a hard time for me. Before I got the deal, I had a very difficult teen life as a drug addict and a runaway." Along with "Somebody", which was featured on the soundtrack album of Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004). Reception Johnny Loftus of AllMusic gave a lukewarm review, saying "McKee's lyrics about adolescent empowerment and the ways of the heart aren't too different from what's already out there. But the songs still share the album's affected quality. It's as if the quirkier arrangements are intended as image builders, designed to add a spunky flair to the tousled, sassy McKee. Pop music doesn't require very much substance -- it's meant to be inviting, familiar, and easily accessible. But while Bonnie McKee's debut features an ultra-modern sound that's been proven successful, its homogenization ends up working against it. Pretty but ultimately empty, Trouble doesn't establish McKee as anything more than another hopeful" Tom Lanham of Paste magazine praised Trouble, which he considered "a great little folk-pop-punk album". MTV would later describe Trouble as "an astonishingly precocious (and criminally underrated) set of soulful pop-rock gems". However, despite good reviews, the album disappointed commercially, moving fewer than 17,000 copies. McKee was subsequently dropped from Reprise Records. McKee spoke about the album being unsuccessful, saying "It was devastating when the album didn't happen," she said. "I realized there are so many steps from getting a deal to having a hit...and I didn't get there. It was a huge letdown." But reflecting on the album's underperformance considering her eventual success as a songwriter, McKee stated that "had Trouble done what I wanted it to, I may have been caught in Hot AC land forever, which is just not my style." Track listing Credits Bonnie McKee - vocals, keyboards Paul Bushnell - bass on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Rob Cavallo - acoustic guitar on 1, 10, 12; electric guitar on 2 Greg Curtis - 3 (Hammond organ) on 4 Dan Chase - Pro Tools on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12; programming on 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 Luis Conte - percussion on 1, 2 Eric Ferguson - Pro Tools on 5, 6, 10 Bashiri Johnson - percussion on 11 Robbie Kondor - piano on 11 Abe Laboriel Jr. - drums on 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 Doug McKean - Pro Tools on