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Animal is the debut album of American singer-songwriter Kesha, released January 5, 2010 on RCA Records in the United States.[11]

Conception

Kesha was featured on Flo Rida's single, "Right Round". Then it was announced that she had signed with RCA Records[12] through Dr. Luke and was working on her debut album.[13]

Music

She told DigitalSpy that when it came to her music she wanted to "give people something that brings them joy. There are artists who do more serious acoustic stuff, and I really admire them, but what I want to bring to the table is just fucking fun."[14]

She has expressed frustration at the double standard for the objectification of women in songs; in her song "Boots and Boys," she makes it a point to sing the same way men traditionally sang about women.[15]

Songs

"Tik Tok" was the first single from the album. "TiK ToK", had been released digitally in the US in early August,[16] and was sent to radio two months later in October.[17]

A number one placing in New Zealand for "TiK ToK" gave Kesha her first number one;[18] this was followed by number one positions in both Canada and Australia. It later reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, the first number one of the decade,[19] and reached top five in several countries.[20] For its second week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, "TiK ToK" set the female download record and became the second best-selling single in a week, after "Right Round", for shifting 610,000 copies.[21]

Critical reception

Critical reception to Animal was generally favorable. The Boston Globe's James Reed, however, wrote a scathing review of the album, stating that it was difficult to discern that Kesha had co-written every song on the album because she sounded "vapid and faceless, as if she doesn’t even believe what she’s singing." He went on to call the album "flat and vacuous" and denounced Animal as "a shallow hodgepodge of 2009’s tried-and-true formulas," and said "you can almost hear the clock counting down her fifteen minutes of fame." [3]

However, other reviewers were more positive. Village Voice reviewer Ryan Dombal wrote that Animal contained "frank and funny mass-appeal songs that are alternately risqué, vulnerable, and utterly shameless."[10]

Entertainment Weekly writer Mikael Wood gave the album a B+, stating that although Ke$ha was the most brazen in the dance-pop genre, she did right in employing Dr.Luke to frame her work.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Your Love Is My Drug" (Kesha Sebert, Pebe Sebert, Joshua Coleman) — 3:06
  2. "Tik Tok" (K. Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, Benjamin Levin) — 3:19
  3. "Take It Off" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Claude Kelly) — 3:35
  4. "Kiss n Tell" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Max Martin, Shellback) — 3:27
  5. "Stephen" (K. Sebert, David Gamson, P. Sebert, Oliver Leiber) — 3:32
  6. "Blah Blah Blah" featuring 3OH!3 (K. Sebert, Levin, Neon Hitch, Sean Foreman) — 2:52
  7. "Hungover" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Martin, Shellback) — 3:52
  8. "Party at a Rich Dude's House" (K. Sebert, Shellback, Levin) — 2:55
  9. "Backstabber" (K. Sebert, Gamson, Marc Nelkin, Jon Ingoldsby) — 3:06
  10. "Blind" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, Coleman) — 3:17
  11. "D.I.N.O.S.A.U.R." (K. Sebert, Martin, Shellback) — 2:55
  12. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, Claude Kelly) — 3:29
  13. "Boots & Boys" (K. Sebert, Tom Neville, Olivia Nervo, Miriam Nervo) — 2:56
  14. "Animal" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Kurstin, P. Sebert) — 3:57
iTunes pre-order bonus track
  1. "Tik Tok (Tom Neville's Crunk & Med Mix)" (K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin) — 6:53

Release history


Region Date Label
Netherlands January 1, 2010[22] RCA Records/Jive Records
Spain January 4, 2010[23] RCA Records/Jive Records
Hungary Sony Music Entertainment
United States January 5, 2010 RCA Records
Canada Sony Music Entertainment
Australia January 8, 2010
Portugal January 11, 2010[24]
Germany
Brazil[25] January 15, 2010
Austria
Belgium
France January 25, 2010
Italy January 26, 2010 RCA Records
Finland January 27, 2010[26] Sony Music Entertainment
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
United Kingdom April 12, 2010[27]

References

  1. ^ "Animal: Ke$ha: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  2. ^ Herrera, Monica. Review: Animal"". Billboard. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  3. ^ a b Reed, James. Review: Animal. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  4. ^ a b Wood, Mikael. Review: Animal. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  5. ^ Powers, Ann. Review: Animal. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  6. ^ Baca, Ricardo. [1]. The Mercury News. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
  7. ^ Farber, Jim. [2]. NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  8. ^ Brockman, Daniel. [3]. The Phoenix Review: ''Animal''. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  9. ^ Rosen, Jody. Review: Animal. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  10. ^ a b Dombal, Ryan. Ke$ha's Glitter Invasion. The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  11. ^ "Red-Hot Pop Sensation Ke$ha to Release Debut Album - Animal - on January 5, 2010" (Press release). RCA Music Group. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  12. ^ Gordon, Sandra (25 November 2009), "Breaking & Entering: Ke$ha", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., retrieved 2009-11-26
  13. ^ Official Bio, RCA Records, retrieved 2009-10-20
  14. ^ Levine, Nicke (13 November 2009), Interview - Ke$ha, Digital Spy Limited, retrieved 2009-11-13
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "TiK ToK - Single", iTunes, Apple Inc., retrieved December 14, 2009
  17. ^ FMQB CHR Airplay Archive 2009, Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Inc., retrieved November 16, 2009 10/5 Mainstream
  18. ^ Moses, Hussein (October 26, 2009), Ke$ha Hearts NZ!, MTV Networks, retrieved December 14, 2009
  19. ^ Trust, Gary (December 24, 2009), "Chart Beat Thursday: Ke$ha", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., retrieved December 25, 2009
  20. ^ Ke$ha - Music Charts, αCharts.us, retrieved December 24, 2009
  21. ^ Pietroluongo, Silvio (December 30, 2009), "Ke$ha Sets Female Download Record", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., retrieved December 31, 2009
  22. ^ "iTunes Store". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  23. ^ "iTunes Store". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  24. ^ "Sony Music Entertainment (Portugal)". Sonymusic.pt. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  25. ^ "Ke$ha aposta para o mercado nacional em 2010". mtv.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  26. ^ Kesha. "Kesha : Animal - Levykauppa Äx". Levykauppax.fi. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  27. ^ http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=302170
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