Ciara

by Ciara

Overview

Whether she was dropped, released, or merely shifted away from her deal with LaFace parent Jive, Ciara was displeased with the lack of support given to Fantasy Ride and Basic Instinct. Her self-titled fifth album sees her back with LaFace co-founder L.A. Reid, president of Epic, whose roster added several LaFace artists due to distributor Sony's consolidation of labels. Ciara took plenty of time to develop the album -- long enough for delays, a scrapped lead single ("Sweat"), the release of various non-album cuts, and even a change of title (originally One Woman Army). The result isn't a muddled mess but another lean and focused set, despite the involvement of several writers and producers. A full-length partnership with fellow Atlanta native Mike Will, specialist in woozy and entrancing trunk rattlers, would have been ideal -- if perhaps too obvious -- but they do connect on "Body Party," one of Ciara's most attractive slow jams, as hot as "Promise" and "Speechless." Slinking and slightly predatory or confrontational content courses throughout the album, including the booming "Sophomore" ("So you say that you a bachelor/Well step your game up and get your master's), the winding "Keep on Lookin'" ("Keep on lookin', keep on lookin' with your lookin' ass), and the steamier, more gleaming likes of "Super Turnt Up" and "DUI." Those are the highlights, while the more energetic and/or pop-oriented material -- "Overdose," the Kid 'N Play-quoting "Livin' It Up," the mature and middling Future duet "Where You Go" -- is functional if not as memorable. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2016
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0889853338023
Rank:	34113

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ciara   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Paul "Hot Sauce" Dawson   Scratching
Ciara Harris   Vocals (Background)
Asiah'h Eperson   Vocals (Background)
Soundz   Vocals (Background)
Livvi Franc   Vocals (Background)
B.o.B   Featured Artist
Future   Featured Artist
Josie Aiello   Vocals (Background)
Nicki Minaj   Featured Artist
Theron Thomas   Vocals

Technical Credits

Jasper Cameron   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation,Vocal Arrangement
Tommy Lumpkins   Vocal Producer
Brian Cohen   Composer
Kenneth Coby   Composer
Onika Maraj   Composer
Keith Parry   Engineer
Rock City   Composer,Producer
Brandon N. Caddell   Assistant Engineer
Ciara Harris   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Drew Adams   Assistant
Courtney Lowery   Publicity
Carlton Mahone   Composer
Michael Williams   Composer
Matt Champlin   Engineer
Ali Tamposi   Composer
Stephen Villa   Assistant
Greg Morgan   Sound Design
Taryn Kaufman   A&R
The Rockstars   Producer
Mark Stewart   A&R
Trehy Harris   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Nayvadius Wilburn   Composer
Mike WiLL Made-It   Producer
Pierre Ramon Slaughter   Composer
P-Nasty   Producer
The Madd Scientist   Engineer
Sean Fenton   Composer
Dalia Glickman   A&R
Susan McDonald   Packaging Manager
Robert Wadlington   A&R
Josh Drucker   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Briele Douglass   Publicity
Cam Wallace   Programming
Heather Santos   A&R
John Shullman   Assistant
Lauren Ceradini   Publicity
The Co-Captains   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Triana Bowman   Production Coordination
Walter Carter   Composer
Yutsai   Photography
Soundz   Producer,Vocal Producer
L.A. Reid   Executive Producer
Pat Thrall   Engineer
Ciara   Design,Composer,Art Direction,Vocal Producer,Executive Producer
Seth Firkins   Engineer
LaTrice Burnette   Marketing
Yolonda Frederick   Make-Up
Dernst Emile II   Composer,Producer
Ken Sunshine   Publicity
Maria P. Marulanda   Design,Art Direction
Dan Tobiason   Engineer
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan   Engineer
Ryan Williams   Engineer
Rodney Terry   Composer
Diana Gordon   Composer
Harvey Mason, Jr.   Engineer
Dave Ferguson   Composer
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing
Kuk Harrell   Vocal Producer
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart   A&R
James Hunt   Assistant
Luis Navarro   A&R
Future   Vocal Producer,Executive Producer
Josh Abraham   Composer,Producer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
Oliver Goldstein   Composer
Cesar Ramirez   Hair Stylist
Andrew Wuepper   Mixing,Engineer
Vernon Mungo   Engineer
Oligee   Producer
Chris Llewellyn   Composer
Olivia Waithe   Composer
Brian Sherrer   Composer
Kenneth Carter   Composer
Joe Fritz   Engineer
Kim Lumpkin   Production Coordination
David Kutch   Mastering
Curtis Reynolds   Composer
Keith Samuels   Composer
William Hull   Composer
Ariel Chobaz   Engineer
Cameron Wallace   Producer