From the Inside (Laura Pausini album)

From the Inside is Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini's English language debut album issued by Atlantic Records in 2002.

The album

The album contains twelve tracks and the most of the songs are classifiable with the pop genre, even if there's the "space" for some other genres such as in Love Comes From The Inside and I Do 2 Be. Two songs were first released in Italian and Spanish in former albums: It's Not Goodbye and Everyday Is A Monday. The latter was originally written in English and adapted later into Italian and Spanish, even if it was first released in these languages. Important songwriters appear in the credits of the album, such as Andreas Carlsson, K. C. Porter, but above all longtime Madonna's collaborator Patrick Leonard. The recording company (Atlantic Records) promoted the single Surrender more as a dance song (helped by the several remixes of the song) than a pop song. In this way, Surrender was able to reach #1 in the Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play. The same happened for the second single If that's love. In January 2003 the album was released in Europe as well.

Despite all Pausini's efforts, the album did not get the success it deserved in the United States. The reasons can be found in an incorrect promotion strategy followed by Atlantic Records which promoted the album as a dance album. That choice was disliked by Laura Pausini, who asked to have a meeting with then Atlantic's president. During the meeting she asked him to have From the Inside promoted in line with her artistic style, i.e. the style of an Adult contemporary singer. After receiving a refusal to that request, Laura Pausini threatened to drop the whole plan, but Atlantic did not believe her. Anyway Laura Pausini, very self-confident due to the fact that she already got a lot of success in Europe and Latin America, kept her promise and went back to Italy, leaving From the Inside to its destiny. The promotion of the album went on in Europe for some months.

Track listing

From the Inside

#	Title	Length
01.	“I Need Love” • Music & lyric: Kara DioGuardi, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé	3:54
02.	“Do I Dare” • Music & lyric: Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken	4:04
03.	“Surrender” • Music & lyric: Dane de Viller, Sean Hosein, Steven Smith, Anthony Anderson	3:57
04.	“If That’s Love” • Music & lyric: Andrew Logan, Pam Reswick	3:34
05.	“It’s Not Good–bye” • Music & lyric: Antonio Galbiati, Laura Pausini, Cheope • English adaptation: Shelly Peiken	4:38
06.	“Love Comes from the Inside” • Music & lyric: Patrick Leonard, Olivia d’Abo	3:57
07.	“Every Little Thing You Do” • Music & lyric: Stephanie Bentley, George Teren	3:59
08.	“Every Day Is a Monday” • Music & lyric: Andreas Carlsson, Alistair Thomson	3:06
09.	“You Are” • Music & lyric: Peter Bertilsson, Andreas Aleman	4:13
10.	“I Do To Be” • Music & lyric: Kara DioGuardi, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé, Jessica Pihlnäs	3:25
11.	“Without You” • Music & lyric: K. C. Porter, Eric Buffat, Arnie Roman	4:32
12.	“Every Little Thing You Do” piano/vocal reprise • Music & lyric: Stephanie Bentley, George Teren	2:53

Australian edition bonus tracks

#	Title	Length
13.	“Surrender” Toronto chilled mix	5:05
14.	“Surrender” Eric Kupper radio mix	4:06

Japanese edition bonus tracks

#	Title	Length
13.	“Surrender” Ford’s remix	7:44
14.	“Il mio sbaglio più grande” • Music: Andreas Carlsson, Alistair Thomson • Lyric: Laura Pausini, Giuseppe Dati, Cheope	3:05
15.	“In assenza di te” • Music: Antonio Galbiati • Lyric: Laura Pausini, Cheope	4:30

Chart performance

Album

Chart	Peak position
Italian FIMI Albums Chart	3
Swiss Albums Chart	4
Finnish Albums Chart	3
Swedish Albums Chart	24
French Albums Chart	34

Singles

Song	Chart	Peak position
“Surrender”	Italian FIMI Singles Chart	7
“Surrender” remix	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
“If That’s Love” remix	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1