[album] Nelly Furtado - Loose

Nelly Furtado-Loose

Ok, it's official. Nelly Furtado is like the biggest thing in music for 2006. I mean she is like everywhere! After her will be Gnarls Barkley with the infectious hit "Crazy".

Reverting back, Nelly Furtado returns to planet pop, bigger than ever. This release contains two of the most biggest hits of 2006, "Promiscous" and "Maneater", which i must add, went on to be Number 1 in the UK and US. The album debuted at Number 1 on the US Billboard charts.

Album-wise, it is ok. It is very sex-driven pop record with heavy beats and quite a few collaborations. You might even think that Kanye West produced this album (which is not by the way). I must say that Furtado made a good move to do more hip-hop-esque songs on the album and veering away from the styles of her previous two releases "Whoa, Nelly!" and "Folklore".

In my opinion, her ballads are the one that scores (take a listen to "Try" and you will know what i mean) and on "Loose", there is one ballad, namely "In God's Hands". The song does not make you go WOW like "Try", but this album is filled with so many beat-driven songs that you appreciate the ballads and you might actually think that the song is good, however, it is only mediocre.

Still, an enjoyable album.

Key tracks: Maneater, Promiscous

Rating: 3/5