Afrodisiac

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This article is about the album by Brandy. For the stimulator for sexual desire, see Aphrodisiac.
Afrodisiac
Afrodisiac cover
Studio album by Brandy
Released June 28, 2004
Recorded 2002-2004
Criteria Hit Factory
(Miami, Florida),
Corner Store Studios
(Los Angeles, California),
Records Plant
(Los Angeles, California),
The Dungeon
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre R&B
Length 61:18
Label Atlantic Records
83633
Producer(s) Timbaland, Kanye West, Warryn Campbell, Organized Noise, Walter Milsap, Ron Feemster
Professional reviews
Brandy chronology
Full Moon
(2002)		 Afrodisiac
(2004)		 The Best of Brandy
(2005)


Afrodisiac is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Brandy, released by Atlantic Records on June 28, 2004 (see 2004 in music) outside North America and on June 29, 2006 in Canada and the United States. The album was primarily produced by Timbaland, with additional production from Warryn Campbell and Kanye West. It reached #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts and included three singles: "Talk About Our Love", "Afrodisiac" and "Who Is She 2 U".

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Singles

"Talk About Our Love" and "Where You Wanna Be", both produced by Kanye West, were eleventh-hour additions to the album, commissioned after West's success in 2004 with tracks by artists such as Twista and himself. When "Talk About Our Love" became Afrodisiac's lead single instead of its title track, Timbaland and Brandy herself protested the decision in several magazine interviews. "Talk About Our Love" barely made it to the U.S. Top 40, peaking at #36.

The second single, Timbaland's "Who Is She 2 U", peaked at #85, and although the title track became a Top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, promotion for the Afrodisiac album ended not long after the failure of "Who Is She 2 U". Brandy asked for and received a release from Atlantic in November 2004, and eventually arranged a deal with Knockout Entertainment, owned by her younger brother Ray-J.

[edit] Release and reception

Afrodisiac became Brandy's most critically acclaimed album to date,[1] with some citing the "more consistently mature and challenging" effect of Timbaland on Brandy's music,[2] and others calling it "very listenable and emotionally resonant", comparing it to "Janet Jackson at her best".[3] Nevertheless it became the least successful album of Brandy's career: Afrodisiac debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and at number four on the U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, selling more than 131,700 copies in its first week.[4] Though sales soon declined and the album fell off the Billboard 200 quickly in its eighth week, the album eventually received a Gold certification for more than 500,000 copies sold. [5]

While Afrodisiac debuted at number six on a composite United World Chart, it failed to enter the top thirty on the majority of the charts it appeared on oustide the United States.

[edit] Track listing

# Title
1. "Who I Am" 3:35
2. "Afrodisiac" 3:47
3. "Who Is She 2 U" 4:43
4. "Talk About Our Love" (featuring Kanye West) 3:34
5. "I Tried" 4:45
6. "Where You Wanna Be" (featuring T.I.) 3:32
7. "Focus" 4:07
8. "Sadiddy" 4:00
9. "Turn It Up" 4:12
10. "Necessary" 3:59
11. "Say You Will" 3:50
12. "Come As You Are" 3:44
13. "Finally" 3:53
14. "How I Feel" 4:41
15. "Should I Go" 4:56

[edit] Bonus tracks (Limited Reissue)
# Title
1. "Sirens" 3:59
2. "Like It Was Yesterday" 3:53
3. "Nodding Off" 4:10

[edit] Credits and Personnel

  • Miri Ben-Ari - violin
  • Shorty B. - bass guitar
  • Parris Bowens - keyboards
  • Mike Hartnett - guitar
  • Keenan "Kee Note" Holloway - bass
  • Glenn S. Jeffrey - guitar
  • George "Spanky" McCurdy - percussion
  • Ervin Pope - keyboards
  • Dave Robbins - keyboards
  • Thaddeus T. Tribbett - bass
  • Eric Walls - guitar

[edit] Production

  • Executive producers: Kyambo Joshua, Craig Kallman, Brandy Norwood, Geroid Roberson
  • Producer: Warryn Campbell, Big Chuck, Ron Feemster, Walter Milsap, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, Organized Noise, Kanye West
  • Vocal producer: Brandy Norwood, Kenny Hicks
  • Vocal assistance: Jo Ann Campbell, Steve "Static" Garrett, Tim Mosley, Kenisha Pratt, Kenneth Pratt
  • Engineers: Bruce Beuchner, Sean Davis, Jimmy Douglas, Blake English, Jun Ishizeki, Cha Cha Jones, Eugene Toale
  • Assistant engineers: Demacio Castellon, Ricky Chao, Jermeal Hicks, Halsey Quemere
  • Conductors: Bruce Fowler, Nick Glennie-Smith, Larry Gold, Don Harper, DeMonica Plummer
  • Mixing: Jimmy Douglass, Dave Lopez, Manny Marroquin, Peter Mokran, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley
  • Mastering: Brian Gardner, Chris Gehringer
  • A&R: Kyambo Joshua & Geroid Roberson
  • Design: Julian Peploe
  • Art Direction: Liz Barrett
  • Photography: Roger Ericson

[edit] Leftover tracks

[edit] Charts

Year Chart Position
2004 U.S. The Billboard 200 3
2004 U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4
2004 Switzerland Top 100 Album 26
2004 UK Top 75 Album 32
2004 Canada Top 50 Album 34
2004 Norwegian Albums Chart 34
2004 Germany Top 100 Album 44
2004 Swedish Albums Chart 45
2004 France Top 150 Album 57
2004 United World Chart 6

[edit] Chart trajectories
Billboard 200 (Weeks 1-11)
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Position
3
(131,725)
15
(46,201)
31
(31,998)
43
(24,942)
60
(20,129)
61
(18,219)
87
(14,033)
103
(11,383)
94
(12,168)
113
(9,769)
111
(9,056)
Total
131,725
177,926
209,924
234,866
254,995
273,277
287,310
298,693
310,861
320,630
329,686

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Afrodisiac by Brandy. Metacritic. Retrieved on August 8, 2004.
  2. ^ Terry Sawyer. Brandy - Afrodisiac (Atlantic). Popmatters. Retrieved on June 28, 2004.
  3. ^ Andy Kellman. Afrodisiac Review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on June 29, 2004.
  4. ^ Joe D'Angelo. Brandy Settles for #3. MTV.com. Retrieved July 5, 2004.
  5. ^ Brandy To Release Greatest Hits Album. Yahoo.com. Retrieved March 30, 2005.
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