Loose: The Concert

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Loose: The Concert
Loose: The Concert cover
Video by Nelly Furtado
Released Flag of Mexico November 13, 2007
Flag of Germany Flag of Italy November 16, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom November 19, 2007
Flag of the United States December 4, 2007[1]
Recorded 2006-2007
Genre Pop, R&B, hip-hop, dance-pop, electronica,pop rock
Length 127 minutes
Label Festival Mushroom
Warner Bros.
Geffen Records
Director Raphael Ouellet, Aaron A.
Producer Thom Panunzio (exec.), Timbaland (also exec.), Nelly Furtado (exec.), Danja, Nisan Stewart, Lester Mendez, Rick Nowels, Track & Field, Lil' Jaz, Jacques Morelenbaum, Jon Levine
Professional reviews
Nelly Furtado video chronology
Loose Mini DVD
(2007)		 Loose: The Concert
(2007)
Alternate cover
Live CD cover
Live CD cover

Loose: The Concert is the first live DVD from the Canadian pop singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. Loose: The Concert was released by Festival Mushroom and Warner Bros. on November 16, 2007 in Italy and Germany, November 19, 2007 in United Kingdom and on November 20, 2007 in United States. [2][3] The set includes all Furtado's hit singles and live versions from her third studio album Loose starting with her first single "Promiscuous" to "Do It", and almost everything in between, combined with her singles from her previous studio albums Whoa, Nelly! and Folklore such as "I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light", "Força" and "Powerless (Say What You Want)". The DVD also known as Loose Live.[2] This DVD showcases Nelly's homecoming Toronto show, the culmination of the massive Loose world tour which covered five continents [4]. Nelly Furtado also stated on the promotional video of Loose: The Concert that she'd perform about 10 singles from the album Loose. [2] A live CD was released with the DVD.

Contents

[edit] Background

Nelly Furtado released her first live CD/DVD after the huge success of her third album Loose which was released over one year before the release of her DVD especially that her album has been certified gold or platinum in 31 countries and global sales have surpassed seven million'[5] Furtado filmed her DVD videos in one of her Get Loose Tour concerts in Toronto, it was directed by Raphael Ouellet with Aaron A who was also an audio engineer. [6] The 30 minutes of documentary footage shows Nelly Furtado says "For the last eight years I'd never really travelled with a full production of lights, visuals and dancers," Furtado says of the Get Loose tour, which featured four dancers and a six-piece band. "But this tour I had all of it, which was a real treat." [5]

[edit] Facts

  • Loose: The Concert released in three different versions: A CD album, DVD and the limited deluxe version (Live DVD + Live CD).[7]
  • A website was made specially to promote the DVD in Germany including exclusive preview clips from the DVD.[8]
  • Festival Mushroom Records and Warner Bros. Records defined different release dates.
  • The DVD includes also some extras and Behind-The-Scenes.
  • The CD features performances from Furtado's concerts in Manhattan, Oakland and the Bay area.
  • Universal Music Group's YouTube user posted two videos from the DVD in late December 2007 to promet the DVD, the first one is her hit single "All Good Things (Come to an End)" and the second one is her first Loose European single "Maneater". As of May 2008 "Maneater" video has received almost 500,000 views [9][10] .

[edit] Promotion and chart performance

The DVD appeared for the first time in the Portuguese DVDs chart, it was successful there and debuted at number five then jumped to number four in its second week. The DVD also appeared at a low position after around two weeks of the physical release in the Italian Top 20 DVD chart, it debuted at number 17. In Spain, the DVD debuted at number 14 in the Spanish official DVDs top 20 chart in its first week. The first appearance for the live CD was in the "Switzerland Top 100 Albums" at number fifty and the second appearance was in the "Greek International Albums Chart Top 50" at a low position, the DVD also debuted at number eight in the same chart and peaked at number three in its second week. The DVD made the original release of Loose re-entered many European charts after more than year and half, in the United Kingdom it entered the UK Albums Chart at number forty-eight in the first week of 2008 then jumped to number thirty-eight in the next week [11][12] in the Dutch Albums Top 100 it made another re-entery at number forty-two in the last week of 2007, it was the week's greatest gainer [13] in Germany, one of the biggest markets, the albums jumped to number nineteen as of the week forty-eight of 2007 [14].

[edit] Live performance description

Nelly Furtado's performance can be described in many songs including "Afraid", "Try", "Crazy", "Do It", "In God's Hands" and from Whoa, Nelly "Turn off the Light". The first song in the CD is the intro, "Afraid" from Loose, the dark style song which was a good choice for the concert introduction to add more staggering before the performance. "Try" is other special song, the first sad single in Furtado's whole career which was released from Furtado's 2003 album Flklore, the audience sing with Nelly in the last part of the song. Gnarls Barkleys' cover of their hit 2006 single "Crazy" is another track in the live CD, the audience can be heard singing with Furtado and they seem to be interactive with Nelly. In the last part of the track Nelly says "It's Toronto crazy I know you are". A remake of Furtado's "Showtime" song can be found. Loose: The Concert version of "Showtime" is very different style far from the version which included in the original release of Loose it's similar to Jazz style while in the album it's more R&B. Do It, the last single from Loose which Nelly choose a special dance in the song's performance. In God's Hands is another one of the most important songs from the CD which Nelly keen on singing this sad song in her concerts not because it is a sad song but also because it's about Furtado's breakup with DJ Jasper Gahunia, the father of her daughter.[15] "Turn off the Light" from Furtado's debut album is the last in this section, Furtado used to shout with the audience at the last part of the song in her concerts. The live track of "Turn off the Light" is also remade with a new beat.

[edit] Videos description

Furtado performing her debut single "I'm like a Bird"
Furtado performing her debut single "I'm like a Bird"
Furtado in a "Promiscuous" parody
Furtado in a "Promiscuous" parody
Furtado performing a song from Loose "Wait For You"
Furtado performing a song from Loose "Wait For You"
The audience singing with Furtado her hit single "I'm like a Bird"
The audience singing with Furtado her hit single "I'm like a Bird"

Many videos from the DVD were leaked into the internet on YouTube, Amazon.com and many other websites in early November 2007 before the physical release [16][3] The German DVD promotional website premiered six preview videos: Try, In God's Hands, All Good Things (Come to an End), Maneater, Say It Right and a Behind-The-Scenes video.

  • Behind-The-Scenes The Behind-The-Scenes video shows Nelly in the making of her tour and shows her training to perform some songs such as "Glow" and "Turn off the Light" in Black and White colors. The video also includes a parody of Furtado's United States 2006 hit "Promiscuous" which was her first single from Loose. In the parody video, Furtado acts like she is in the home trying to produce new song, and while she is thinking about her next album she receives a Telephone call from a man requesting a new sexy style from Nelly to make millions with that sexy style after Folklore era. At the beginning Furtado doesn't like the idea but after that she likes it after she dreams about "Promiscuous" parody video.
  • Afraid/Say It Right The first performance video of the DVD begins with the audience crowd waiting for Furtado's performance in the dark, then the song "Afraid" which was included in Furtado's Loose but didn't release as a single starts with a screen playing some parts from Furtado's "Say It Right" video. The screen removes and the dancers begins dancing with "Say It Right" special dance style. Furtado appears in black clothes and Afro hairstyle then starts singing.
  • Showtime The "Showtime" video starts with two male and female dancers dancing romantic dance, the music of "Showtime" which they use in the concert is slower than the album version with a long intro before Nelly Furtado's performance. The two dancers changed with another couple who also dance romantic style dance, while they are dancing Furtado comes and starts singing her Showtime with her floral dress. A screen was used behind Furtado to show the audience the dancers. The video is a little bit longer than other DVD videos, it's more than seven minutes.
  • Try The stage changes to a different background. Furtado changes to a different yet elegant outfit and starts singing with a soft and high tone of voice. As she sings "Try", the background changes and the crowd also sings along with her.
  • All Good Things (Come to an End) The live video of the song shows Furtado holding her white guitar and singing with her Canadian audience. At the end of the performance Furtado tells her audience to put their hands up singing along with her and whistling. The Canadian rapper Saukrates sings with Nelly in this song as a back up singer.
  • I'm like a Bird In the beginning of the video Nelly gives a thanks message to her tour's companion Saukrates. Nelly Furtado starts performing I'm like a Bird with a shout "remix!". The "I'm like a Bird" DVD's version is a new remix of the original one with more Rock beats and some slow parts in the middle of the video. The audience sing the song along with Furtado. The clothes which Nelly wears in the video are white with golden accessories.
  • Maneater The video starts with Furtado using her guitar in a fiery guitar intro after that, she starts singing Maneater while the audience is clapping their hands. Nelly Furtado wears black clothing in the video and the stage looks dark with an orange background.


[edit] Track Listing

[edit] DVD

  1. "Afraid" (Intro) - 1:27
  2. "Say It Right" - 4:08
  3. "Turn off the Light" (Remix) - 4:46
  4. "Powerless - 3:27
  5. "Do It"/"Wait For You" - 8:02
  6. "Showtime" - 7:07
  7. "Crazy" - 4:03
  8. "In God's Hands" - 4:39
  9. "Try" - 5:43
  10. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" - 4:28
  11. "Give It to Me"(featuring Saukrates)- 2:53
  12. "I'm Like A Bird" (Remix) - 5:22
  13. "Glow"/"Heart of Glass" - 5:31
  14. "Força" - 4:52
  15. "Promiscuous"(featuring Saukrates) - 6:21
  16. "Party's Just Begun (Again)/"No Hay Igual" - 8:25
  17. "Maneater" (With fiery guitar intro by Nelly) - 7:51[17]


[edit] CD

  1. "Afraid" – 1:37
  2. "Say It Right" – 4:10
  3. "Do It" – 5:04
  4. "Wait For You" (Slow Version played on tour) – 3:28
  5. "Showtime" – 7:48
  6. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" – 4:40
  7. "I'm Like A Bird (Remix)" – 5:51
  8. "Glow" (A medley that includes "Heart of Glass") – 5:46
  9. "No Hay Igual" – 4:57
  10. "Promiscuous" – 6:56
  11. "Maneater" – 5:43


[edit] Personnel and credits

  • Nelly Furtado: vocals
  • Aaron A.: direction, audio engineer
  • Chris Strikes: audio engineer
  • Saukrates: vocals

[edit] Charts

[edit] DVD charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Germany DVD Chart 5
Estonia DVD Chart[18] 4
Greek DVD Chart[19] 3
Italy Top 20[20] 17
Portuguese DVD Chart[21] 4
Spanish DVD Chart[22] 14
Taiwan DVD/VCD Chart 1


[edit] CD charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Cyprus Albums chart[23] 5
Greek International Albums Chart Top 50[24] 41
Swiss Top 100[25] 50
Polish Top 100[26] 80

[edit] Sales and Certifications

  • 1× Platinum
Portugal (AFP): 8,000 units[27]
Estonia: 5,000 units[28]

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom [2] 19 November 2007 Universal Music Group CD 1751744
DVD
United States [29][30] 4 December 2007 Geffen Records CD B0010321-02
DVD 001027909

[edit] References

  1. ^ USA CD and DVD releases
  2. ^ a b c d Nelly Furtado - Loose Live Amazon.co.uk
  3. ^ a b Nelly Furtado - Loose: The Concert Amazon.com
  4. ^ Nelly Furtado - Loose: The Concert DVD.co.uk
  5. ^ a b Nelly Furtado Milks Loose A Bit More ChartAttack
  6. ^ Nelly Furtado - Loose: The Concert Play.com
  7. ^ Nelly Furtado official German website News
  8. ^ Loose: The Concert ecard website NellyFurtado.de
  9. ^ Nelly Furtado - Maneater: Loose Concert Tour Live Performance Universal Music Group's user on YouTube.com
  10. ^ Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (Come To An End): Loose Concert Tour Live Performance Universal Music Group's user on YouTube.com
  11. ^ UK Albums Chart, Week 1, 2008 aCharts.us
  12. ^ UK Albums Chart, Week 2, 2008 aCharts.us
  13. ^ Dutch Albums Top 100, Week 52, 2007 aCharts.us
  14. ^ Germany Albums Top 50, week 48, 2007 aCharts.us
  15. ^ Intini, John. "Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa'". Maclean's. August 25, 2006.
  16. ^ All Good Things (Loose: The Concert DVD) YouTube
  17. ^ Loose: The Concert DVD Track durations from Geffen.com
  18. ^ "Estonia DVD Chart"
  19. ^ "Greece Top 20 DVDs"
  20. ^ "Italy Top 20 DVDs"
  21. ^ "Portugal Top 20 DVDs", to see the DVD peak you must change the chart's date from the column in the left to the 49th week
  22. ^ "Spain Top 20 DVDs"
  23. ^ [1]
  24. ^ "Greece International Albums Chart"
  25. ^ "Nelly Furtado - Loose: The Concert" aCharts.us
  26. ^ Poland - Top 100, List for the November 2007
  27. ^ Portugal official chart
  28. ^ Estonian Loose: The Concert DVD sales
  29. ^ Loose: The Concert U.S DVD release CDUniverse.com
  30. ^ Loose: The Concert U.S CD release Discogs.com

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