By Your Side (Georgina Rodriquez album)

Georgina Rodriquez is the self-titled debut studio album by Flanders-based Kuboian singer Georgina Rodriquez. Despite being scheduled to be released on 24th April, 2005, some of the recording sessions were delayed and it was released on 10th July that year. DJ Kubin served as the executive producer.

Singles
Upon the album's release, "By Your Side" received a music video and significant airplay. Because of this, it was able to reached number 28 on the Karuboia charts and also reached number 40 on the Netherlands Dutch Top 40 chart.
 * The album's lead single, "Don't Back Down", was released on 29th August, 2004. Rodriquez made up the rhythm of the song by humming to herself one day. The song peaked at number three on the Karuboia charts.
 * The album's second single, "Magic", was released on 9th January, 2005. It went on to peak at number one on the Karuboia charts, becoming Rodriquez's only single to do so as of 2021.
 * The album's third single, "I'm So Special", was released on 19th June, 2005. Like "Don't Back Down", it peaked at number three on the Karuboia charts.

Critical reception
A review by the BBC gave the album a mixed review, praising Rodriquez's vocals but questioning the album's structure, stating "Georgina has a lovely voice, but she has fallen the victim of DJ Kubin's strange and unusual album structure and marketing.

Track listing

 * 1) "New Direction"
 * 2) "It's What You Do"
 * 3) "Don't Back Down"
 * 4) "I'm So Special"
 * 5) "State of Mind"
 * 6) "Not Gonna Get Us"
 * 7) "By Your Side"
 * 8) "Move It"
 * 9) "Magic"
 * 10) "This One's For the One"

iTunes bonus tracks

 * 11. "Can't Believe My Eyes"