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 | Title : Full Moon
Author : Brandy
Release Date : 20020305
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
On her first CD in three years, the newly married and pregnant Brandy sounds confident and assured and lets us know that she has found her man (even if it takes a numbing 17 tracks). The stately ballad 'He Is' shimmers with unabashed, but never treacly, adoration, as Brandy huskily sighs, 'Prince Charming, my angel, my king, my friend.' It's the sound of a woman in love, and that sentiment guides this satisfying CD's strongest cuts, from Mike City's tangy title track to the snaky seduction of 'Apart,' which burnishes Brandy's vocals with a metallic glow. Most of the CD was produced by longtime collaborator Rodney Jerkins, but he overloads Brandy's plate with bombastic, predictable beats that do little to draw listeners in. Full Moon truly glows when the intensity is muted and emotion is in the forefront.
Buyer Reviews :
In this catty-cat world of one-named young R&B divas, what does a girl have to
do to prove her maturity? Well, if getting secretly married and being in your
first trimester isn't enough, how about releasing a new album? Entitled Full
Moon, a reference to her emerging womanhood and newfound personal assurance,
Brandy tries to prove just that.
The predictability level on Full Moon is as high as ever. The album's mantra:
'if it ain't broke, don't fix it,' has been applied liberally throughout the
album's seventeen tracks. It's nothing we haven't heard before from the
Moe-ster. Heavily producer-driven. The album contains the template that
catapulted her sophomore album 'Never Say Never' to multiplatinum status. The
tradition (or condition) continues on her junior outing.
Full Moon's first quarter exhibits the same ole Jerkins production we've
heard time and time before, just slightly altered (or 'updated') and equipped
with the latest in electronic blips and bleeps. Did somebody die and name
Brandy and her team the new rulers of the Vocoder-box? I don't know if I'm
listening to the latest Blackstreet cut or the resurrection of Roger
Troutman. The disc's last quarter treads aimlessly with track after track of
five-minute-syrup-ballads in the style of Diane 'by-the-numbers' Warren.
The sound of her third album is overwhelmingly Darkchild, so much so that
it's hard to differentiate Brandy from her producer - they're virtually
hip-and-hip on this album, with Jerkins appearing vocally on almost every
track. Jerkins is obviously vying to be the next Jimmy & Terry to Brandy's
Janet.
Guaranteed mainstream club play, especially with the preprogrammed
radio-ready singles 'What About Us?' and 'I Thought.' 106&Park and TRL kids
will cream over 'All In Me' and 'Can We.' Lyrically, it's the same topics
we've all heard before - cheating boyfriends, love, lying, love, arguments,
love, love, love.
Mainstream R&B music is pretty typical and this just shows it. Almost every
song on Full Moon sounds reminiscent to her previous effort. That's the state
of mainstream pop music in 2002: don't deviate too far from the norm or the
original sound that garnered your initial success and you'll be guaranteed
prosperity. After all, music video outlets, A&Rs, and urban radio programmers
don't want grand artistic musical statements if it will curb record sales: just give us the same tired,
interchangeable Timbaland/Jerkins drum-heavy production and we'll give you
maximum airplay. Few standout cuts here, nothing really memorable. Full Moon
breezily cruises by as each of the albums future videos and singles come and
subsequently leave the Billboard charts. Yeah, we know it'll be another hit,
another platinum plaque for the Moe-ster, but will this album go down on any
'best of the decade' lists? Highly unlikely.
(by Mecca Egypt)
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