perry was signed to Columbia Records, where she spent two years writing and recording new material for her first album for the label, to be called 'Fingerprints'. A few songs were left over from the '(A) Katy Perry' sessions, and so these were a starting point for the 'Fingerprints' recordings, and tracks which were confirmed as being on the album included 'Box', 'Fingerprints', 'Thinking Of You', 'Self Inflicted', 'Waking Up In Vegas', 'A Cup Of Coffee', plus 'Hook Up' and 'Wish You The Worst', both from the '(A) Katy Perry' sessions. Four of these songs would eventually end up on her official debut album 'One Of The Boys', while 'A Cup Of Coffee' was included as a bonus track on the re-issue that record. She collaborated with singer Ferras on a couple of songs around this time, but they were only ever performed at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas in 2007, but as they were from the right period I've included 'Rush' in the track listing. 'Box' was intended to be the first single from the '(A) Katy Perry' album, but when that was cancelled by Columbia as they couldn't figure out how to promote her, it was salvaged to form part of 'Fingerprints', and so now opens the album. 'Sex Sells' is a song that was written with David A Stewart in an effort to experiment with her image after she was dumped by Columbia and 'Fingerprints' was shelved, so I've included it on here are it's from the right time-frame, and remains unreleased. The title track is the un-mastered demo version, and that completes the second album from Katy Perry that her record company didn't feel worthy of release, and I bet they're kicking themselves now at their short-sightedness.

Track listing

01 Box
02 I Can 
03 Fingerprints
04 Psycho Love
05 Spend The Night
06 Rush (feat. Ferras)
07 The Driveway
08 A Cup Of Coffee
09 Sex Sells
10 Look But Don't Touch 
11 I Think I'm Ready 
12 Rock God