- Full Moon (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Full Moon
Type = studio
Artist = Brandy
Released = flagicon|EuropeFebruary 25 ,2002
flagicon|USAflagicon|CanadaMarch 5 ,2002
flagicon|FranceMarch 26 ,2002
Recorded = 2000–2001;
The Record Planet
(Los Angeles ,California ),
Darkchild Studios
(Pleasantville, New Jersey ),
Human Rhythm Studios
(Los Angeles, California),
The Hit Factory
(New York City ,New York ),
The Studios
(Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania )
Genre = R&B, pop,dance-pop
Length = 70:34
Label = Atlantic
83493
Producer = Brandy Norwood,Warryn Campbell ,Mike City , Keith Crouch,Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins ,Fred Jerkins III , Robert "Big Bert" Smith
Reviews =
* AMG Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ex2uak5k0m3z link]
* "Entertainment Weekly " (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,251312,00.html link]
* "Rolling Stone " Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/brandy/albums/album/138185/review/6067490/full_moon link]
* "Slant Magazine " Rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=22 link]
Last album = "Never Say Never"
(1998)
This album = "Full Moon"
(2002)
Next album = "Afrodisiac "
(2004)
Misc = Singles
Name = Full Moon
Type = studio
Single 1 =What About Us?
Single 1 date = February 2002
Single 2 = Full Moon
Single 2 date = June 2002
Single 3 =He Is
Single 3 date = September 2002"Full Moon" is the third studio album by American R&B/pop singer Brandy, released by
Atlantic Records onFebruary 25 ,2002 outside North America, and onMarch 5 ,2002 (see2002 in music ) inCanada and theUnited States . Brandy primarily worked withRodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on the majority of the album's production.History
Production and title
After a lengthy hiatus that saw the end of the "
Moesha "television series , and a flurry of tabloid headlines discussing her bout with "dehydration ", Brandy eventually entered recording studios in mid-2000 to start work on her then-untitled third album with producerRodney Jerkins , and hisDarkchild crew, amongFred Jerkins III , Nora Payne, andLaShawn Daniels . [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446863/20010822/brandy.jhtml "Brandy, Rodney Jerkins Hope To Repeat Chemistry"] . "VH1.com".August 23 ,2001 . Retrieved onJanuary 20 ,2007 .] While Jerkins contributed most to the album and moreover served as itsexecutive producer , Norwood also worked with producers Keith Crouch,Mike City ,Warryn Campbell , and Robert "Big Bert" Smith. In addition, she also recorded withBabyface , Soulshock & Karlin,The Neptunes , and rapperJa Rule , but none of the songs written with them made the final tracklisting. [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1445950/20010802/brandy.jhtml "Brandy Finishing Album With Babyface"] . "VH1.com".August 3 ,2001 . RetrievedJanuary 20 ,2007 .] [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1448513/20010829/brandy.jhtml "Ja Rule Helps J. Lo Deliver Hot Crossover Joints"] . "VH1.com".September 3 ,2001 . RetrievedJanuary 20 ,2007 .]Although the singer revealed that the album's "focus was very much on the technical", and "about how it sounded," [ [http://netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Brandy "Afrodisiac"] . "Net Music Countdown". Retrieved
January 20 ,2007 .] Brandy regarded "Full Moon" as a pure concept album based on the development of a male-female relationship: "It's definitely the concept for the album--me falling in love, then going through some turbulence, and then, at the end, I find the person that I really want to be with--so it's a great concept and it's a great experience that I had." [ [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12060360 "Jay-Z, Al Sharpton, Ananda Lewis & Others Turn Out For Brandy's Album-Release Party"] . "Yahoo! Music".March 5 ,2002 . RetrievedJanuary 20 ,2007 .] In an interview with "MTV News " Norwood told, that she entitled the album "Full Moon", because she had done a "complete circle" and felt "whole": "All of that's reflected in the music. It's autobiographical. Everything that I've gone through in the last three years is reflected." [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1452576/20020222/brandy.jhtml "Fans Will Get A New Taste Of Brandy On Full Moon"] . "VH1.com".February 25 ,2002 . RetrievedJanuary 20 ,2007 .] The album was originally set to be released onNovember 20 2001 , but plans were scrapped. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1446863/20010822/brandy.jhtml Rodney Jerkins On New Brandy - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News ] ]Release and reception
Although "Full Moon" was nominated for a
Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary R&B Album", media reception for the album was generally mixed. While most professional reviewers saw comparisons toMichael Jackson 's 2001 studio album "Invincible", the album was praised for Brandy and Jerkins' idea of "forward-thinking musical maturity" and the growth of Norwood's "now scratchy, evocative edge" in her voice. By contrast, "Rolling Stone Magazine " declared "Full Moon" as "frantic, faceless, fake-sexy R&B", and Andy Kellman fromAllmusic cited the album "more mature and consistent" but "too lengthy." However, Brandy's third album became a global success: "Full Moon" debuted on top of the U.S. "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, and at number two on the "Billboard" 200, approximately 160,000 copies in its first week of release. [Joe D'Angelo. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1489256/20040707/story.jhtml Brandy Settles for #3] . "MTV.com". Retrieved onJuly 5 ,2004 .] Sales declined soon but uniformly continuous, and the album eventually received aplatinum certification by theRIAA for more than one million copies shipped to stores. [ [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/18021422 Brandy To Release Greatest Hits Album] . "Yahoo.com". Retrieved onMarch 30 ,2005 .] While the album entered the top twenty on the majority of the charts it appeared on oustide theUnited States , it also reached the top ten inSwitzerland ,Germany ,Canada , and theUK .Track listing
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