Wanderland

Infobox Album
Name = Wanderland


Type = studio
Artist = Kelis
Released = Start date|2001|10|17
(see release history)
Recorded = Master Sound Recording Studio
(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
StarTrak Studios
(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Genre = R&B, electro, alternative
Length = 62:53
Producer = The Neptunes
Label = Virgin
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cfixqu0ldfe~T0 link]
*"NME" rating|6|10 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/kelis/5756 link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kelis/albums/album/102903/review/6068183 link]
* "Slant Magazine" Rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=104 link]
Last album = "Kaleidoscope"
(1999)
This album = "Wanderland"
(2001)
Next album = "Tasty"
(2003)
Misc = Singles
Name = Wanderland
Type = studio
Single 1 = Young, Fresh n' New
Single 1 date = October 22, 2001

"Wanderland" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Kelis, released in October 2001 (see 2001 in music) by Virgin Records.

Kelis was living in Europe at the time of the album's release. "Wanderland" was more experimental than her previous album, "Kaleidoscope", and was a modest success chartwise. According to Kelis, Virgin Records, her U.S. record company at the time, did not like the "Wanderland" album. The record executives from Virgin felt the album's material did not have strong enough singles and therefore did not release in the United States, [ [http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_02.19.04/beat/kelis.html] ] being limited to Europe, Asia, and Latin America only.

The album spawned only one single, "Young, Fresh n' New", which became Kelis' third solo top forty hit in the United Kingdom. However, the single was not a particularly big hit elsewhere.

Despite the album only being a moderate success, two tracks from "Wanderland" went on to be used elsewhere. "Flash Back" (retitled "Flashback") made her third album "Tasty" and a new version of "Popular Thug", which replaced Pusha T of Clipse with Nas, was featured on The Neptunes' 2003 album "The Neptunes Present... Clones".

Track listing

#"Intro" (Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Kelis Rogers) – 1:11
#"Young, Fresh n' New" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 4:37
#"Flash Back" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 3:26
#"Popular Thug" (featuring Pusha T of Clipse) (Williams, Hugo, Terrence Thornton) – 4:13
#"Daddy" (featuring Malice of Clipse) (Williams, Hugo, Gene Thornton) – 3:50
#"Scared Money" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 4:00
#"Shooting Stars" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 6:18
#"Digital World" (featuring Roscoe) (Williams, Hugo, Amir Porter) – 4:25
#"Perfect Day" (Williams, Hugo, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont) – 3:56
#"Easy Come, Easy Go" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers, George Clinton, Jr., Abrim Tilmon, Jr., Bernard Worrell, William Collins, Lorenzo Patterson, Eric Wright, André Young) – 3:33
#"Junkie" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 2:58
#"Get Even" (Williams, Hugo) – 4:12
#"Mr. U.F.O. Man" (featuring John Ostby) (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 4:27
#"Little Suzie" (Williams, Hugo, Rogers) – 11:48

The hidden track "I Don't Care Anymore" (Phil Collins) can be found on some editions at the end of "Little Suzie". Other editions have an extended mix of "Intro" which is called "Star Wars".

Japanese edition

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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Live Edited Version)

Personnel

Musicians

*Kelis – vocals
*Pharrell Williams – arranger, instrumentation
*Chad Hugo – arranger, instrumentation
*C- – scratching
*Tom Dumont – guitar
*Fieldy – bass
*Tony Kanal – bass
*Adrian Young – drums

Production

*The Neptunes – producers, executive producers
*Andrew Coleman – engineer
*Brian Garten – engineer
*Serban Ghenea – mixing
*Ken Ifill – mixing
*Michelle Laurita – cover photo
*Pauline St. Denis – photography
*Rob Walker – executive producer
*Keith Wood – A&R

Charts

Release history

References