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Aaliyah
Aaliyah [Bonus Track]
Release Date: 2001 09 04
Label: EMI
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Aaliyah waited nearly five years to deliver her third album, but considering that she was essentially growing up -- it was the equivalent of spending time in college -- when she came back with an eponymous record in the summer of 2001, she came back strong. Aaliyah isn't just a statement of maturity and a stunning artistic leap forward, it's one of the strongest urban soul records of its time. Where such peers as Macy Gray and Jill Scott work too hard to establish their ties with classic soul, Aaliyah revels in the present, turning out a pan-cultural array of sounds, styles, and emotions. This sound is entirely unfamiliar -- part of the pleasure is how contemporary it sounds -- but she sounds just as comfortable within the sonicscapes of Timbaland as Missy Misdemeanor Elliott and, possibly, less self-conscious. Aaliyah never oversings, never oversells the songs -- this comes on easy and sultry, and there's a lot of substance here, in terms of the songwriting and the songs themselves. Urban albums rarely come any better than this, and there haven't been many records better than this in 2001, period. [The Australian release appends "Try Again" as a bonus track.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	We Need a Resolution	Static, Mosley, Garrett	4:04
2	Loose Rap	Seats, Static, Garrett, Stewart	3:52
3	Rock the Boat	Seats, Static, Garrett, Stewart	4:35
4	More Than a Woman	Static, Mosley, Garrett	3:50
5	Never No More	Static, Anderson, Garrett	3:59
6	I Care 4 U	Elliott, Mosley	4:35
7	Extra Smooth	Seats, Static, Garrett, Stewart	3:56
8	Read Between the Lines	Static, Anderson, Garrett	4:21
9	U Got Nerve	Bush, Digital Block, Seats, Stewart	3:44
10	I Refuse	Static, Walker, Garrett	5:58
11	It's Whatever	Seats, Static, Garrett, Stewart	4:09
12	I Can Be	Babbs, Tank, Anderson	3:00
13	Those Were the Days	Seats, Static, Garrett, Stewart	3:25
14	What If	Babbs, Tank, Walker	4:22
15	Try Again [*]	Static, Mosley, Garrett	4:43