First Call for Global Success

Studio album by Ericka Streets

***First Call for Global Success*** is the debut studio album by Ericka Streets, released on 7 December 2005 under Oyea Records. The album did surprisingly well, topping the album charts in both Kuboia and Jetania for several weeks, and was the best-selling album in 2006 in both.

Due to the album's success, a reissue – ***First Call for Global Success: Bejewelled***, was released on 10 April 2007. Promoted by the single "Supernatural", it featured said song alongside "Exceptional" (from *Fashionistas with Issues*), "Freed" (a "part two" to "Free"), "Princess", and "Lady La La" - additionally, for release in Hispanophone countries, the reissue also included "Libre", the Spanish version of "Free". A DVD was also included with this version. The reissue is now out-of-print, as when Ericka moved to Favelopia, the album received a rerelease with "Supernatural" (as well as "Libre" in Hispanophone countries) included on the standard track list and the rest of the *Bejewelled* bonus tracks being placed in a deluxe edition.

## Release

Originally intended to be released in June 2005, the album release was postponed due to concerns that Mariah Carey's *The Emancipation of Mimi* would overtake the sales of *First Call for Global Success*. While the new release date was originally 6 December 2005, it was released in Kuboia and neighbouring countries one day late - 7 December 2005. Internationally, the album was released on 17 January 2006 on CD, and digitally (including Kuboia and neighbouring countries) on 6 February 2006.

### Censorship

All physical copies of the standard edition of *First Call for Global Success* sold under Oyea Records are censored, but the digital release was made available uncensored, albeit at a higher price. The reissue, *First Call for Global Success: Bejewelled*, received an explicit physical release, but only the CD was explicit whereas the DVD was censored. Additionally, even on the edited version, "Libre" remains explicit with Ericka saying "mierda" (Spanish for "shit").

When Favelopia re-released the album in 2009, the standard edition was made available on CD with uncensored lyrics. In Salliland and Barnland, between 24 March 2008 and 12 November 2010, the albums were unavailable in explicit form due to Ericka presenting on Nickelodeon Salliland.

## Track listing

* Original Oyea Records release
* 2009 Favelopia rerelease

1. "Free"
2. "Down On It" (featuring ZD and Tammy Poehler)
3. "Getting Dirty"
4. "Get into the Groove"
5. "Up So High"
6. "Dream Sometimes"
7. "In My Head"
8. "Troubled Beauty"
9. "In This Position"
10. "I'm So Fly"
11. "By Your Side"
12. "Sunrise"
13. "What Do You Know?"
14. "More Than Just a Story" (with Spy Fandel)

### *Bejewelled* edition (bonus tracks)

15. "Supernatural"
16. "Exceptional"
17. "Princess"
18. "Lady La La"
19. "Freed" (moved to track 20 on the Japanese and Spanish/Latin American editions)
### *Bejewelled* edition (bonus DVD)

1. "Here We Go" (music video)
2. "Mornin' Come (Sun Don't Shine)" (music video)
3. "Dream Sometimes" (music video)
4. "Free" (second music video)
5. "More Than Just a Story" (music video)
6. "Down On It" (music video; censored version)
7. "Troubled Beauty" (music video)
8. "Supernatural" (music video; censored version)

### Japanese edition (bonus track)

15/20. "Love on Fire"

1. "Free"
2. "Down On It" (featuring ZD and Tammy Poehler)
3. "Supernatural"
4. "Getting Dirty"
5. "Get into the Groove"
6. "Up So High"
7. "Dream Sometimes"
8. "In My Head"
9. "Troubled Beauty"
10. "In This Position"
11. "I'm So Fly"
12. "By Your Side"
13. "Sunrise"
14. "What Do You Know?"
15. "More Than Just a Story" (with Spy Fandel)

### Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)

16. "Exceptional"
17. "Princess"
18. "Lady La La"
19. "Freed" (moved to track 20 on the Japanese and Spanish/Latin American editions)
### Spanish and Latin American edition (bonus track)

16/20. "Libre" (Spanish version of "Free")
## Alternative covers

Cover art for the original Oyea Records release and for edited Favelopia releasesCover art of the *Bejewelled* reissueCover art of the *Bejewelled* reissue (explicit version)Cover art of the 2009 Favelopia re-release - the edited version uses the original Oyea Records cover and the Middle Eastern release uses a "modest" version of the Oyea Records coverUsed in several Muslim-majority countries on both the Oyea Records and Favelopia releases, as the original covers were deemed too "provocative" according to Sharia law