ARTIST: Fergie
TITLE: The Dutchess
LABEL: A&M/Universal Int'l
GENRE: Pop
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 183 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 1h 21min 02sec total
SIZE: 106.0MB
RELEASE DATE: 2007-11-07
RIP DATE: 2007-12-22
Track List
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01. Fergalicious (Feat. will.i.am) 4:52
(Produced By will.i.am)
02. Clumsy (Produced By will.i.am) 4:01
03. All That I Got (The Make-Up Song) 4:05
(Feat. will.i.am) (Produced By Keith
Harris & will.i.am)
04. London Bridge (Produced By Polow Da 4:01
Don)
05. Pedestal (Produced By Printz Board) 3:22
06. Voodoo Doll (Produced By will.i.am) 4:23
07. Glamorous (Feat. Ludacris) (Produced 4:06
By Polow Da Don)
08. Here I Come (Produced By will.i.am) 3:21
09. Velvet (Produced By will.i.am & George 4:53
Pajon Jr.)
10. Big Girls Don't Cry (Produced By 4:28
will.i.am)
11. Mary Jane Shoes (Feat. Rita Marley & 3:55
The I-Three's) (Produced By will.i.am)
12. Losing My Ground (Produced By Rob 4:08
Bolot & Ron Fair)
13. Finally (Produced By John Legend & Ron 4:53
Fair)
14. Get Your Hands Up (Feat. Black Eyed 3:33
Peas) (Bonus Track) (Produced By
Noizetrip)
15. Wake Up (Bonus Track) (Produced By 3:01
will.i.am)
16. Paradise (Bonus Track) (Produced By 7:42
will.i.am)/Maybe We Can Take A Ride
(Hidden Track)
17. Pick It Up (Feat. will.i.am) (JP Bonus 4:52
Track) (Produced By will.i.am)
18. Big Girls Don't Cry (Feat. Sean 3:55
Kingston) (Remix) (JP Bonus Track)
(Produced By will.i.am)
19. Clumsy (Remix) (JP Bonus Track) 3:31
(Produced By will.i.am)
Release Notes:
Through all the twists and turns taken by Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson during her
20-year career as an entertainer -- including a stint on Kids Incorporated,
background vocals for Martika, two albums with adult contemporary/dance-pop
group Wild Orchid, and superstardom with Black Eyed Peas -- she has always
sounded as if she is trying really, really hard. That has been the lone
consistent characteristic of her output, and it remains in effect throughout The
Dutchess. An endurance test like few other pop albums issued during the early
2000s, The Dutchess has all the characteristics of a release fronted by someone
who has been itching to go solo and prove herself, once and for all, as a
versatile force all her own. Fergie does cartwheels and handstands, juggles
three objects at once, balances books on her head, hangs upside down, rides a
unicycle with her hands in the air -- all these things while wearing different
outfits. The whole process, produced mostly by fellow Pea will.i.am, is mildly
entertaining but tremendously taxing. There's throwback hip-hop ("Fergalicious,"
done to the tune of J.J. Fad's "Supersonic"), throwback soul ("Here I Come,"
done to the tune of the Temptations' "Get Ready"), reggae ("Mary Jane Shoes"),
ska-punk ("Mary Jane Shoes"), scat ("Mary Jane Shoes"), vaguely torchy midtempo
fluff ("Velvet"), and a classy string-drenched ballad (the appropriately titled
"Finally"), among several other passable switch-ups, but none of them has any
lasting (or even immediate) value, with the possible exception of the
inexplicably asinine "London Bridge" -- which is terrific, provided you can
block out the lyrics or prevent yourself from trying to decipher its meaning.
Somewhat ironically, one of the more convincing songs on the album, "Big Girls
Don't Cry," sounds exactly like a 2006 version of Wild Orchid, with Fergie's
Taylor Dayne kid-sister act in full effect.
Props to the mighty Rabid for releasing the initial edition. Now here's the
Japanese reissue with 3 bonus tracks. Alternate artwork on this edition, which
is included in this release.
On a side note, I was informed I accidentally mislabeled a producer on our
Chingy release; the track featuring Rick Ross should have been tagged as Cool &
Dre. Sorry about that. This release it's 100% perfect :D
Merry Christmas to the whole scene from our group.
Don't forget to support the artists! We did.
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