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Loose is the third album by Canadian pop singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, released by Geffen Records on June 9 2006 (see 2006 in music) outside North America and on June 20 2006 in Canada and the United States. Timbaland and his partner Danja produced the bulk of the album, which debuted high on charts across the world and has, as of March 2007, sold around six million copies.

Production

Loose was named partly after the spontaneous, creative decisions Furtado faced while creating the album[1] and also for the band TLC, who she said she admires for "taking back their sexuality, showing they were complete women."[2] For the first time, Furtado worked with a variety of record producers and followed a more collaborative approach in creating the album. The album, mostly produced by Timbaland and Danja, showed her experimenting with a more R&B–hip hop sound and the "surreal, theatrical elements of '80s music".[3] She has categorized the album's sound as punk-hop, which she describes as "this modern, poppy, spooky music" and stated that "there's a mysterious, after-midnight vibe to [it] that's extremely visceral".[1] She attributed the youthful sound of the album to the presence of her two-year old daughter.[3]

Furtado also wanted the album to sound more like her demo tapes which she prefers over her finished albums. She recalls, "The cool thing is we did the mixes as we went. The whole album is a board mix theoretically. We didn't bring in the fancy mixer at the end".[4] During the album's creation, she listened to several electro and hard rock musicians including System of a Down and Death from Above 1979 who influenced the rock sounds present on the album and the "coughing, laughing, distorted bass lines" which were kept in the songs deliberately.[4]

Timbaland and Danja produced ten of the twelve tracks on the album, and another producer featured on the album is Lester Mendez (of Shakira's "La Tortura"). Juanes, with whom Furtado collaborated on the hit record "Fotografía" from his Latin Grammy Award-winning album Un Día Normal, appears on the album. Furtado also recorded with producers The Neptunes, Nellee Hooper and Scott Storch, but none of their songs made the final cut. Another song, "I Am", leaked to the internet in early 2006, and rumours circulated that it would be on the album's final track listing.

On June 7, 2006, it was reported that Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin's vocals in "All Good Things (Come to an End)" would be excluded from the song after a request by Martin's label EMI. The song is still on the album, but only Furtado's vocals are featured.[5] On June 27, the version of "All Good Things (Come to an End)" featuring Martin's vocals was leaked onto the internet.

Plagiarism controversy

Further information: [[:2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversy]]

In early-October 2006 it was discovered[6] that the song "Do It" and the ringtone "Block Party" that inspired it were based on uncredited material, namely Finnish demoscene musician Janne "Tempest" Suni's song entitled "Acid Jazzed Evening", winner of the Assembly 2000 oldskool music competition. Timbaland used the record of C64 adaptation of the song written by Glenn Rune Gallefoss (GRG). Timbaland has admitted sampling the song, but claimed that he had no time to research the intellectual owner of the song.

Critical reception

Loose received positive reviews from critics, receiving a 71/100 rating on the review scores aggregate website Metacritic.[7] Some cited the "revitalising" effect of Timbaland on Furtado's music,[8][9] and others called it "slick, smart and surprising."[10] At the 2007 Juno Awards, the album won "Album of the Year", with Furtado and "Promiscuous" receiving "Artist of the Year" and "Single of the Year", respectively.

Promotion and chart performance

It became the most successful album of Furtado's career, reaching number one in several countries. It debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling more than 34,000 copies in its first week, at that time the year's strongest debut for a Canadian artist.[11] In late July, after Furtado embarked on a short tour of Canada and made a guest appearance on the television show Canadian Idol, the album returned to number one;[12] It subsequently stayed near the top of the albums until late January 2007, when it reached number one again during a slow sales week.[13] It was the third best-selling album of 2006 in Canada, and the highest selling by a female solo artist, with 291,700 copies sold.[14] The CRIA certified Loose three times platinum in December 2006,[15] and by the following March it had sold over 400,000 copies.[16]

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Furtado embarked on a world tour, the Get Loose Tour, in support of the album.

The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with sales of 219,000;[17] it was certified platinum by the RIAA and ranked sixty-fourth on the Billboard 2006 year-end chart.[18] It exited the U.S. top ten in August 2006 but re-entered in March 2007,[19] and it has sold over 1.7 million units. In the United Kingdom Loose sold 33,000 copies in its first week, entering the albums chart at number five,[20] and it has been certified double platinum for shipments to retailers of over 600,000 copies. It has been certified platinum in Australia for over 70,000 units shipped;[21] it debuted at number four there and was placed at number forty-four on the Australian ARIA list of 2006 bestsellers.[22] The album entered the chart in Germany at number one, and it reached number one on the European Albums Chart in early 2007.

Worldwide, Loose was the thirteenth best-selling album of 2006 according to Media Traffic, with 3.67 million copies sold during its time on the United World Albums Chart.[23] By March 2007, it had been certified gold or platinum in twenty-five countries.[16] Furtado had previously said she believed Loose was "going to have the biggest reaction of all my albums".[24] It was re-issued in early March 2007 in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Singles

In April 2006 a remix of "No Hay Igual" featuring Calle 13 was issued as a club single in the U.S. During the same period, "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) was released for digital download in North America. "Promiscuous" debuted on the Canadian Singles Chart in late May and reached number one in early June, becoming Furtado's first number-one single. Also in June, it was Furtado's first single to reach the top of the U.S. Hot 100 and was released in Australia, where it reached the top five. The lead single in Europe and Latin America, "Maneater", was released in late May to early June 2006. It became Furtado's first single to top the UK Singles Chart and made the top ten in other countries; it reached the top five in Germany and the top twenty in France; in Latin America the song peaked at #14, while Promiscuous peaked at #11 in mid-2006, because it was realed at the official single in Brazil.

The second single in Europe, "Promiscuous", was released in late August to early September 2006 and performed less well than "Maneater". It peaked inside the top five in the UK and the top ten in other countries, including Germany, and it reached the top twenty in France. During this period, "Maneater" began its run as the second single in North America; it was not as successful as "Promiscuous", reaching number twenty-two in Canada and the top twenty in the U.S., though it became a top five single on the ARIA Singles Chart, the second single in Latin America was supposed to be "Promiscuous" but at last minute it was released No Hay Igual in late 2006 and performed less well than "Maneater", didn't manage to chart inside the Latin America Top 40,; however the song received good airplay in early 2007, charting inside the top 40 in Colombia and inside the top 10 in Chile.

Releases of the third North American single, "Say It Right", and the third Europe single, "All Good Things (Come to an End)", took place in November and December, while the third Latin America single, "Promiscuous" took place in January 2007. "Say It Right" went to number one in the U.S. and on the Nielsen BDS airplay chart in Canada (where it was not given a commercial release), and it reached the top five in Australia. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" reached number one in pan-European singles chart and the top five in the UK, and it was the album's most successful single in Germany, where it topped the chart, and France, where it became a top ten hit. After its release in Europe in March 2007, "Say It Right" reached the top five in Germany and the top ten in the UK, where it was a download-only release. The video for "All Good Things (Come to an End)" was released in North America during this period. To date "All Good Things (Come to an End)" has peaked in the top twenty in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. According to Furtado, the album's fifth UK single is "In God's Hands.[25]. "Promiscuous" peak at #11 mid-2006 because peak inside the top five of Brazil, without the Brazil case, Promiscuous received moderate airplay in Mexico and Peru.

Two other songs, "Te Busqué" and "No Hay Igual", were released as singles in other regions of the world. "Te Busqué" was the lead single in Spain because of the limited success hip-hop/R&B-influenced songs in the style of "Promiscuous" and "Maneater" achieved in the country.[26] It reached number one on the Los 40 Principales radio chart in December 2006.[27] It was not released in the United States, but it was given airplay on Latin music radio stations and reached the top forty on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay chart.[28] The "No Hay Igual" remix featuring Calle 13 was released in Latin America, and the music video debuted in September.[29]

Performances and touring

Furtado performing at Rock am Ring 2006.

During the promotion of Loose, Furtado performed at various major music festivals and award shows. In Europe she appeared at Rock am Ring and Rock-im-Park in Germany and the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands in June 2006. She performed in Canada at the Calgary Stampede and the Ottawa Bluesfest in July, and at the Ovation Music Festival in September. Shortly after her August 2006 performance at the Summer Sonic in Japan, she sang at the Teen Choice Awards. In November she contributed to the entertainment at the World Music Awards and American Music Awards, as well as during the 94th Grey Cup halftime show. She performed at the 2007 NRJ Music Awards, held in January.[30][31]

Furtado embarked on a world concert tour, the Get Loose Tour, on February 16 in the UK in support of the album; the tour is scheduled to include thirty-one dates in Europe and Canada,[31] with additional shows to be announced for the U.S., Japan, Australia and Latin America. Furtado has described the show as a "full sensory experience" with "a beginning, middle and end ... [it] takes you on a journey", also stressing the importance of crowd involvement and "spontaneity and rawness, because those are my roots, you know? I started by doing club shows, and that's the energy I love, the raw club energy of just feeling like you're rocking out." While Furtado said choreographed dance routines are to be included in the show, she described it as "music-based ... Everything else is just to keep it sophisticated and sensual and fun." Furtado is hoping to have Chris Martin, Juanes, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Calle 13 to guest on the tour, as well as have a "revolving door" of opening acts with Latin musicians opening in the U.S.[32]

Unreleased or unused songs

The song "I Am" was leaked several months before the release of the album. Furtado announced in her diary on her official website that she recorded a remix of "Maneater" with rapper Lil' Wayne; the song was never released but she used the instrumental of the song during many television performances of "Maneater". In several interviews Furtado said she recorded about forty songs for Loose and that the non-album songs would be given to other artists ("Heaven Baby" was given to Brooke Hogan) or featured on a special B-side album.

  • "I Am" – 4:35
    Produced by Track & Field
  • "Maneater" (Timbaland remix featuring Lil' Wayne)
    Produced by Timbaland and Danja
  • "Heaven Baby" – 4:14
    Produced by Scott Storch
  • "Stars"

Furtado debuted "Stars" on the Get Loose Tour, announcing at the Nottingham, UK date that it was being recorded again and that it will feature on her MySpace profile and official website for fans to watch, hear and possibly download. Audience videos of her Nottingham, UK performance have appeared on YouTube, and a blog for the tour is available at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=getloosevideoblog.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Timbaland and Danja except as follows: track 5 produced by Danja; track 6 produced by Timbaland, Danja and Nisan Stewart; track 7 produced by Lester Mendez; track 10 produced by Rick Nowels and Nelly Furtado; track 9 produced by Timbaland.

  1. "Afraid" featuring Attitude (Nelly Furtado, Tim "Attitude" Clayton, Nate Hills, Tim Mosley) – 3:35
  2. "Maneater" (Furtado, Jim Beanz, Hills, Mosley) – 4:25
  3. "Promiscuous" featuring Timbaland (Furtado, Clayton, Hills, Mosley) – 4:02
  4. "Glow" (Furtado, Hills, Mosley, Nisan Stewart) – 4:02
  5. "Showtime" (Furtado, Hills) – 4:15
  6. "No Hay Igual" (Furtado, Hills, Mosley, Stewart) – 3:35
  7. "Te Busqué" featuring Juanes (Furtado, Juanes, Lester Mendez) – 3:38
  8. "Say It Right" (Furtado, Hills, Mosley) – 3:43
  9. "Do It" (Furtado, Stewart, Mosley) – 3:41
  10. "In God's Hands" (Furtado, Rick Nowels) – 4:54
  11. "Wait for You" (Furtado, Hills, Mosley) – 5:11
  12. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (Furtado, Hills, Chris Martin, Mosley) – 5:11
Bonus tracks
  • "What I Wanted" (Nelly Furtado, Mendez) – 4:37 (Japan/France bonus)
  • "Let My Hair Down" (Furtado, Gerald Eaton, Brian West) – 3:38 (Ireland/Japan/UK bonus)
    Produced by Track & Field and Neil H. Pogue
  • "Somebody to Love" (Furtado, Nowels) – 4:56 (South Africa/Australia/Brazil/Europe/Hong Kong/Japan/New Zealand/Taiwanese bonus)
    Produced by Rick Nowels and Nelly Furtado
  • "Undercover" (Furtado, Mendez) – 3:56 (b-side/iTunes bonus)
  • "Runaway" – 4:14 (Target bonus)
    Produced by Nellee Hooper
  • "Maneater" (Portuguese) featuring Da Weasel – 3:32 (Portugal bonus)
  • "Te Busqué" (Spanish) featuring Juanes – 3:38 (Canada/U.S./Latin America bonus) 1
  • "All Good Things (Come to an End)" featuring Zero Assoluto – 4:24 (Italy bonus)

1 In Spain the Spanish version of "Te Busqué" is track seven, and the English version is the bonus track.

Tour Edition (CD2)
  1. "Let My Hair Down" – 3:38
  2. "Undercover" – 3:56
  3. "Runaway" – 4:14
  4. "Te Busqué" (Spanish version) – 3:38
  5. "No Hay Igual" (remix) featuring Calle 13 – 3:40
  6. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (remix) featuring Rea Garvey – 3:57
  7. "Crazy" (live at Jo Whiley's Lounge) – 3:24
  8. "Maneater" (live from Sprint Music Series) – 3:00
  9. "Promiscuous" (live at The Orange Lounge) featuring Saukrates – 4:05

US re-release

Bonus tracks

  1. "Try" [Spanish version]
  2. "Te Busqué" [Spanish version] featuring Juanes
  3. "In God's Hands" [Spanish version]
  4. "Lo Bueno Tiene Un Final" [All Good Things (Come To An End) Spanish Version]

Singles

Charts

Place on best of all time albums

Credits and personnel

Production

  • Executive producers: Thom Panunzio, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado
  • Producer: Timbaland, Danja, Nisan Stewart, Lester Mendez, Rick Nowels, Nelly Furtado
  • Vocal producer: Jim Beanz
  • Vocal assistance: Jim Beanz, Timbaland, The Horace Mann Middle School Choirs
  • Engineers: Demacio Castellon, Vadim Chrislov, Ben Jost, Joao R. Názario, James Roach, Kobia Tetey, Joe Wohlmuth
  • Assistant engineers: Jason Donkersgoed, Steve Genwick, Kieron Menzies, Dean Reid
  • Mixing: Marcella Araica, Demacio Castellon, Bard Haehnal, Dave Pensado, Neal H. Pogue
  • Mastering: Chris Gerhinger
  • A&R: Thom Panunzio, D.J. Mormille
  • A&R coordination: Evan Peters
  • A&R administration: Jeanne Venton
  • Art direction: JP Robinson, Gravillis Inc., Nevis
  • Photography: Anthony Mandler,
  • Production manager: Cliff Feimann

See also

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