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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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Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Mixing Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Christopher Bridges, Composer, Lyricist - Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludacris, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Recording Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Ciara feat. Ludacris, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Recording Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Jesus Garnica, Assistant Engineer - Kenneth Coby, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Engineer - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer - Soundz, Co-Producer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Brian Fleming, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Thomas, Engineer - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Jesus Garnica, Assistant Engineer - Chris O'Ryan, Engineer - Kenneth Coby, Composer, Lyricist - Gerald Coats, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Molina, Composer, Lyricist - Nelson Kyle, Composer, Lyricist - Rogers Andrell, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Engineer - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer - The Agency, Producer - Soundz, Producer - Eithan Ben-Horin, Composer, Lyricist - Keenan Coby, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Mark Gray, Assistant Engineer - Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans, Background Vocal - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Jason Sherwood, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Jordan Suecof, Composer, Lyricist - Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Infinity, Producer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans, Background Vocal - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Jason Sherwood, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Michael Thompson, Guitar - Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans, Background Vocal - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Monte Neuble, Keyboards - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Alex Al, Bass - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Usher Raymond, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Brian Thomas, Recording Engineer - C. Stewart, Producer - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Ester Dean, Composer, Lyricist - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Aubry Delaine, Recording Engineer - Jesus Garnica, Assistant Engineer - Tyler Williams, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Usher, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Humphrey, Composer, Lyricist - Josh Gudwin, Engineer - Martin Cooke, Assistant Engineer - Ciara feat. Usher, AssociatedPerformer - Iain Findlay, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans, Background Vocal - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Andrew Wuepper, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - Steven Dennis, Assistant Engineer - Jason Sherwood, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Zachariah Redding, Assistant Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Christopher Bridges, Composer, Lyricist - Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Ciara Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Lauren Evans, Background Vocal - Ciara, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixing Engineer - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Monte Neuble, Keyboards - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Recording Engineer - Andrew Wuepper, Recording Engineer - Luis Navarro, Assistant Engineer - Randy Urbanski, Assistant Engineer - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording 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: 00:43:39
- 10 Video clip
- Main artists: Ciara
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: LaFace Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
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