Nelly Furtado: Loose
CML call number: CD/ROCK/Furtado
Kelefa Sanneh wrote in the New York Times: "'Loose' is an addictive, deceptively lightweight album of electronic pop; at different points it evokes Janet Jackson, M.I.A., Gwen Stefani and Gnarls Barkley. Ms. Furtado and [hip-hop producer] Timbaland love unexpected details, and this secretly meticulous CD is full of them. At the end of the first song, 'Afraid,' voices collapse in giggles. And in 'Do It,' Ms. Furtado utters a casual 'Yeah'; Timbaland samples it and turns it into a rhythm instrument that returns at the end of the song, to reward everyone who's paying attention. … It was 'Promiscuous,' a playful electro-pop song from 'Loose,' that announced Ms. Furtado's return: last week it hit No. 2 in Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The rapping, by Ms. Furtado and Timbaland, is a bit ungainly, but Timbaland's beat is typically marvelous: his synthesizers sound simultaneously brittle and dreamy. (Sort of like Ms. Furtado's voice.) Meanwhile 'Maneater,' another Timbaland collaboration from 'Loose,' has topped the British charts. … [T]his album keeps reminding listeners that a dance floor is one of the most complicated places on earth" (6/19/06).
Kelefa Sanneh wrote in the New York Times: "'Loose' is an addictive, deceptively lightweight album of electronic pop; at different points it evokes Janet Jackson, M.I.A., Gwen Stefani and Gnarls Barkley. Ms. Furtado and [hip-hop producer] Timbaland love unexpected details, and this secretly meticulous CD is full of them. At the end of the first song, 'Afraid,' voices collapse in giggles. And in 'Do It,' Ms. Furtado utters a casual 'Yeah'; Timbaland samples it and turns it into a rhythm instrument that returns at the end of the song, to reward everyone who's paying attention. … It was 'Promiscuous,' a playful electro-pop song from 'Loose,' that announced Ms. Furtado's return: last week it hit No. 2 in Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The rapping, by Ms. Furtado and Timbaland, is a bit ungainly, but Timbaland's beat is typically marvelous: his synthesizers sound simultaneously brittle and dreamy. (Sort of like Ms. Furtado's voice.) Meanwhile 'Maneater,' another Timbaland collaboration from 'Loose,' has topped the British charts. … [T]his album keeps reminding listeners that a dance floor is one of the most complicated places on earth" (6/19/06).
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