Funky Dory is the solo debut album by English singer Rachel Stevens.
[1][2] It became Stevens' most successful album release, and reached number nine in the United Kingdom, where it was certified gold.
The Observer critic Peter Robinson called Funky Dory "an excellent album.
While Halliwell's first album was about killing off Ginger, Stevens is not lumbered with any such task since, despite having spent half a decade as one of pop's biggest names, Rachel had no personality [...] Twelve-year-olds will rightly believe they're too old for S Club 8, but they won't be very impressed with the taut New Jill Swing of "I Got the Money", while the steely "Silk" (Erotica-era Madonna with Britney's "I'm a Slave 4 U" verse melody and a sudden, magnificent James Bond flourish in the middle eight) is cool and sassy but a massive Hi-NRG overhaul away from prompting a "Reach"-style amyl nitrate moment down at G-A-Y.
[4] The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) after three days and reached gold status on 10 October 2003.