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On her fourth album, Ciara works extensively with Terius “The-Dream” Nash and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, the duo who collaborated on four of Fantasy Ride's best tracks. Unsurprisingly, the move fosters the singer’s most consistent and unified release. For the most part, Nash and Stewart alter their ever-present sound just enough to avoid repeating themselves, albeit while incorporating some of their telltale sonic imprints -- the dive-bombing synths, the subtle background-vocal chirps, the unrivaled sonic opulence. They cover each base with great accuracy; there’s a bombastic intro, a sleazy club track, some playful pop, and a ballad with a feather-light touch among them. The euphoric “Speechless” is the best of the seven Nash/Stewart productions, working a kind of regal slow-motion glide with synthetic horns and trunk-shaking bottom as Ciara’s voice hovers in a love-struck daze. A few songs touch upon characteristics from Ciara’s first two albums without being complete retreads; the Infinity-produced “Yeah I Know,” for instance, enters like a low-profile update of “Goodies” -- Ciara is half confrontational, half flirtatious -- but incorporates a twisting, glitzed-out chorus. “Turn It Up,” featuring Usher, improves upon Ciara’s other attempts at aggressive dance-pop. It’s one of the few effective Euro-flavored club numbers to be fronted by an R&B artist. Altogether, this is one of 2010’s finest pop-R&B albums -- Ciara's best yet.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer, Recording Engineer - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Pat Thrall, Engineer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Giancarlo Lino, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ludacris, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - Ciara feat. Ludacris, Associated Performer - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Christopher Bridges, Composer, Lyricist - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Kenneth Coby, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Recording Engineer - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer - Chris Galland, Assistant Engineer - Jesus Garnica, Assistant Engineer - Soundz, Co-Producer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Kenneth Coby, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Molina, Composer, Lyricist - The agency, Producer - Nelson Kyle, Composer, Lyricist - Soundz, Producer - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer - Rogers Andrell, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Fleming, Composer, Lyricist - Chris O'Ryan, Engineer - Brian Thomas, Engineer - Gerald Coats, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Jesus Garnica, Assistant Engineer - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Eithan Ben-Horin, Composer, Lyricist - Keenan Coby, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jason Sherwood, Assistant Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Mark Gray, Assistant Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Infinity, Producer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Jordan Suecof, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jason Sherwood, Assistant Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans - Monte Neuble, Keyboards - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Michael Thompson, Guitar - ALEX AL, Bass - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Usher, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - Ciara feat. Usher, Associated Performer - Ester Dean, Composer, Lyricist - Tyler Williams, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Usher Raymond, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Josh Gudwin, Engineer - Brian Thomas, Recording Engineer - Hilton Humphrey, Composer, Lyricist - Aubry Delaine, Recording Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Martin Cooke, Assistant Engineer - Iain Findlay, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Jesus Garnica, Assistant Engineer - C. Stewart, Producer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Jason Sherwood, Assistant Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans - Monte Neuble, Keyboards - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - C. "Tricky" Stewart, Producer - Christopher Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Christopher Bridges, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro Cruz, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
On her fourth album, Ciara works extensively with Terius “The-Dream” Nash and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, the duo who collaborated on four of Fantasy Ride's best tracks. Unsurprisingly, the move fosters the singer’s most consistent and unified release. For the most part, Nash and Stewart alter their ever-present sound just enough to avoid repeating themselves, albeit while incorporating some of their telltale sonic imprints -- the dive-bombing synths, the subtle background-vocal chirps, the unrivaled sonic opulence. They cover each base with great accuracy; there’s a bombastic intro, a sleazy club track, some playful pop, and a ballad with a feather-light touch among them. The euphoric “Speechless” is the best of the seven Nash/Stewart productions, working a kind of regal slow-motion glide with synthetic horns and trunk-shaking bottom as Ciara’s voice hovers in a love-struck daze. A few songs touch upon characteristics from Ciara’s first two albums without being complete retreads; the Infinity-produced “Yeah I Know,” for instance, enters like a low-profile update of “Goodies” -- Ciara is half confrontational, half flirtatious -- but incorporates a twisting, glitzed-out chorus. “Turn It Up,” featuring Usher, improves upon Ciara’s other attempts at aggressive dance-pop. It’s one of the few effective Euro-flavored club numbers to be fronted by an R&B artist. Altogether, this is one of 2010’s finest pop-R&B albums -- Ciara's best yet.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ciara
- Composer: Ciara
- Label: LaFace Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
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