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NELLY FURTADO "Loose" Reviews
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AZRating: 6.8 Users rating: 8.5 |
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Release: 20 Jun 2006
Label: Geffen Records
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| Guardian |
Rating: 8.0 |
Compared with the sententious, one-world guff on Folklore, Furtado's current concerns are somewhat more carnal, and advertised with all the subtlety of a flashing neon sign outside a Las Vegas strip joint.
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| Playlouder |
Rating: 8.0 |
Whoa Nelly! This is not what we were expecting at all... though perhaps we should have.
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| Times Online |
Rating: 8.0 |
Furtado is a Loose woman again, and everyone should be grateful.
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| Virgin |
Rating: 8.0 |
Loose, as the name suggests, is a very haphazard collection of songs with little overall coherence - a hodge-podge of genres, influences and producers.
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| Dotmusic |
Rating: 8.0 |
This is a second coming to believe it - get "Loose" as soon as possible.
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| E!Online |
Rating: 7.9 |
On her third release, however, she mysteriously trims away her individuality and morphs into a J.Lo imitator at the hands of Missy Elliot producer Timbaland.
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| AbsolutePunk |
Rating: 7.9 |
In the musical world emo fans abound fell paralytic, shocked at the seemingly dumbfounding shift scene heavyweights Brandtson threw at them on their 2006 release Hello, Control. Just imagine the shock Nelly Furtado's Loose should smack them with.
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| AV Club |
Rating: 7.5 |
Nelly Furtado's voice is a curious instrument that can veer from sultry to shrill and back again without sounding aware of any difference between the two.
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| LA Daily News |
Rating: 7.5 |
This Canadian singer-songwriter's third effort is a glitzy, infectious mix that doesn't stay in one place too long — except on the dance floor.
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| Slant Magazine |
Rating: 7.0 |
Fully nine tracks work phenomenally well as a package of progressive, smoldering dance-pop, and the remaining three tracks show that Folklore's sensitivity was no fluke.
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| ArjanWrites.com |
Rating: 7.0 |
This album is primarily a hip hop and urban pop album in the same vein as recent material by Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliott.
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| BBC Music |
Rating: 7.0 |
With equal measures of nice and nasty girl Nel, haters of "I'm Like A Bird" should perhaps give her another chance. With Loose, she's certainly earned it.
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| Entertainment Weekly |
Rating: 6.7 |
It's primarily a collaboration with hip-hop/R&B mastermind Timbaland, another original who parlayed a freewheeling aesthetic into major hits (Missy Elliott, Aaliyah). Unfortunately, the result is like a blind date where the chemistry doesn't quite click.
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| CokeMachineGlow |
Rating: 6.7 |
Loose is exactly what a radio-friendly record has come to epitomize in 2006.
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| PitchFork |
Rating: 6.4 |
Loose is the best and worst pop album of the year.
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| MusicOMH.com |
Rating: 6.0 |
Loose is a fun listen (even Furtado's giggling and random comments inbetween tracks adds to the charm) from one of pop music's more interesting characters.
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| Vibe Magazine |
Rating: 6.0 |
Nelly Furtado’s greatest strength has always been her musical versatility.
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| RollingStone |
Rating: 6.0 |
Timbaland is out to prove he can produce an omnipop multiformat blockbuster in the style of Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby -- but without Gwen. Instead, he passes the mike to Canadian chirper Nelly Furtado, a mighty strange choice for an R&B goddess, but that's Timbaland for you.
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| Jam! |
Rating: 6.0 |
Furtado's thin voice often seems to get lost in the mix, floating airily above Timbaland's thick grooves.
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| Blogcritics |
Rating: 5.0 |
I know people will agree that they would have expected much more from a talented storyteller and musician like Nelly Furtado.
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| TimeOut |
Rating: 1.7 |
‘Loose’ is the best pop album of 2006, with the exception of all the other ones.
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Users comments
| Mandlhatinha |
Rating: 8.0 |
Like we say in my coutry: 'She has gone crazy and she's taking us with her...' This album is really what I wasn't expecting from her, it's a bomb |
| prapti |
Rating: 9.0 |
She has ones again did it. Everything is just great her voice,looks,clothes, the video.The album is Rocking |
| Tago_music2006 |
Rating: 10.0 |
This is the best album, here Nelly express what she feels, I think you should listen to it. It's excellent!!!!! |
| Kayla |
Rating: 8.0 |
great...and was not expecting it at all |
| Kallie. |
Rating: 3.0 |
One more Canadian Sell-Out to add to the list. |
| so butta |
Rating: 10.0 |
Perfect! I have been a fan since day one! I bought "Loose" put it in my car and was shocked! I had to eject the cd to double check it! It is all I could ask for. Whoa Nelly:) |
| Jessie-Lyne |
Rating: 9.0 |
It's really different of the Nelly we heard before... But as good! |
| Carly |
Rating: 9.0 |
I love her songs!!! it's weird how she went from like folk-pop to like dance/hiphop kind of music! Like she went from " i'm like a bird" to "Maneater" Whooo wut a transistion! I also like the song Promiscious! Nelly Furtado has great songs! |
| K |
Rating: 7.0 |
A little more commercialized than Folklore (which I loved, who cares if it wasnt a commercial success?) and probably a little less than the real Nelly (who has a lot more soul) but still a pretty great album with that I can sing along and dance to. |
| Thomas james |
Rating: 8.0 |
This is best effort to date although not as good as her first she has enterd the mainstream and sadly lost her sense of individuality |
| blonde_rat |
Rating: 9.0 |
I really like this album. I especially love Maneater and Say it Right. Though she's changed a lot, she's still a really great artist. Keep up the great work, Nelly! |
| gorgeous_chik7 |
Rating: 9.0 |
Totally not what I expected! I refused to buy it for the longest time, but when I saw it on sale I had to get it (I love the song "Say it Right"). I was definitely supprised that I ended up liking it better than Gwen Stefanie's new CD (which is ok but definitely not as great as her first CD) and I'm a BIG Gwen fan! Good job Nelly. Do your thang girl! |
| Annette |
Rating: 10.0 |
Great is to small of a word - EXCELLENT ! NELLY WAY TO GO! All good things are top of my list!!!! |
| Saint Germain |
Rating: 10.0 |
It is excellent, although this of her was not expected, since their music was too different and because this change this wonderful and very good, all the songs are very good especially All Good Things and Promiscuous |
| BB |
Rating: 9.0 |
This was a really great album, I just didn't give it a 10 cuz Nelly Furtato is supposed to be "Like a Bird", not a "Permiscuous Girl"!! |
| M |
Rating: 10.0 |
I love her album. I finally bought it a few days ago and I've been listening to it non-stop eversince. I love most of the songs. Especially "All good things". It's definitely not something I would have expected from Nelly, but her CD is still great. |
| A.Ego |
Rating: 10.0 |
Great tracks to dance to and a cd which grows on you the more you listen to it. Nelly's growth is truely shown in this album... |
| AQ |
Rating: 10.0 |
Another fantastic album, by a fantastic artist. This is the best she has ever brang out, and i love the film clip 4 promiscuious girl. Well done nelly |
| Joana |
Rating: 10.0 |
i think this is Nelly's best album, the songs are very good!! yeah go portuguesa fodasse!!! |
| Sam |
Rating: 10.0 |
Omg I love Nelly Furtado! She's so awesome! Everyone should be voting 10 all the way!!! |
| Analisa |
Rating: 10.0 |
A GREAT cd with SMASHING!! music.Make sure yu vote 10!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Marko P. |
Rating: 9.0 |
A very good album. It has a lot of nice songs that have really nice lyrics. Timbaland has proved that he is a great producer (once again)! And Nelly Furtado has proven that she has a great voice. |
| james |
Rating: 10.0 |
LOOSE: album of the year |
| A MAN DUHH ! |
Rating: 10.0 |
i love nelly furtado..she may be older and had like what 2 kids..but shes so good of a singer and a dancer..shes so pretty. her new cd loose is amazing and its a good CD to get into new music that i no she will be doing |
| Violet |
Rating: 9.0 |
The album had to grow on me, but once it did, that was it. I listen to it so often I think I need a new CD. Some songs are for "fun", but some have great, meaningful, soulful lyrics. One song made me cry. |
| LUNA |
Rating: 10.0 |
I had to vote a 10, cuz this album is like a rollercoster ride of beats and lyrics. It can make u get up and dance and also just lay down and sing along to a slow song |
| Sonata of beauty |
Rating: 10.0 |
this album is the ultimate!!!!! loose , the whole girl is loose i loved the album. no 1 of furtado albums so awesome!!!! |
| Seth Case |
Rating: 10.0 |
'Loose' really brings out Nelly's wild and calm personality! This girl has a gift when it comes to writing music!!!! |
| Nother 1 bit the dust |
Rating: 9.0 |
E!Online: On her third release, however, she mysteriously trims away her individuality and morphs into a J.Lo imitator -------------- I agree w/ u. what HAPPENED nelly??? I loved ur song "I'm like A bird" and "Powerless". its really nice to have a change of music, but don't totally lose yourself. Make it all a mix, like a salad, so you don't bite the dust sooner than you should. but i still luv ya NELLY!!! |
| ayrton |
Rating: 10.0 |
Nelly is so amazing. What kind of artist can come out with a cd like folklore, take a 3 year break, and come out with an album like loose? Totally different. Totally works. Say it right and all good things both show how diverse belly furtado is. |
| littlQTpie |
Rating: 10.0 |
this is totally amazing!!!!!! especially maneater, which i would say is the song of the year!!!!as good as monkey business!! -which IS A LOT- |
| Kaley |
Rating: 7.0 |
This album has some unique funky hits that pull people in!! |
| Floris |
Rating: 10.0 |
Nelly's growth is truely shown in this album... Yes, it's very true!!! It's amazing what she is doing after few years of ...silence break. |
| Guillermo |
Rating: 8.0 |
A great album. My native language is spanish, and I can't understand how she wrote "No hay igual" lyrics and no-one told her it makes no sense at all! Grammar is horrible and some lines doesn't make sense... |
| Nikita |
Rating: 9.0 |
I love nelly and this album shows a different side to her personality and voice and it shows what good versatility she has.........this album rocks!! |
| yoyo |
Rating: 10.0 |
I love nelly shes not only gorgeous but very talented. I love this album and the fact that she can make a track with anybody from justin to Calle 13 is nothing less than great. She rocks!!! |
| rina |
Rating: 10.0 |
it is the best!nothing else i think that's enough
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| A.Tamim |
Rating: 6.0 |
it's very good but i really like her old style she was awesome but this is not bad she have to drift with the waves |
| Sneha |
Rating: 9.0 |
Its a gr8 album..soulful songs like say it right n all good things come to an end n in gods hands..meaningful lyrics. I really like her n dis album |
| Denesha Crawford |
Rating: 10.0 |
I luv all ur songs u r so awesome. All the songs u made up r so so cool even ur song Say it right now thats my favoruite well alright talk to u later.P.S. I hope u type me back Byeeee |
| Chanda |
Rating: 7.0 |
I love Nelly's versatility. I think one should record what one is feeling at that moment and she did. Just because she makes an album like Loose doesn't mean she doesn't still feel "Powerless" or "Like a Bird", it just means she is still evolving and exploring all facets of Nelly. To those who says she has sold out I have one question: Do you personally know Ms. Furtado and have a place in her brain? A musician, sorry a good musician loves all kinds of music and is not afraid to explore. |
| dianne tan |
Rating: 10.0 |
i love nelly!i start liking her through this album,i love all the songs in this album Loose.now i'm also reviewing her past 2 albums,her musics are all so unique! :P it's so different! i love it! nelly rock on!keep on making awesome songs ;D |
| Disto |
Rating: 9.0 |
This album is amazing, even though her first two weren't huge, you relaly have to listen closely to every track and appreciate her unique voice. She is able to sing every style and look great in every style. This is just the beginning of her awesome music to come. (If you just started listening to her, I recommend you get her past two albums and see how good she really is!) |
| Lanie |
Rating: 9.0 |
Love it can't stop listening to it. Wish the radio stations would pick up the other great songs on this album! |
| Dana |
Rating: 10.0 |
GREAT cd! The best one I've heard from her yet. Nelly & Timbaland sound awesome together! I would've never thought of the combination. I love "Loose" and can't wait for Timbaland's cd to come out tomorrow! They both kick ass! |
| Marcos |
Rating: 10.0 |
A perfect album, really really cool, awesome songs. We in Brasil are loving it, and well, I love Nelly!!! Really Great. Whoa Nelly! by Carnilmo |
| Takayuki |
Rating: 10.0 |
People say just anything to criticize great artists like Nelly, who go out on a limb and expose all their vulnerabilities (along with their strengths, of course) to the entire world. Whatever Nelly may do, she is herself. She is not imitating anybody. She is not losing herself to sell herself to hip-hop fans and those who craze midriff-baring. Before criticizing Nelly, why don't those critics just reflect on themselves? No one would want THEM rapping wearing midriff.
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| Pril |
Rating: 5.0 |
I was a little disappointed! It's a good album.. a little more urban than I thought it would be! Her first and 2nd album where GREAT! This one is just so different! You can tell that someone else is now influencing her! It has boosted her skill as well! You can tell some trianing has been placed with this new album... I just wish she would go back to her roots and make more of stuff like her first album! |
| Walter Ego |
Rating: 10.0 |
No matter what they say about Nelly, she's still being the best.I liked Whoa, Nelly!, I liked very much Folklore and I love Loose, her best album, I don't know how to descript it, i's just the best, and all because of her... because I love her |
| Takayuki Nanto |
Rating: 10.0 |
I simply don't understand why some people fail to appreciate the newest album. Listen to "Maneater" and "Te Busque" and "Say It Right," if you refuse to say nice things about that blockbuster "Promiscuous." I personally never get tired of "Loose," as well as the first two albums. |
| Fred |
Rating: 10.0 |
10 Stars...No doubt!! Songs that are absolutely outstanding: 1. Afraid --> really cool intro!! one of the best 2. Maneater --> simple..u love it or hate it 3. Promiscuous --> one of the most addictive songs I've ever heard in my entire life! 8. Say It Right --> you know how damn great this is! 10. In God's Hands --> Moving and very beautiful 12. All Good Things --> Another amazing song
Guys, buy it if you like any of her singles.. You'll find this album so damn awesome! Believe me. |
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